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Dalkey Archive Press: Important Works With a Reputation for Being "Difficult"

Is a challenge like this more an inspiration or a deterrent to reading the works? The list is a companion to my recently published "Dalkey Archive Press: Overlooked Works of Fiction" (follow the link). Surprisingly (to me at least) there is very little overlap between the works in the 2 challenges.
The source publishers "asked our academic and bookstore advisors across the country to respond to a number of questions. The following list [was] compiled from their responses." (Dalkey Archive Press)
Alphabetical by author's surname.
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Great Expectations (Kathy Acker)
Great Expectations
Kathy Acker
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Letters (John Barth)
Letters
John Barth
3
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges
4
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
Hermann Broch
5
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Robert Burton
6
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
Three Trapped Tigers
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine
7
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
Elias Canetti
8
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.
9
62: A Model Kit (Julio Cortazar)
62: A Model Kit
Julio Cortazar
10
Palinuro of Mexico (Fernando Del Paso)
Palinuro of Mexico
Fernando Del Paso
11
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
12
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
13
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
14
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
15
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
16
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
17
E. Luminata (Diamela Eltit)
E. Luminata
Diamela Eltit
18
A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)
A Fan's Notes
Frederick Exley
19
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
20
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
William Faulkner
21
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
22
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
23
The Flower Beneath the Foot (Ronald Firbank)
The Flower Beneath the Foot
Ronald Firbank
24
Terra Nostra
Terra Nostra
25
JR (William Gaddis)
JR
William Gaddis
26
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
27
The Tunnel (William H. Gass)
The Tunnel
William H. Gass
28
Makbara (Juan Goytisolo)
Makbara
Juan Goytisolo
29
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass
30
The Blind Owl (Sadegh Hedayat)
The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat
31
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
32
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
Henry James
33
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
34
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
35
Raintree County
Raintree County
36
The Same Embrace (Michael Lowenthal)
The Same Embrace
Michael Lowenthal
37
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
38
Ancient Evenings
Ancient Evenings
39
Take Five (D. Keith Mano)
Take Five
D. Keith Mano
40
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
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