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Ranker's "Books You'll Never Finish Reading" - Latest Update! - Page 4

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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The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
The Magicians
121
Lev Grossman
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
122
Robert A. Heinlein
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
123
Marcel Proust
Lord Foul's Bane (Stephen Donaldson)
Lord Foul's Bane
124
Stephen Donaldson
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
125
Immanuel Kant
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
126
Thomas Mann
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
127
Giovanni Boccaccio
A Course in Miracles (Dr. Helen Schucman)
A Course in Miracles
128
Dr. Helen Schucman
The Haj (Leon Uris)
The Haj
129
Leon Uris
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
130
Mark Danielewski
The Coming of the King (Nikolai Tolstoy)
The Coming of the King
131
Nikolai Tolstoy
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
132
Salman Rushdie
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
133
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Capital (Karl Marx)
Capital
134
Karl Marx
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
135
Malcolm Lowry
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
136
Laurence Sterne
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
137
Henry James
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
138
Michael Chabon
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
139
Doris Lessing
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
140
Charles Dickens
The Talmud (Various)
The Talmud
141
Various
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata
142
Vyasa
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
143
Haruki Murakami
Backlash (Susan Faludi)
Backlash
144
Susan Faludi
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
145
Franz Kafka
The 120 Days of Sodom (The Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
146
The Marquis De Sade
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
147
Mikhail Bulgakov
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
148
Francois Rabelais
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
149
Joseph Conrad
Go Down, Moses (Faulkner, William)
Go Down, Moses
150
Faulkner, William
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
151
Samuel Richardson
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
152
Zadie Smith
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
153
Mervyn Peake
The Closing of the American Mind (Allan Bloom)
The Closing of the American Mind
154
Allan Bloom
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
155
Cormac McCarthy
Eirik the Red & Other Icelandic Sagas (Anonymous)
Eirik the Red & Other Icelandic Sagas
156
Anonymous
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
157
Émile Zola
Mostly Harmless (Douglas Adams)
Mostly Harmless
158
Douglas Adams
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
159
Neal Stephenson
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady
160
Samuel Richardson
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