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Difficult Books That Aren't Actually That Difficult

I mean, no offence, but they aren't that hard. Most of them are just long or old. They're definitely not difficult compared to some of the crazy crap out there. So you can definitely get through some of these, I believe in you!
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
1
Edith Wharton
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
2
Henry James
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
3
Neil Gaiman
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
5
Ayn Rand
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
6
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
7
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
9
Charles Dickens
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
10
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
12
Franz Kafka
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
14
David Mitchell
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
15
Flannery O'Connor
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
16
Jonathan Franzen
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
17
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
19
Boris Pasternak
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
20
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
21
Bram Stoker
Duplex
Duplex
22
The English Patient
The English Patient
23
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
24
Ayn Rand
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
26
Émile Zola
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
27
Eimear McBride
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
28
Stieg Larsson
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
29
Hermann Hesse
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
30
Margaret Mitchell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
31
Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
33
Edith Wharton
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
34
Robert Graves
The Icarus Girl (Helen Oyeyemi)
The Icarus Girl
35
Helen Oyeyemi
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
36
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
37
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
38
Charlotte Bronte
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
39
Susanna Clarke
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
40
Victor Hugo
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