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Goodreads Most Difficult Novels: 2021 Update, Now Much Longer - Page 6

"Novels that made you work the hardest. Let's assume that you actually finished the book and felt that it was worth the effort" (Goodreads).
Despite the Goodreads instructions, in practice I think there were many different interpretations of 'difficult'. Hence the inclusion of "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. Anyway IMHO the list could be used as a fairly wide-ranging and challenging TBR.
Criteria for inclusion: at least 3 votes OR 2 votes and 100+ ratings.
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
202
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
203
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
204
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
205
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
206
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
207
Ratner's Star (Don Delillo)
Ratner's Star (Don Delillo)
208
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
209
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
210
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
211
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
212
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
213
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
214
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
215
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
216
The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)
The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)
217
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
218
Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
219
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She (H. Rider Haggard)
220
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
221
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula (Toni Morrison)
222
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
223
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
224
My Name Is Joe (Stefan Bourque)
My Name Is Joe (Stefan Bourque)
225
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
226
We of the Forsaken World... (Kiran Bhat)
We of the Forsaken World... (Kiran Bhat)
227
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
228
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
229
Faust, Part One (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust, Part One (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
230
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
A Crack Up at the Race Riots (By Harmony Korine)
231
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
232
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
233
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
234
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
235
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
236
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
237
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
238
A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
239
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
240
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
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