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Top 100 Most Difficult Novels - Page 3

From Goodreads - '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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Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
81
Samuel Beckett
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
82
Stieg Larsson
Mason and Dixon
Mason and Dixon
83
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
84
Charles Dickens
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
85
Irvine Welsh
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
86
Neil Gaiman
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
87
George Eliot
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
88
Boris Pasternak
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
89
D.H. Lawrence
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
90
Malcolm Lowry
JR
JR
91
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
92
Henry James
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
93
Haruki Murakami
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
94
Joseph Conrad
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
95
Neil Gaiman
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
96
John Fowles
Paradise by Toni Morrison
Paradise by Toni Morrison
97
Jealousy
Jealousy
98
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
99
Norman Mailer
Suttree
Suttree
100
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