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The Most "Initiated but Unfinished" Books Ever

This is NOT a list of bad books. It's a list of books that are quite challenging to read. How many have you managed to complete?
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
2
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
3
James Joyce
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
4
Herman Melville
Holy Bible King James Version
Holy Bible King James Version
5
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
7
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
9
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
10
J.R.R. Tolkien
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
11
Miguel De Cervantes
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
12
Gregory Maguire
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Bronte
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
15
Victor Hugo
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
17
Jack Kerouac
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
18
Yann Martel
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
19
David Foster Wallace
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
20
Charles Dickens
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
22
Bram Stoker
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
23
Charles Dickens
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
24
Thomas Pynchon
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
25
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
26
Vladimir Nabokov
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
27
Robert M Pirsig
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
28
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
29
Homer
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
30
Dante Alighieri
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
31
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
32
John Kennedy Toole
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
33
Joseph Conrad
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
34
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
35
Gabriel García Márquez
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
37
Salman Rushdie
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
38
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
39
Stephen Hawking
Sophies World
Sophies World
40
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