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Goodreads' 200 Most Difficult Novels - Page 3

"Novels that made you work the hardest. Let's assume that you actually finished the book and felt that it was worth the effort."
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
81
Boris Pasternak
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
82
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
83
Kate Chopin
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
84
Neil Gaiman
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
85
Haruki Murakami
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
86
Doris Lessing
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
87
Stendhal
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
88
Irvine Welsh
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
89
George Orwell
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
90
George Eliot
The Halo Grower - An Illustrated Novel (Ryushiro Hindemith)
The Halo Grower - An Illustrated Novel
91
Ryushiro Hindemith
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
92
Malcolm Lowry
Jr (William Gaddis)
Jr
93
William Gaddis
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
94
D.H. Lawrence
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
95
Joseph Conrad
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
96
John Fowles
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
97
Neil Gaiman
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
98
Henry James
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
99
Samuel Beckett
Bloomsday: The Bostoniad (David B. Lentz)
Bloomsday: The Bostoniad
100
David B. Lentz
Jealousy
Jealousy
101
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
102
Toni Morrison
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
Stardust
103
Neil Gaiman
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
104
James Clavell
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
105
Willa Cather
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
106
Mikhail Bulgakov
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
107
Samuel Beckett
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
108
Thomas Mann
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
109
Frank Herbert
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
110
James Fenimore Cooper
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
111
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
112
Thomas Hardy
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
113
George Eliot
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
114
Norman Mailer
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
115
Günter Grass
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
116
Julio Cortazar
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
117
Jostein Gaarder
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
118
John Barth
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker
119
The White Hotel
The White Hotel
120
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