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Most Difficult Books - Page 5

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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The Combinations (Louis Armand)
The Combinations
161
Louis Armand
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
162
Jonathan Swift
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
163
Aleksandr Pushkin
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
164
William Faulkner
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
165
Marguerite Duras
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
166
Émile Zola
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
167
Hilary Mantel
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
168
John Knowles
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
169
Orhan Pamuk
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
170
Ken Kesey
The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf)
The Voyage Out
171
Virginia Woolf
Only Revolutions (Mark Z. Danielewski)
Only Revolutions
172
Mark Z. Danielewski
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
173
Martin Amis
A Fable
A Fable
174
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
175
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
The Shadow of the Torturer
176
Gene Wolfe
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
177
Jack Kerouac
Vineland
Vineland
178
Codex Obscura (Kane X. Faucher)
Codex Obscura
179
Kane X. Faucher
The Tale of the Genji (Shikibu)
The Tale of the Genji
180
Shikibu
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
181
Dave Eggers
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
182
Henry Fielding
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
183
Umberto Eco
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
184
Franz Kafka
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
185
Neil Gaiman
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
186
J. M. Coetzee
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
187
Sir Thomas Malory
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
188
Hermann Hesse
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
189
Joseph McElroy
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
190
Eleanor Catton
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
191
Philip Roth
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
192
William Gibson
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
193
John Steinbeck
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
194
Djuna Barnes
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
195
Neil Gaiman
Ben Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben Hur
196
Lew Wallace
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta
197
Doris Lessing
Something Happened
Something Happened
198
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
199
James. A. Michener
Sword and Citadel (Gene Wolfe)
Sword and Citadel
200
Gene Wolfe
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