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Goodreads Most Difficult Novels: 2021 Update, Now Much Longer - Page 6

"Novels that made you work the hardest. Let's assume that you actually finished the book and felt that it was worth the effort" (Goodreads).
Despite the Goodreads instructions, in practice I think there were many different interpretations of 'difficult'. Hence the inclusion of "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. Anyway IMHO the list could be used as a fairly wide-ranging and challenging TBR.
Criteria for inclusion: at least 3 votes OR 2 votes and 100+ ratings.
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
201
Thomas Malory
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
202
Jack Kerouac
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
203
Murasaki Shikibu
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
204
Amitav Ghosh
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
205
Graham Greene
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
206
Edward P. Jones
Ratner's Star (Don Delillo)
Ratner's Star
207
Don Delillo
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
208
Lew Wallace
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
209
Friedrich Nietzsche
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
210
Joseph McElroy
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
211
George Eliot
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
212
Hermann Hesse
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
213
V.S. Naipaul
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
214
Voltaire
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
215
Jorge Luis Borges
The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)
The General in His Labyrinth
216
Gabriel García Márquez
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
217
James Fenimore Cooper
Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
Earthly Powers
218
Anthony Burgess
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
219
H. Rider Haggard
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
220
John Steinbeck
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
221
Toni Morrison
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg
222
Andrei Bely
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
Cat and Mouse
223
Günter Grass
My Name Is Joe (Stefan Bourque)
My Name Is Joe
224
Stefan Bourque
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
225
Elias Canetti
We of the Forsaken World... (Kiran Bhat)
We of the Forsaken World...
226
Kiran Bhat
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
227
Christopher Priest
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
228
Robert Penn Warren
Faust, Part One (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust, Part One
229
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
230
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
231
Charlotte Brontë
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
232
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver
233
Neal Stephenson
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
234
Neil Gaiman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
235
Douglas Adams
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
236
Ernest Hemingway
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
237
William T. Vollmann
A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
A Map of the World
238
Jane Hamilton
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War
239
Mark Helprin
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
240
Toni Morrison
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