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The Most Confusing Books Ever Written

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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
1
William Golding
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
3
Herman Melville
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
5
Yann Martel
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
6
William Faulkner
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
7
Victor Hugo
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
8
David Mitchell
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
9
Mark Z. Danielewski
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
11
Ray Bradbury
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
13
Charlotte Bronte
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
14
Leo Tolstoy
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
15
James Joyce
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
17
William S. Burroughs
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
18
David Foster Wallace
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
19
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
20
Salman Rushdie
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
21
Homer
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
22
Elizabeth Kostova
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
23
John Kennedy Toole
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
24
John Milton
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
25
Audrey Niffenegger
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
26
Don Delillo
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
27
Virginia Woolf
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
28
Thomas Pynchon
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
30
Neil Gaiman
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
31
William Faulkner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
32
Cormac McCarthy
The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
The Strange Library
33
Haruki Murakami
Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
Gardens of the Moon
34
Steven Erikson
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
35
James Joyce
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
36
Joanna Russ
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
37
Stephen Hawking
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
38
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
39
Julian Barnes
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
40
Murasaki Shikibu
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