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Most Difficult Books - Page 10

The hardest books to read according to a survey on Goodreads. I do not agree with all of them- Alice in Wonderland and Chronicles of Narnia are pretty readable! If you want a few that are worth the difficulty, just ask!
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Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
361
Katherine Anne Porter
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
362
Elizabeth Strout
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
363
Marguerite Yourcenar
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
364
James Dickey
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
365
Evelyn Waugh
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
366
Elfriede Jelinek
Earth (David Brin)
Earth
367
David Brin
Platero Y Yo (Juan Ramón Jiménez)
Platero Y Yo
368
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Terra Nostra (Carlos Fuentes)
Terra Nostra
369
Carlos Fuentes
Refiner's Fire (Mark Helprin)
Refiner's Fire
370
Mark Helprin
Mulata (Miguel Angel Asturias)
Mulata
371
Miguel Angel Asturias
Sunshine in the Valley (Kyle Muntz)
Sunshine in the Valley
372
Kyle Muntz
Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian
Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian
373
Spiritus Mundi Book II the Romance (Robert Sheppard)
Spiritus Mundi Book II the Romance
374
Robert Sheppard
The Wrestler's Cruel Study (Stephen Dobyns)
The Wrestler's Cruel Study
375
Stephen Dobyns
Tutunamayanlar (Oğuz Atay)
Tutunamayanlar
376
Oğuz Atay
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
377
Radclyffe Hall
All About H. Hatterr
All About H. Hatterr
378
Gospel Prism (Gerald Weaver)
Gospel Prism
379
Gerald Weaver
List of the Lost (Morrissey)
List of the Lost
380
Morrissey
The Golden Age (John C. Wright)
The Golden Age
381
John C. Wright
Rust & Stardust (T. Greenwood)
Rust & Stardust
382
T. Greenwood
The Quantum Thief (Hannu Rajaniemi)
The Quantum Thief
383
Hannu Rajaniemi
The Order of Things
The Order of Things
384
Anthropica (David Hollander)
Anthropica
385
David Hollander
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
386
John Milton
Foto Di Gruppo Con Signora (Heinrich Böll)
Foto Di Gruppo Con Signora
387
Heinrich Böll
Death of the Cosset (Kimberly Jane Oswald)
Death of the Cosset
388
Kimberly Jane Oswald
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations
389
Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann)
Ducks, Newburyport
390
Lucy Ellmann
O Grande Sertão: Veredas
O Grande Sertão: Veredas
391
The Blah Story (Nigel Tomm)
The Blah Story
392
Nigel Tomm
Dr. Sax (Jack Kerouac)
Dr. Sax
393
Jack Kerouac
Pontypool Changes Everything (Tony Burgess)
Pontypool Changes Everything
394
Tony Burgess
The Bad Place
The Bad Place
395
La Muerte De Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
La Muerte De Artemio Cruz
396
Carlos Fuentes
Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Three Kingdoms
397
Luo Guanzhong
Mutmaßungen Über Jakob (Uwe Johnson)
Mutmaßungen Über Jakob
398
Uwe Johnson
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
399
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
400
Anita Diamant
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