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Most Difficult Books - Page 6

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 Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
201
Thomas Hardy
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
202
Juan Rulfo
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
203
Georges Perec
The Winter King (Bernard Cornwell)
The Winter King
204
Bernard Cornwell
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
205
John Fowles
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
206
Amitav Ghosh
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
207
Graham Greene
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
208
Edward P. Jones
Ratner's Star
Ratner's Star
209
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
210
William T. Vollmann
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
211
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Obscene Bird of Night (Jose Donoso)
The Obscene Bird of Night
212
Jose Donoso
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
213
George Eliot
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
214
V.S. Naipaul
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
215
Voltaire
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
216
Douglas Adams
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
217
Jorge Luis Borges
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth
218
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
219
James Fenimore Cooper
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
220
H. Rider Haggard
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
221
Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
Jerusalem
222
Alan Moore
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
223
Marlon James
Petersburg
Petersburg
224
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
Cat and Mouse
225
Günter Grass
My Name Is Joe (Stefan Bourque)
My Name Is Joe
226
Stefan Bourque
Auto-Da-Fe
Auto-Da-Fe
227
We of the Forsaken World... (Kiran Bhat)
We of the Forsaken World...
228
Kiran Bhat
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
229
Christopher Priest
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
230
Robert Penn Warren
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
231
Albert Camus
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
232
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
233
Laurence Sterne
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
234
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
235
Elizabeth Kostova
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
236
Charlotte Brontë
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
237
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver
238
Neal Stephenson
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
239
Neil Gaiman
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
240
Ernest Hemingway
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