Unadaptable: Books that are difficult to translate into other medium.

1.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,458 ratings
2.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,341 ratings
3.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 650,149 ratings
4.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,725 ratings
4.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,779 ratings
6.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,015 ratings
7.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
8.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 3.73 avg rating — 22,670 ratings
9.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,218 ratings
10.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman 3.97 avg rating — 22,246 ratings
11.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,103 ratings
12.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,512 ratings
13.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,697 ratings
14.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,627 ratings
14.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,986 ratings
16.
The Dogs of Babel
The Dogs of Babel 3.58 avg rating — 19,381 ratings
17.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,458 ratings
17.
My Dark Vanessa
My Dark Vanessa 4.10 avg rating — 398,730 ratings
19.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,894 ratings
20.
Against the Day
Against the Day 4.05 avg rating — 10,019 ratings
21.
Antkind
Antkind 3.71 avg rating — 6,205 ratings
21.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
23.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating — 585,799 ratings
24.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
25.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,848 ratings
26.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,990 ratings
27.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,340 ratings
28.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 51,311 ratings
29.
The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
The State of the Art (Culture, #4) 3.83 avg rating — 19,245 ratings
30.
Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
31.
Inversions (Culture, #6)
Inversions (Culture, #6) 3.96 avg rating — 19,769 ratings
32.
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 28,823 ratings
33.
Matter (Culture, #8)
Matter (Culture, #8) 4.11 avg rating — 29,298 ratings
34.
Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
Surface Detail (Culture, #9) 4.26 avg rating — 29,669 ratings
35.
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10)
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 25,110 ratings
36.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,445 ratings
37.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,467 ratings
38.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,271 ratings
39.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,243 ratings
40.
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
41.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,746 ratings
42.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,192 ratings
43.
Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3)
Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 163,484 ratings
44.
Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 112,529 ratings
45.
Ender in Exile (Ender's Saga, #5)
Ender in Exile (Ender's Saga, #5) 3.92 avg rating — 52,745 ratings
46.
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.39 avg rating — 8,499 ratings
47.
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,042 ratings
48.
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 34,179 ratings
49.
Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3)
Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 16,558 ratings
50.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
51.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 625,823 ratings
52.
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) 4.76 avg rating — 453,287 ratings
53.
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) 4.61 avg rating — 327,594 ratings
54.
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) 4.59 avg rating — 215,140 ratings
55.
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5) 4.39 avg rating — 102,018 ratings
56.
The Hyperion Omnibus (Hyperion Cantos, #1-2)
The Hyperion Omnibus (Hyperion Cantos, #1-2) 4.44 avg rating — 4,068 ratings
57.
The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy, #1)
The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 7,596 ratings
58.
The Erstwhile (The Vorrh Trilogy, #2)
The Erstwhile (The Vorrh Trilogy, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,684 ratings
59.
The Cloven (The Vorrh Trilogy, #3)
The Cloven (The Vorrh Trilogy, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
60.
Little, Big
Little, Big 3.80 avg rating — 12,096 ratings
61.
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr 3.94 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
62.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,023 ratings
63.
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 55,767 ratings
64.
Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 27,322 ratings
65.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,915 ratings
66.
The Unlimited Dream Company
The Unlimited Dream Company 3.63 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
67.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
68.
Le Déchronologue
Le Déchronologue 3.92 avg rating — 629 ratings
69.
Pontypool Changes Everything
Pontypool Changes Everything 3.23 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
70.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,889 ratings
71.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating — 47,314 ratings
72.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,996 ratings
73.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,530 ratings
74.
Hangsaman
Hangsaman 3.77 avg rating — 10,883 ratings
75.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
76.
Bottom's Dream
Bottom's Dream 4.32 avg rating — 113 ratings
77.
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey 3.84 avg rating — 69,633 ratings
78.
The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating — 59,072 ratings
79.
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,063 ratings