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The Most Challenging Books You Will Ever Read

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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
1
James Joyce
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
2
William Faulkner
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
3
Geoffrey Chaucer
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
5
Djuna Barnes
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
6
Joanna Russ
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
7
Thomas Pynchon
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
9
James Joyce
Being and Time
Being and Time
10
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
11
Julio Cortázar
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
12
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
13
Herman Melville
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
14
David Foster Wallace
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
15
Murasaki Shikibu
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
16
Leo Tolstoy
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
17
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
18
Jonathan Franzen
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
19
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
20
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
21
Thomas Mann
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
22
Ayn Rand
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
23
Don Delillo
Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and Simulation
24
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
25
Franz Kafka
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
26
William Faulkner
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
27
Umberto Eco
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
28
Virginia Woolf
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
29
David Mitchell
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
30
William Gaddis
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology
31
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
32
Flannery O'Connor
The Sickness Unto Death (Søren Kierkegaard)
The Sickness Unto Death
33
Søren Kierkegaard
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
34
Samuel R. Delany
The Dream Songs (John Berryman)
The Dream Songs
35
John Berryman
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
36
Dante Alighieri
Cantos
Cantos
37
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
38
Samuel Richardson
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
39
Jonathan Swift
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
40
Laurence Sterne
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