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The Densest Books to Read

Some of the most difficult books out there. They could contain complex vocabulary, run on sentances, complex plots, hundreds of characters, heavy length or non lineaur narratives. They could also be hard to understand with 'out there' philosophical ideas or harsh subject matters.
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Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
1
William S. Burroughs
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs)
Nova Express
2
William S. Burroughs
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
3
Thomas Pynchon
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
4
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
5
James Joyce
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
6
William Gaddis
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
7
David Foster Wallace
Valis (Philip K. Dick)
Valis
8
Philip K. Dick
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
9
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
10
William Faulkner
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
11
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Public Burning (Robert Coover)
The Public Burning
12
Robert Coover
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
13
Umberto Eco
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
14
Herman Melville
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
15
Joseph McElroy
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
16
Virginia Woolf
The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe)
The Book of the New Sun
17
Gene Wolfe
Agua Viva (Clarice Lispector)
Agua Viva
18
Clarice Lispector
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
19
Malcolm Lowry
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
20
Neal Stephenson
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
21
Mark Z. Danielewski
Agapē Agape (William Gaddis)
Agapē Agape
22
William Gaddis
Old God's Time (Barry, Sebastian)
Old God's Time
23
Barry, Sebastian
The Room (Hubert Selby Jr.)
The Room
24
Hubert Selby Jr.
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
26
William Gass
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck
27
William H. Gass
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
28
Marcel Proust
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
29
Thomas Pynchon
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
30
Thomas Pynchon
Festival Days (Jo Ann Beard)
Festival Days
31
Jo Ann Beard
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
A Naked Singularity
32
Sergio De La Pava
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
34
Richard Powers
Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
Gardens of the Moon
35
Steven Erikson
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
36
Cormac McCarthy
The Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Hegel)
The Phenomenology of Spirit
37
Georg Hegel
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
38
Immanuel Kant
Being and Time (Martin Heidigger)
Being and Time
39
Martin Heidigger
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos
40
Ezra Pound
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