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Dalkey Archive Press: Important Works With a Reputation for Being "Difficult" - Page 2

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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Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
41
Herman Melville
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
42
Vladimir Nabokov
At-Swim-Two-Birds
At-Swim-Two-Birds
43
The Journal of Albion Moonlight (Kenneth Patchen)
The Journal of Albion Moonlight
44
Kenneth Patchen
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
45
Fernando Pessoa
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
46
Anthony Powell
A Glastonbury Romance
A Glastonbury Romance
47
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
48
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
49
Thomas Pynchon
V.
V.
50
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
51
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
52
Ayn Rand
The Great Fire of London (Jacques Roubaud)
The Great Fire of London
53
Jacques Roubaud
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
54
Salman Rushdie
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
55
Vikram Seth
Mulligan Stew (Gilbert Sorrentino)
Mulligan Stew
56
Gilbert Sorrentino
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
57
Gertrude Stein
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
58
John Steinbeck
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
59
Laurence Sterne
Darconville's Cat (Alexander Theroux)
Darconville's Cat
60
Alexander Theroux
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
61
Leo Tolstoy
The Lizard's Tail (Luisa Valenzuela)
The Lizard's Tail
62
Luisa Valenzuela
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral
63
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
64
David Foster Wallace
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
65
Edith Wharton
Voss (Patrick White)
Voss
66
Patrick White
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
67
Virginia Woolf
The Waves. (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves.
68
Virginia Woolf
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