Most Difficult Novels

Most Difficult Novels (576 books) - Goodreads

Most Difficult Novels · 1. Ulysses. by James Joyce, Morris L. · 2. Finnegans Wake · 3. The Sound and the Fury · 4. Moby-Dick or, The Whale · 5. Gravity's ...

What are some of the hardest books to read? - Reddit

In a couple of Reddit threads, I found out that it is on par or even "harder" than such behemoths like Infinity Jest, Ulysses or Moby Dick.

The most challenging books you will ever read - Pan Macmillan

These books are nevertheless celebrated as literary masterpieces. Including both classics and modern titles, trust us when we say each of these books is well ...

The 25 Most Challenging Books You Will Ever Read - BuzzFeed

The 25 Most Challenging Books You Will Ever Read · 1. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (1939) · 2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929).

Notoriously Long & Difficult Books — a staff-created list from Daniel ...

Notoriously Long & Difficult Books Like this list · Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale · Les Misérables · Ulysses · Finnegans Wake · Infinite Jest · How To Read ...

What are some of the hardest books to finish reading (English)?

Finnegans Wake, though I'm not sure that's in English; it's in a Joycean dream language. Gravity's Rainbow is no joke either. Some people find Gaddis difficult.

50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers - Flavorwire

One of the very longest, and most difficult, novels in the English language is Richardson's 1748 epistolary novel about a young girl trying ...

What are the most difficult books to read and why? - Quora

Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce (1939) because there is no clear plot. · The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929) because there are ...

Most difficult novels | LibraryThing

Most difficult novels ... Cecrow : It's an easy read, unless you count having to refer to footnotes, turn it upside down or hold it up to a mirror as difficult.

The World's Most Difficult Books? | World Literature Forum

In my experience, a novel can be hard to read for three reasons: -cultural content -narrative structure -use of language.

The 5 Most Difficult Books Ever! (Fiction) - YouTube

In this video, we're talking about the most difficult books, and what exactly it is that makes them so hard to get through.

The most difficult book you've ever read | Children's Fiction

The Satanic Mill by Otfried Preussler is an emotionally difficult book from my childhood but it's one that I loved in spite of the difficulty, and still love re ...

8 Writers and Books I Find Extremely Difficult to Read - YouTube

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Difficult Books | Ask MetaFilter

David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and Neal Stephenson's Anathem were the two most challenging books I've ever read. Gravity's Rainbow and ...

What's the most difficult book you've ever read (or tried to)? (Lacan ...

Just started Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner, and it's really hard to digest. The sentences are looooooooong winded and it's hard to ...

The Most Difficult Book You've Ever Read - ilXor.com

Was it a non-fiction that was technically complex? Or was it an involved and self-referential novel cycle? Dense writing style? Too many characters/too much ...

What was the most difficult book to figure... — April Henry Q&A

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100 Challenging Novels Scratch-Off Chart

While there's no definitive list of such books, this selection is an excellent place to start. I'm very much looking forward to reading these and keeping track ...

The Top 10 Most Difficult Books - Publishers Weekly

The two curators, Emily Colette Wilkinson and Garth Risk Hallberg, have selected the most difficult of the most difficult, telling us about the 10 literary Mt. ...

Most Difficult / Rewarding Books? | Absolute Write Water Cooler

I've experienced this several times, but the first and most important example that comes to mind is The Gift by Nabokov. I read it three or four ...