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Goodreads' 200 Most Difficult Novels - Page 4

"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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The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
121
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom
122
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
123
Franz Kafka
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
124
John Updike
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
125
John Galsworthy
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
126
Hermann Broch
Suttree
Suttree
127
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
128
Haruki Murakami
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow
129
Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
130
Chris Cleave
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings
131
Dorothy Dunnett
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
132
Martin Amis
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor
133
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
134
Flannery O'Connor
....And Ladies of the Club (Helen Hooven Santmeyer)
....And Ladies of the Club
135
Helen Hooven Santmeyer
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
136
Neal Stephenson
The Pilgrim's Regress
The Pilgrim's Regress
137
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
138
Oscar Wilde
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
139
Émile Zola
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
140
E.M. Forster
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
141
Don Delillo
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
142
Charles Dickens
Shadow & Claw (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow & Claw
143
Gene Wolfe
The Combinations (Louis Armand)
The Combinations
144
Louis Armand
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
145
Orhan Pamuk
A Void
A Void
146
Correction
Correction
147
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
148
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
149
Codex Obscura (Kane X. Faucher)
Codex Obscura
150
Kane X. Faucher
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
151
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
152
Aleksandr Pushkin
Shikasta
Shikasta
153
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
154
Gustave Flaubert
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
155
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brian)
The Third Policeman
156
Flann O'Brian
Only Revolutions (Mark Z. Danielewski)
Only Revolutions
157
Mark Z. Danielewski
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
158
J. M. Coetzee
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
159
Daphne Du Maurier
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
160
Marguerite Duras
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