Most difficult novels

Descrição
The most difficult, hard to read novels with high demands on reader in the whole history of literature.
1
Ulysses
de James Joyce
24,081 membros
377 resenhas
4
17 Members
Quixada, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, absurdeist, Cecrow, roby72, WSB7, ncgraham, Artran, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR,
2
The Sound and the Fury
de William Faulkner
17,270 membros
225 resenhas
4
12 Members
lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, absurdeist, Cecrow, WSB7, artturnerjr, Artran, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,Quixada ,
3
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,525 membros
541 resenhas
3.8
10 Members
paradoxosalpha, Cecrow, roby72, WSB7, artturnerjr, thecoroner, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR,Artran
4
Finnegans Wake
de James Joyce
5,328 membros
58 resenhas
3.9
9 Members
Quixada, absurdeist, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR,
5
In Search of Lost Time
de Marcel Proust
3,883 membros
44 resenhas
½ 4.5
9 Members
lahochstetler, Cecrow, roby72, WSB7, Artran, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,absurdeist ,
6
LARANJA MECÂNICA
de Anthony Burgess
25,853 membros
386 resenhas
4
9 Members
Quixada, roby72, WSB7, artturnerjr, thecoroner, Beorn_se_Bacaire, ahef1963, FranzK72, MccMichaelR, ,Artran ,
7
Arco-íris da gravidade
de Thomas Pynchon
10,738 membros
142 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
paradoxosalpha, absurdeist, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,
8
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
de Laurence Sterne
7,663 membros
112 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
Cecrow, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR
9
The Recognitions
de William Gaddis
2,212 membros
36 resenhas
½ 4.3
6 Members
absurdeist, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR
10
Mrs. Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,604 membros
329 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
roby72, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,Artran ,
11
Rumo ao Farol
de Virginia Woolf
17,559 membros
268 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,Artran
12
House of Leaves
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,630 membros
374 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963, Ignatius777, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR,Cecrow
Explicações
Cecrow : It's an easy read, unless you count having to refer to footnotes, turn it upside down or hold it up to a mirror as difficult.
13
Graça Infinita
de David Foster Wallace
13,156 membros
243 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, MccMichaelR
14
Pale Fire
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,927 membros
139 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR
15
The Waves
de Virginia Woolf
5,365 membros
74 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
WSB7, Artran, JuliaMaria, FranzK72
16
Hopscotch
de Julio Cortázar
5,107 membros
100 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR
17
Under the Volcano
de Malcolm Lowry
4,398 membros
88 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
paradoxosalpha, roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72
18
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
de William S. Burroughs
4,278 membros
57 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
paradoxosalpha, WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,Artran
19
Petersburg
de Andrei Bely
1,496 membros
24 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
roby72, Artran, thecoroner, FranzK72
20
J R
de William Gaddis
1,374 membros
19 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
absurdeist, thecoroner, FranzK72, MccMichaelR
21
The Death of Virgil
de Hermann Broch
1,178 membros
13 resenhas
4
4 Members
SilentInAWay, Artran, thecoroner, FranzK72
22
The Tunnel
de William H. Gass
908 membros
11 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
absurdeist, WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72
23
The Conservationist
de Nadine Gordimer
795 membros
23 resenhas
3.2
4 Members
DorsVenabili, thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72
24
The Man Without Qualities
de Robert Musil
615 membros
12 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, JuliaMaria, FranzK72, MccMichaelR,Artran
25
Doctor Faustus
de Thomas Mann
4,092 membros
47 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72
26
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,727 membros
74 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Nightwood
de Djuna Barnes
3,120 membros
58 resenhas
½ 3.5
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72
28
Baltasar and Blimunda
de José Saramago
2,458 membros
49 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72
29
Wittgenstein's Mistress
de David Markson
1,520 membros
35 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
absurdeist, thecoroner, MccMichaelR
30
The experience of pain
de Carlo Emilio Gadda
404 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72
31
Horcynus Orca
de Stefano D'Arrigo
108 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72
32
Heart of Darkness
de Joseph Conrad
23,555 membros
387 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963, MccMichaelR,Artran
33
The Canterbury Tales
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,964 membros
168 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72,Artran
34
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
de James Joyce
21,209 membros
216 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
artturnerjr, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR,absurdeist , ,Artran
35
Blood Meridian
de Cormac McCarthy
11,554 membros
272 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
thecoroner, MccMichaelR
36
Absalom, Absalom!
de William Faulkner
7,648 membros
106 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
roby72, WSB7, Artran, thecoroner,Quixada ,
37
2666
de Roberto Bolaño
6,618 membros
184 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
thecoroner, MccMichaelR
38
The Painted Bird
de Jerzy Kosiński
2,972 membros
74 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72,MccMichaelR
39
Cosmos
de Witold Gombrowicz
640 membros
10 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
Artran, thecoroner
40
The Book of the New Sun
de Gene Wolfe
634 membros
9 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, souloftherose
41
Greed
de Elfriede Jelinek
231 membros
4 resenhas
3.2
2 Members
Artran, JuliaMaria
42
Porius
de John Cowper Powys
200 membros
5 resenhas
4
2 Members
absurdeist, MccMichaelR
43
O Pêndulo de Foucaul
de Umberto Eco
17,470 membros
257 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72,Cecrow ,
44
The Island of the Day Before
de Umberto Eco
7,144 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
paradoxosalpha
45
The Glass Bead Game
de Hermann Hesse
6,859 membros
98 resenhas
4.1
Member
paradoxosalpha
46
The Tale of Genji
de Shikibu Murasaki
5,496 membros
53 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,695 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
Member
thecoroner
48
Auto-da-Fé
de Elias Canetti
2,347 membros
30 resenhas
4
Member
Cecrow
49
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
de Samuel Richardson
1,502 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
thecoroner, ahef1963,Cecrow
Explicações
Cecrow : List descriptor says should not be listed due to length; I think that's the only thing difficult about it.
50
Riddley Walker
de Russell Hoban
1,334 membros
25 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
51
A Voyage to Arcturus
de David Lindsay
1,279 membros
34 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
paradoxosalpha
52
Bad Behavior
de Mary Gaitskill
1,212 membros
34 resenhas
3.9
Member
thecoroner
53
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
de Lydia Davis
1,130 membros
22 resenhas
4.2
Member
thecoroner
54
Almanac of the Dead
de Leslie Marmon Silko
939 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
Member
thecoroner
55
Jealousy
de Alain Robbe-Grillet
623 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Artran
56
A Tale of A Tub
de Jonathan Swift
563 membros
13 resenhas
3.2
Member
thecoroner
58
The Making of Americans
de Gertrude Stein
445 membros
3 resenhas
3.1
Member
thecoroner
59
The Unfortunates
de B. S. Johnson
407 membros
9 resenhas
4.1
Member
thecoroner
60
Impressions of Africa
de Raymond Roussel
389 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
tros
61
The Apes of God
de Wyndham Lewis
307 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.3
Member
absurdeist
62
Perhaps the Stars
de Ada Palmer
254 membros
10 resenhas
4.2
Member
paradoxosalpha
63
Alphabetical Africa
de Walter Abish
239 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
thecoroner
64
Passing Time
de Michel Butor
176 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
Artran
65
The Wind
de Claude Simon
87 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
Member
Artran
66
Adepti
de Ivan Matoušek
1 membro
½ 4.5
Member
Artran
67
A Voz do Fogo
de Alan Moore
775 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
Member
artturnerjr,Artran
68
Trainspotting
de Irvine Welsh
7,748 membros
79 resenhas
4
Member
absurdeist, ,
69
Fictions
de Jorge Luis Borges
7,589 membros
114 resenhas
½ 4.4
Explicações
Cecrow : Some complex imaginative ideas being explored, but not particularly difficult to read.