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The Retired English Teacher Lists Some Deep, Dense, and Possibly Difficult Novels - Page 2

What the title Says - 50 Novels that are considered by many to be "difficult ", which can refer to length, diction, prosody, plotting, or concepts. Some are mammoth in scope, while others a short, dense, and perhaps obscure. Have fun!
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The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
41
Liu Cixin
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
42
Gunter Grass
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
43
Franz Kafka
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
44
Tadeusz Borowski
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
45
Beckett
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
46
John Dos Passos
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
47
Joyce
V. (Thomas Pynchon)
V.
48
Thomas Pynchon
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
49
Leo Tolstoy
Watt (Beckett)
Watt
50
Beckett
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