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Your long-winded retired Aussie academic brings you yet another updated and lengthened book challenge from a credible source. At least 1.7 million votes have been cast so far.
As described by Amy Boal at Ranker: "There are some books that you will just never finish, no matter how many times you try. Maybe the authors of these hardest books to read are laughing at all of us right now, or maybe they didn't even mean to make the book so tough, but here we all are, slogging through these book swamps, trying to figure out what the hell James Joyce is even on about with Ulysses."
Do you (vehemently) disagree with any of the choices?
Note: It isn't clear from the source list whether item 167 should be 'Night Watch' by Sergei Lukyanenko or 'Night Watch' by Terry Pratchett.
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Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
41
Sara Gruen
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
42
Alexandre Dumas
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
43
Oscar Wilde
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
44
Ayn Rand
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
45
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
46
Bram Stoker
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
47
Stieg Larsson
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
48
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
49
Charles Darwin
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
50
Ken Follett
Fifty Shades Darker (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Darker
51
E.L. James
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
52
Stephenie Meyer
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton,  James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
53
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
54
Frank Herbert
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
55
Upton Sinclair
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
56
Walt Whitman
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
57
Tom Wolfe
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
58
Yann Martel
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
59
Sylvia Plath
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
60
Umberto Eco
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
61
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
62
Stephen Hawking
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
63
Niccolò Machiavelli
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
64
Joseph Conrad
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
65
E.L. James
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
66
Toni Morrison
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
67
Robert Pirsig
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
68
William Faulkner
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
69
J.R.R. Tolkien
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
70
Gregory Maguire
Orphan Train (James Magnuson, Dorothea G. Petrie)
Orphan Train
71
James Magnuson, Dorothea G. Petrie
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
72
John Bunyan
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf
73
Adolf Hitler
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
74
James Joyce
Circle of Friends (Maeve Binchy)
Circle of Friends
75
Maeve Binchy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
76
William Faulkner
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
77
Suzanne Collins
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
78
Thomas Malory
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
79
Robert A. Heinlein
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
80
Willa Cather
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