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The Most Confusing Books Ever Written

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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
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House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
15
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
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Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
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The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
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Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
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The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
The Strange Library
Haruki Murakami
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Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
Joanna Russ
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
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The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
39
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
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