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Very, Very Difficult Books - Page 2

A while back I made a list of "difficult books that aren't that difficult" and I've come to rethink a number of inclusions on that list. They are quite challenging reads and so they appear here, among many other difficult books from various "difficult books" lists you should absolutely feel proud of having read. Good job, you!
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Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
41
Katherine Dunn
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
42
Émile Zola
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
43
Thomas Pynchon
Gulag Archipelago
Gulag Archipelago
44
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
45
Joseph Conrad
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
46
Julio Cortázar
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
47
Mark Z. Danielewski
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
48
Edith Wharton
How the Dead Live
How the Dead Live
49
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
50
Marcel Proust
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
51
David Foster Wallace
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
52
JR
JR
53
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
54
Laurence Sterne
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
55
Thomas Mann
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
56
Gertrude Stein
Meeting the Universe Halfway (Karen Barad)
Meeting the Universe Halfway
57
Karen Barad
Moby Dick, Or, the Whale by Herman Melville
Moby Dick, Or, the Whale by Herman Melville
58
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
59
William S. Burroughs
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
60
Umberto Eco
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart
61
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
62
Djuna Barnes
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology
63
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
64
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
65
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
66
Natsuo Kirino
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
67
Jerzy Kosinski
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
68
John Milton
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
69
Nella Larsen
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
70
Stephen King
The Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Hegel)
The Phenomenology of Spirit
71
Georg Hegel
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
72
Barbara Kingsolver
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
73
A.S. Byatt
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
74
William Gaddis
The Royal Family
The Royal Family
75
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
76
Simone De Beauvoir
The Sickness Unto Death (Søren Kierkegaard)
The Sickness Unto Death
77
Søren Kierkegaard
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
78
J.R.R. Tolkien
Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and Simulation
79
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
80
William Styron
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