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Goodreads Most Difficult Novels: 2021 Update, Now Much Longer - Page 8

"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.
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281
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
282
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
283
The Gold Bug Variations (Richard Powers)
The Gold Bug Variations (Richard Powers)
284
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
285
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
286
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
287
The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)
The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)
288
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
289
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa)
290
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
291
Raintree County (Ross Lockridge)
Raintree County (Ross Lockridge)
292
The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
293
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
294
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
295
Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)
Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)
296
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
297
Letters (John Barth)
Letters (John Barth)
298
Carpenter's Gothic (William Gaddis)
Carpenter's Gothic (William Gaddis)
299
Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
300
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
301
Triptych (Claude Simon)
Triptych (Claude Simon)
302
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
303
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
304
Migrations (Milos Tsernianski)
Migrations (Milos Tsernianski)
305
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
306
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
307
Locus Solus (Raymond Roussel)
Locus Solus (Raymond Roussel)
308
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
309
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
310
In This House of Brede (Rumer Godden)
In This House of Brede (Rumer Godden)
311
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
312
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
313
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf (Anonymous)
314
Hild (Nicola Griffith)
Hild (Nicola Griffith)
315
The Onion Eaters (J.P. Donleavy)
The Onion Eaters (J.P. Donleavy)
316
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
317
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
318
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
319
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
320
Beach Music (Pat Conroy)
Beach Music (Pat Conroy)
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