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Goodreads' 200 Most Difficult Novels - Page 5

"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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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
161
Dave Eggers
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
162
Stephen King
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
163
Umberto Eco
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
164
Neil Gaiman
The Winter King (Bernard Cornwell)
The Winter King
165
Bernard Cornwell
Something Happened
Something Happened
166
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
167
Stephen Hawking
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
168
A Fable
A Fable
169
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
170
Italo Calvino
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
171
Sir Thomas Malory
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
172
Charlotte Brontë
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
173
V.S. Naipaul
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
174
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
175
Graham Greene
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
176
Thomas Hardy
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady
177
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
178
H. Rider Haggard
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
179
Italo Calvino
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
180
William S. Burroughs
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
181
John Knowles
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
182
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
My Name Is Joe (Stefan Bourque)
My Name Is Joe
183
Stefan Bourque
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
184
Elias Canetti
Sword and Citadel (Gene Wolfe)
Sword and Citadel
185
Gene Wolfe
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
186
Robert Penn Warren
Death Note, Vol. 12: Finis (Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata)
Death Note, Vol. 12: Finis
187
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
The Obscene Bird of Night
The Obscene Bird of Night
188
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
189
Eleanor Catton
Ratner's Star
Ratner's Star
190
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
Jerusalem
191
Alan Moore
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
192
Neil Gaiman
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
193
Amitav Ghosh
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
194
James. A. Michener
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
195
James Fenimore Cooper
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
196
Philip Roth
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
197
Neil Gaiman
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
198
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
199
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth
200
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