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Very, Very Difficult Books - Page 3

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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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
81
William Faulkner
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
82
Vikram Seth
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
83
Murasaki Shikibu
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
84
Jonathan Swift
Tampa
Tampa
85
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons
86
Gertrude Stein
To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay)
To the Lighthouse
87
Mrs. Ramsay
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
88
Irvine Welsh
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
89
William Gass
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
90
Jules Verne
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
91
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Milan Kundera
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
93
Don Delillo
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
94
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
95
Leo Tolstoy
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
96
Virginia Woolf
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
97
Haruki Murakami
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
98
David Markson
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
99
Joseph McElroy
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
100
Emily Brontë
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
101
Joan Didion
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