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."
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El cor de les tenebres
de Joseph Conrad
23,050 membres
372 ressenyes
½ 3.6
17 Members
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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
34,464 membres
524 ressenyes
3.8
12 Members
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3
El soroll i la fúria
de William Faulkner
16,863 membres
222 ressenyes
4
12 Members
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Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,471 membres
163 ressenyes
½ 3.7
11 Members
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6
Guerra i pau
de Leo Tolstoy
27,930 membres
434 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
17,146 membres
260 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
ablachly, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Foc pàl·lid
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,745 membres
134 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
7,636 membres
79 ressenyes
4
10 Members
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El Bosc de la nit
de Djuna Barnes
3,047 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.5
9 Members
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11
Hopscotch
de Julio Cortázar
4,979 membres
98 ressenyes
4.2
8 Members
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12
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
de William S. Burroughs
4,159 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.6
8 Members
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13
La casa de hojas
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,036 membres
363 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
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14
Infinite Jest
de David Foster Wallace
12,962 membres
239 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
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15
Gravity's Rainbow
de Thomas Pynchon
10,528 membres
139 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
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16
Finnegans Wake
de James Joyce
5,223 membres
56 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
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The Making of Americans
de Gertrude Stein
437 membres
3 ressenyes
3.2
7 Members
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18
Infern
de Dante Alighieri
23,362 membres
207 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ManWithAnAgenda
19
La Divina Comèdia
de Dante Alighieri
21,084 membres
180 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
WSB7, merrystar, lewbs, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen
20
Meridià de sang
de Cormac McCarthy
11,172 membres
265 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
FlorenceArt, lewbs, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
21
Els germans Karamàzov
de Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28,686 membres
315 ressenyes
½ 4.4
5 Members
WSB7, lewbs, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949
22
Submón
de Don DeLillo
7,837 membres
84 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
Explicacions
CharlesTheB: I'll read anything by DeLillo
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2666
de Roberto Bolaño
6,453 membres
174 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, MadaDursma
24
La vida manual d'ús: novel.les
de Georges Perec
3,700 membres
53 ressenyes
½ 4.3
5 Members
FlorenceArt, thecoroner, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, MadaDursma
25
The Painted Bird
de Jerzy Kosiński
2,910 membres
71 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
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26
J R
de William Gaddis
1,338 membres
18 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, lorannen, MadaDursma
27
In Search of Lost Time: The Captive, The Fugitive & Time Regained
de Marcel Proust
644 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 4.6
5 Members
WSB7, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, CharlesTheB
28
Odissea
de Homer
51,391 membres
453 ressenyes
4
4 Members
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29
Ilíada
de Homer
38,652 membres
373 ressenyes
4
4 Members
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30
El castell
de Franz Kafka
8,133 membres
86 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
thecoroner, lewbs, peterveen, lorannen
31
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,640 membres
73 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
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32
Memorial del convent
de José Saramago
2,401 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
FlorenceArt, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963
33
El Silmaríl·lion
de J. R. R. Tolkien
33,789 membres
258 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
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Eneida
de Virgil
22,297 membres
196 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
amanda4242, lewbs, booksaplenty1949
35
Cementeri d'aninals
de Stephen King
13,692 membres
226 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
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The Faerie Queene
de Edmund Spenser
2,512 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
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37
La Muntanya de l'ànima
de Gao Xingjian
2,447 membres
37 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
FlorenceArt, CGlanovsky, peterveen
38
The Recognitions
de William Gaddis
2,154 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
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39
Wittgenstein's Mistress
de David Markson
1,479 membres
32 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
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40
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
de Lydia Davis
1,089 membres
22 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
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Explicacions
CharlesTheB: Lydia Davis focuses on odd aspects of things that so many authors either don't notice or, perhaps, choose to ignore.
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Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words {unspecified Editions}
de Milorad Pavić
81 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
10,193 membres
287 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, lorannen
44
Geek Love
de Katherine Dunn
6,000 membres
159 ressenyes
4
3 Members
ablachly, jpporter, lorannen,CharlesTheB
45
Sophie's Choice
de William Styron
5,880 membres
86 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
peterveen, lorannen
46
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,598 membres
72 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
47
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
de Samuel Richardson
1,469 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, lorannen,CharlesTheB
48
The Tunnel
de William H. Gass
887 membres
10 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
lorannen, MadaDursma
49
The Conservationist
de Nadine Gordimer
776 membres
23 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
ahef1963, lorannen
50
The Royal Family
de William T. Vollmann
399 membres
8 ressenyes
4
3 Members
WSB7, lorannen, MadaDursma,CharlesTheB
51
The Unfortunates
de B. S. Johnson
393 membres
9 ressenyes
4
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
52
A Tale of a Tub and Other Works
de Jonathan Swift
373 membres
4 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
lorannen, CharlesTheB
53
The Gormenghast Trilogy
de Mervyn Peake
4,331 membres
66 ressenyes
4.1
Member
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54
Battle Royale
de Koushun Takami
4,123 membres
111 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
amanda4242, lorannen,CharlesTheB
55
Bad Behavior
de Mary Gaitskill
1,189 membres
34 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen
56
Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider
de Thomas Mann
1,063 membres
19 ressenyes
4.1
Member
pixxiee
57
Almanac of the Dead
de Leslie Marmon Silko
907 membres
14 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen
58
The Demon
de Hubert Selby Jr.
466 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
lorannen
59
Alphabetical Africa
de Walter Abish
232 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
lorannen
61
Miss Macintosh, My Darling
de Marguerite Young
182 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
marietherese
62
Amalgamemnon
de Christine Brooke-Rose
104 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
marietherese
63
Century 21
de Ewa Kuryluk
25 membres
½ 3.3
Member
marietherese
64
Famous Quotes for Life and Happiness
de Harold G. Stratford
4 membres
5
Member
DorothySKT
65
Science Fiction Stories Beyond Normal
de Roland Fielding
2 membres
5
Member
DorothySKT
66
Out
de Natsuo Kirino
3,204 membres
126 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
67
Story of the Eye
de Georges Bataille
2,345 membres
52 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
marietherese,CharlesTheB
68
Coin Locker Babies
de Ryū Murakami
919 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
69
LES LLIÇONS PERILLOSES
de Alissa Nutting
886 membres
78 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB
70
Cosmos
de Witold Gombrowicz
624 membres
10 ressenyes
4.1
Member
lorannen,CharlesTheB