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Goodreads Most Difficult Novels: 2021 Update, Now Much Longer - Page 9

"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.
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Ilium (Dan Simmons)
Ilium (Dan Simmons)
322
Foundation and Earth (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation and Earth (Isaac Asimov)
323
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
324
Penmarric (Susan Howatch)
Penmarric (Susan Howatch)
325
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
326
Silverlock (John Myers Myers)
Silverlock (John Myers Myers)
327
The Siege of Trencher's Farm (Gordon Williams)
The Siege of Trencher's Farm (Gordon Williams)
328
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (L Ron Hubbard)
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (L Ron Hubbard)
329
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
330
How the Light Gets in (Louise Penny)
How the Light Gets in (Louise Penny)
331
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
332
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
333
Mumbo Jumbo (Ishmael Reed)
Mumbo Jumbo (Ishmael Reed)
334
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
335
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
336
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
337
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
338
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
339
Conversation in the Cathedral (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Conversation in the Cathedral (Mario Vargas Llosa)
340
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
341
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
342
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
343
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
344
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
345
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
346
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
347
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
348
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
349
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
350
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance (James Dickey)
351
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
352
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
353
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
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