50 Tough Books for Extreme Readers

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From the Flavorwire post: "...for those of you who count yourself tough, here’s a list of books for you: some absurdly long, some notoriously difficult, some with intense or upsetting subject matter but blindingly brilliant prose, some packed into formations that require extra effort or mind expansion, and some that fit into none of those categories, but are definitely for tough girls (or guys) only. This list is limited to works of fiction, so straightforward philosophy is out, and a single book per author, so you’ll see Finnegans Wake (obviously) but not Ulysses. Don’t worry, the Ulysses is implied."
1
El cor de les tenebres
de Joseph Conrad
23,571 membres
387 ressenyes
½ 3.6
17 Members
ablachly, amanda4242, engel25, merrystar, lewbs, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, cej1027, streetwa, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, nikolahall, CharlesTheB,
Explicacions
booksaplenty1949: We studied this in high school, for heaven's sake. Serious, but hardly in the "extreme" category.
2
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,514 membres
540 ressenyes
3.8
13 Members
ablachly, roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, jpporter, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
3
El soroll i la fúria
de William Faulkner
17,262 membres
225 ressenyes
4
12 Members
roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, CGlanovsky, peterveen, ahef1963, matthewmason, jeffza, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
4
Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,957 membres
168 ressenyes
½ 3.7
11 Members
ablachly, hipdeep, roby72, engel25, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB
6
Guerra i pau
de Leo Tolstoy
28,741 membres
455 ressenyes
½ 4.3
10 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, J.Pdelms, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explicacions
booksaplenty1949: Long, but otherwise not notably demanding.
7
Al far
de Virginia Woolf
17,555 membres
268 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
ablachly, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Foc pàl·lid
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,925 membres
139 ressenyes
4.2
9 Members
WSB7, ithil_1, thecoroner, Gregorio_Roth, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, CharlesTheB
Explicacions
Gregorio_Roth: This book really takes my whole attention... I have read it three times and never finished it. I think it is fabulous though.
booksaplenty1949: Very clever, but very readable, I thought.
9
Trainspotting
de Irvine Welsh
7,748 membres
79 ressenyes
4
10 Members
amanda4242, WSB7, engel25, lewbs, si, peterveen, streetwa, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,
10
El Bosc de la nit
de Djuna Barnes
3,120 membres
58 ressenyes
½ 3.5
9 Members
ablachly, WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
11
Hopscotch
de Julio Cortázar
5,106 membres
100 ressenyes
4.2
8 Members
roby72, WSB7, engel25, ithil_1, thecoroner, si, peterveen, lorannen
12
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
de William S. Burroughs
4,277 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.6
8 Members
roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, streetwa, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
13
La casa de hojas
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,627 membres
374 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
14
Infinite Jest
de David Foster Wallace
13,151 membres
243 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
FlorenceArt, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma
15
Gravity's Rainbow
de Thomas Pynchon
10,736 membres
142 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma
16
Finnegans Wake
de James Joyce
5,324 membres
58 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
marietherese, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen,CharlesTheB
17
The Making of Americans
de Gertrude Stein
445 membres
3 ressenyes
3.1
7 Members
ablachly, marietherese, WSB7, thecoroner, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
18
Infern
de Dante Alighieri
23,856 membres
212 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ManWithAnAgenda
19
La Divina Comèdia
de Dante Alighieri
21,719 membres
188 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
WSB7, merrystar, lewbs, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen
20
Meridià de sang
de Cormac McCarthy
11,549 membres
272 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
FlorenceArt, lewbs, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
21
Odissea
de Homer
52,971 membres
472 ressenyes
4
5 Members
amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks
22
Ilíada
de Homer
39,881 membres
386 ressenyes
4
5 Members
amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks
23
Els germans Karamàzov
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
29,439 membres
327 ressenyes
½ 4.4
5 Members
WSB7, lewbs, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949
24
Submón
de Don DeLillo
7,952 membres
85 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
Explicacions
CharlesTheB: I'll read anything by DeLillo
25
2666
de Roberto Bolaño
6,618 membres
184 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, MadaDursma
26
La vida manual d'ús: novel.les
de Georges Perec
3,792 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 4.3
5 Members
FlorenceArt, thecoroner, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, MadaDursma
27
The Painted Bird
de Jerzy Kosiński
2,972 membres
74 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, softsocks
28
J R
de William Gaddis
1,374 membres
19 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, lorannen, MadaDursma
29
In Search of Lost Time: The Captive, The Fugitive & Time Regained
de Marcel Proust
651 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 4.5
5 Members
WSB7, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, CharlesTheB
30
El castell
de Franz Kafka
8,315 membres
93 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, peterveen, lorannen
31
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,727 membres
74 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
32
Memorial del convent
de José Saramago
2,458 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
FlorenceArt, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963
33
El Silmaríl·lion
de J. R. R. Tolkien
34,878 membres
272 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
engel25, merrystar, jpporter, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen,MaskedMumbler ,booksaplenty1949 ,CharlesTheB
34
Eneida
de Virgil
22,870 membres
197 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
amanda4242, lewbs, booksaplenty1949
35
Cementeri d'aninals
de Stephen King
14,112 membres
229 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
jpporter, si, peterveen, ahef1963, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MaskedMumbler ,CGlanovsky , ,CharlesTheB
36
The Faerie Queene
de Edmund Spenser
2,551 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
WSB7, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda,CharlesTheB
37
La Muntanya de l'ànima
de Gao Xingjian
2,506 membres
38 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
FlorenceArt, CGlanovsky, peterveen
38
The Recognitions
de William Gaddis
2,212 membres
36 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
lewbs, booksaplenty1949, MadaDursma
39
Wittgenstein's Mistress
de David Markson
1,520 membres
35 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
marietherese, lorannen, MadaDursma
40
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
de Lydia Davis
1,130 membres
22 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB
Explicacions
CharlesTheB: Lydia Davis focuses on odd aspects of things that so many authors either don't notice or, perhaps, choose to ignore.
42
Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words {unspecified Editions}
de Milorad Pavić
80 membres
4.2
3 Members
Gregorio_Roth, CGlanovsky, mspixieears
Explicacions
Gregorio_Roth: Man that sounds interesting enough...
43
L'Any del pensament màgic
de Joan Didion
10,298 membres
290 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, lorannen
44
Geek Love
de Katherine Dunn
6,137 membres
162 ressenyes
4
3 Members
ablachly, jpporter, lorannen,CharlesTheB
45
Sophie's Choice
de William Styron
5,995 membres
87 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
peterveen, lorannen
46
The Gormenghast Trilogy
de Mervyn Peake
4,415 membres
67 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
peterveen, pixxiee
47
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,692 membres
75 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
48
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
de Samuel Richardson
1,502 membres
29 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, lorannen,CharlesTheB
49
Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider
de Thomas Mann
1,100 membres
19 ressenyes
4
2 Members
peterveen, pixxiee
50
The Tunnel
de William H. Gass
908 membres
11 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
lorannen, MadaDursma
51
The Conservationist
de Nadine Gordimer
795 membres
23 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
ahef1963, lorannen
52
The Unfortunates
de B. S. Johnson
408 membres
9 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
53
The Royal Family
de William T. Vollmann
404 membres
8 ressenyes
4
3 Members
WSB7, lorannen, MadaDursma,CharlesTheB
54
A Tale of a Tub and Other Works
de Jonathan Swift
380 membres
4 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
55
Battle Royale
de Koushun Takami
4,218 membres
113 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
amanda4242, lorannen,CharlesTheB
56
Bad Behavior
de Mary Gaitskill
1,212 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen
57
Almanac of the Dead
de Leslie Marmon Silko
939 membres
14 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen
58
The Demon
de Hubert Selby Jr.
472 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
lorannen
59
Alphabetical Africa
de Walter Abish
240 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
lorannen
60
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
de Marguerite Young
203 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
marietherese
62
Amalgamemnon
de Christine Brooke-Rose
113 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
marietherese
63
Century 21
de Ewa Kuryluk
26 membres
½ 3.3
Member
marietherese
64
Famous Quotes for Life and Happiness
de Harold G. Stratford
5 membres
5
Member
DorothySKT
65
Science Fiction Stories Beyond Normal
de Roland Fielding
2 membres
5
Member
DorothySKT
66
Out
de Natsuo Kirino
3,289 membres
128 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
67
Story of the Eye
de Georges Bataille
2,412 membres
53 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
marietherese,CharlesTheB
68
LES LLIÇONS PERILLOSES
de Alissa Nutting
949 membres
79 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
69
Coin Locker Babies
de Ryū Murakami
945 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
70
Cosmos
de Witold Gombrowicz
640 membres
10 ressenyes
4.1
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB