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Books That Should Earn You Extra Credit on "List Challenges"

If "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Anna Karenina" are on the same "ListChallenges" list, they have equal value. That's not fair. You can finish "Hitchhiker's Guide" in three trips to the bathroom (even if you get enough fiber) whereas you'll need to take two weeks off work to get through "Anna" (one to read, one to recover). Difficulty is, of course, not always a function of length. "Finnegan's Wake" for example, is 100 pages shorter than "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell," but Susanna Clarke wasn't trying to invent a new language in the latter. I've read several of the following books, but some I know by reputation. And whatever your score on this list, feel free to double it.
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120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
1
Marquis De Sade
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
3
Theodore Dreiser
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
5
William Faulkner
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
6
Sylvia Plath
Being and Time
Being and Time
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
9
Cormac McCarthy
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
10
Franz Kafka
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
11
Cormac McCarthy
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen
12
Edmund Spenser
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
13
James Joyce
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
14
Umberto Eco
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
15
Jack Ketchum
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
16
Thomas Pynchon
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
17
Julio Cortázar
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
18
Mark Z. Danielewski
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
19
Primo Levi
In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
20
Ryu Murakami
In Watermelon Sugar (Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
21
Brautigan
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
23
Ralph Ellison
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
24
Jorge Luis Borges
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
25
Thomas Mann
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
26
Virginia Woolf
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
27
Hubert Selby Jr.
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
28
William Faulkner
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
29
Gertrude Stein
Music of the Ghosts (Vaddey Ratner)
Music of the Ghosts
30
Vaddey Ratner
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
31
William S. Burroughs
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
32
Richard Wright
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
33
Djuna Barnes
A Problem From Hell (Samantha Power)
A Problem From Hell
34
Samantha Power
Off Season (Jack Ketchum)
Off Season
35
Jack Ketchum
The Public Burning (Robert Coover)
The Public Burning
36
Robert Coover
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
37
William Gaddis
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
38
Marcel Proust
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
39
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
40
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