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Most Difficult Books - Page 4

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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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
121
Julio Cortázar
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
122
Gustave Flaubert
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
123
George Eliot
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
124
James Fenimore Cooper
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
125
Franz Kafka
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
126
Don Delillo
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
127
Homer
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
128
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
129
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
130
Oscar Wilde
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom
131
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
132
Norman Mailer
Shadow Moon (George Lucas)
Shadow Moon
133
George Lucas
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
134
John Barth
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
135
Flann O'Brien
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
136
Italo Calvino
The Pilgrim's Regress
The Pilgrim's Regress
137
Shadow and Claw (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow and Claw
138
Gene Wolfe
Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
139
Chris Cleave
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
140
Hubert Selby Jr.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
141
Italo Calvino
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
142
Neal Stephenson
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
143
John Updike
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
144
Flannery O'Connor
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
145
Herman Melville
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings
146
Dorothy Dunnett
A Void
A Void
147
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
148
E.M. Forster
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
149
Samuel Richardson
Correction
Correction
150
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
151
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
152
Daphne Du Maurier
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
153
Hermann Broch
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
154
John Galsworthy
....And Ladies of the Club (Helen Hooven Santmeyer)
....And Ladies of the Club
155
Helen Hooven Santmeyer
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
156
Charles Dickens
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
157
Henry James
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow
158
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
159
Wallace Stegner
The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)
The Autumn of the Patriarch
160
Gabriel García Márquez
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