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15 Books That Are Basically Unreadable

Books are meant to be read, but there are a number of texts that defy even the most dedicated reader. Many struggle to get through esteemed classics such as Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851) or Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869), for example—and then there are the books that go beyond difficult and approach impenetrable. From disappearing ink to being written in code to needing a team to turn a page, here are 15 books that are, for one reason or another, basically unreadable.
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Googolplex Written Out (Wolfgang H Nitsche)
Googolplex Written Out
1
Wolfgang H Nitsche
Patria Amada (Vinícios Leôncio)
Patria Amada
2
Vinícios Leôncio
Cain's Jawbone (Edward Powys Mathers)
Cain's Jawbone
3
Edward Powys Mathers
Teeny Ted From Turnip Town (Malcolm Douglas Chaplin)
Teeny Ted From Turnip Town
4
Malcolm Douglas Chaplin
Levsha (Vladimir Aniskin)
Levsha
5
Vladimir Aniskin
El Libro Que No Puede Esperar (Eternia Cadencia)
El Libro Que No Puede Esperar
6
Eternia Cadencia
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
7
James Joyce
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
8
Thomas Pynchon
Beatrix Potter Journal (Beatrix Potter)
Beatrix Potter Journal
9
Beatrix Potter
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
10
Laurence Sterne
Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (And Other Poison Books) (Shirley Hibberd)
Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (And Other Poison Books)
11
Shirley Hibberd
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (Timothy Dexter)
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
12
Timothy Dexter
Gadsby (Ernest Vincent Wright)
Gadsby
13
Ernest Vincent Wright
La Disparition (Georges Perec)
La Disparition
14
Georges Perec
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
15
William S. Burroughs
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