Most Difficult Novels

101.
Jealousy
Jealousy 3.54 avg rating β€” 3,190 ratings
102.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,444 ratings
103.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating β€” 74,822 ratings
104.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,152 ratings
105.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating β€” 27,011 ratings
106.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating β€” 45,957 ratings
107.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating β€” 528,196 ratings
108.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,239 ratings
109.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating β€” 41,761 ratings
110.
Malone Dies
Malone Dies 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,617 ratings
111.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,470 ratings
112.
The White Hotel
The White Hotel 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,069 ratings
113.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,623 ratings
114.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,574 ratings
115.
Bloomsday: The Bostoniad
Bloomsday: The Bostoniad 4.18 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
116.
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating β€” 28,534 ratings
117.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating β€” 275,117 ratings
118.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating β€” 8,553 ratings
119.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating β€” 476,211 ratings
120.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 650,126 ratings
121.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,731,045 ratings
122.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating β€” 47,312 ratings
122.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating β€” 363,634 ratings
124.
Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)
Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 21,838 ratings
125.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating β€” 91,973 ratings
126.
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans 3.70 avg rating β€” 101,119 ratings
127.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating β€” 71,980 ratings
128.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating β€” 33,126 ratings
129.
Demons
Demons 4.30 avg rating β€” 59,718 ratings
129.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,782,649 ratings
131.
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom 3.07 avg rating β€” 14,378 ratings
132.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,785 ratings
133.
Shadow Moon (Chronicles of the Shadow War, #1)
Shadow Moon (Chronicles of the Shadow War, #1) 3.26 avg rating β€” 2,294 ratings
134.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating β€” 7,626 ratings
135.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman 3.97 avg rating β€” 22,242 ratings
135.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating β€” 93,524 ratings
137.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating β€” 247,071 ratings
138.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn 3.92 avg rating β€” 28,773 ratings
138.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating β€” 108,206 ratings
140.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating β€” 115,698 ratings
141.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 62,560 ratings
142.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating β€” 36,557 ratings
143.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating β€” 19,173 ratings
144.
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 9,983 ratings
145.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating β€” 42,102 ratings
146.
A Void
A Void 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,755 ratings
147.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating β€” 84,381 ratings
148.
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.39 avg rating β€” 8,499 ratings
149.
Correction
Correction 4.26 avg rating β€” 3,568 ratings
150.
We
We 3.88 avg rating β€” 107,848 ratings
151.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating β€” 697,732 ratings
152.
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,716 ratings
153.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating β€” 20,497 ratings
153.
...And Ladies of the Club
...And Ladies of the Club 4.15 avg rating β€” 13,116 ratings
155.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating β€” 30,887 ratings
156.
The Pilgrim's Regress
The Pilgrim's Regress 3.86 avg rating β€” 10,576 ratings
157.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating β€” 172,352 ratings
158.
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,622 ratings
159.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating β€” 61,304 ratings
160.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch 3.87 avg rating β€” 25,862 ratings
161.
The Combinations (Golemgrad Pentalogy, #1)
The Combinations (Golemgrad Pentalogy, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 104 ratings
162.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating β€” 293,911 ratings
163.
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin 4.10 avg rating β€” 68,921 ratings
164.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating β€” 65,240 ratings
165.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating β€” 68,143 ratings
165.
Germinal
Germinal 4.20 avg rating β€” 41,610 ratings
167.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,513 ratings
168.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating β€” 229,379 ratings
169.
Snow
Snow 3.62 avg rating β€” 48,683 ratings
170.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
by: Ken Kesey
4.26 avg rating β€” 23,500 ratings
171.
The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out 3.75 avg rating β€” 11,984 ratings
171.
Only Revolutions
Only Revolutions 3.23 avg rating β€” 5,827 ratings
173.
Money
Money 3.70 avg rating β€” 25,092 ratings
174.
A Fable
A Fable 3.50 avg rating β€” 4,302 ratings
175.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 211,201 ratings
176.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 33,784 ratings
177.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating β€” 438,489 ratings
178.
Vineland
Vineland 3.75 avg rating β€” 14,012 ratings
179.
Codex Obscura
Codex Obscura really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
179.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,370 ratings
181.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating β€” 182,715 ratings
182.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating β€” 34,037 ratings
183.
The Island of the Day Before
The Island of the Day Before 3.49 avg rating β€” 16,142 ratings
184.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,338,204 ratings
185.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating β€” 760,511 ratings
186.
Desgraça
Desgraça 3.86 avg rating — 114,202 ratings
187.
Le Morte D'arthur
Le Morte D'arthur 3.92 avg rating β€” 38,981 ratings
188.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,821 ratings
189.
Women and Men
Women and Men 4.11 avg rating β€” 307 ratings
190.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating β€” 84,460 ratings
191.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating β€” 86,064 ratings
191.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,042 ratings
193.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating β€” 971,543 ratings
194.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating β€” 14,249 ratings
195.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating β€” 228,351 ratings
196.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 4.03 avg rating β€” 37,351 ratings
197.
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1)
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,773 ratings
198.
Something Happened
Something Happened 3.54 avg rating β€” 8,465 ratings
199.
Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating β€” 80,873 ratings
200.
Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)
Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4) 4.35 avg rating β€” 14,060 ratings
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