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Most Difficult Books - Page 8

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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Forty-Ninth (Boris Pronsky)
Forty-Ninth
281
Boris Pronsky
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
282
E. M. Forster
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
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Alasdair Gray
Tres Tristes Tigres - Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Tres Tristes Tigres - Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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Inferno and From an Occult Diary (August Strindberg)
Inferno and From an Occult Diary
285
August Strindberg
Chronic City
Chronic City
286
The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You (Frank Stanford)
The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
287
Frank Stanford
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
288
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
289
Aristotle
The Gold Bug Variations (Richard Powers)
The Gold Bug Variations
290
Richard Powers
Pieces of Payne (Albert Goldbarth)
Pieces of Payne
291
Albert Goldbarth
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
292
J.G. Farrell
Passenger to Frankfurt (Agatha Christie)
Passenger to Frankfurt
293
Agatha Christie
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled
294
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)
The Prague Cemetery
295
Umberto Eco
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck
296
William H. Gass
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
297
William Shakespeare
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi
298
Eiji Yoshikawa
The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
The Far Pavilions
299
M. M. Kaye
Raintree County
Raintree County
300
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
301
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
The Street of Crocodiles
302
Bruno Schulz
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
303
Margaret Atwood
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
304
Hubert Selby Jr.
Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)
Pyramids
305
Terry Pratchett
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
306
Jonathan Littell
Letters (John Barth)
Letters
307
John Barth
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
308
Carpenter's Gothic (William Gaddis)
Carpenter's Gothic
309
William Gaddis
Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
Gardens of the Moon
310
Steven Erikson
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons
311
Gertrude Stein
Triptych (Claude Simon)
Triptych
312
Claude Simon
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
313
Kathy Acker
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
314
Thomas Hardy
Horcynus Orca (Stefano D'Arrigo)
Horcynus Orca
315
Stefano D'Arrigo
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
316
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
317
C.S. Lewis
Seobe (Miloš Crnjanski)
Seobe
318
Miloš Crnjanski
Watt
Watt
319
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice
320
Thomas Pynchon
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