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Books Hard for the First Time, Easy the Second

Here on this list - We will be showing what books on this list are complicated to read for the first time, but differently compared for the second time, which would be easier.
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
10
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
12
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.Tolkien
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
38
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
39
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
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