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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23,486 medlemmar
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½ 3.6
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ablachly, amanda4242, engel25, merrystar, lewbs, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, cej1027, streetwa, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, nikolahall, CharlesTheB,
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booksaplenty1949: We studied this in high school, for heaven's sake. Serious, but hardly in the "extreme" category.
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35,349 medlemmar
539 recensioner
3.8
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17,185 medlemmar
224 recensioner
4
4
21,880 medlemmar
168 recensioner
½ 3.7
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28,653 medlemmar
451 recensioner
½ 4.3
10 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, J.Pdelms, ManWithAnAgenda,
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booksaplenty1949: Long, but otherwise not notably demanding.
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17,517 medlemmar
269 recensioner
3.9
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7,900 medlemmar
139 recensioner
4.2
9 Members
WSB7, ithil_1, thecoroner, Gregorio_Roth, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, CharlesTheB
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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.
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7,725 medlemmar
80 recensioner
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3,109 medlemmar
58 recensioner
½ 3.5
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5,090 medlemmar
99 recensioner
4.2
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4,266 medlemmar
57 recensioner
½ 3.6
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15,549 medlemmar
374 recensioner
4.1
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13,260 medlemmar
243 recensioner
4.2
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10,710 medlemmar
142 recensioner
4.1
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5,308 medlemmar
57 recensioner
3.9
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443 medlemmar
3 recensioner
3.1
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23,761 medlemmar
212 recensioner
4.1
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21,660 medlemmar
187 recensioner
4.1
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11,495 medlemmar
272 recensioner
4.2
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52,799 medlemmar
472 recensioner
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39,761 medlemmar
386 recensioner
4
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29,357 medlemmar
325 recensioner
½ 4.4
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7,961 medlemmar
85 recensioner
3.9
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thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
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CharlesTheB: I'll read anything by DeLillo
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6,597 medlemmar
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4.1
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3,781 medlemmar
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3.8
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1,366 medlemmar
19 recensioner
4.2
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651 medlemmar
7 recensioner
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8,288 medlemmar
93 recensioner
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3,715 medlemmar
74 recensioner
3.8
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2,440 medlemmar
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34,739 medlemmar
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22,786 medlemmar
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3.9
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14,085 medlemmar
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2,547 medlemmar
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2,492 medlemmar
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2,205 medlemmar
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1,517 medlemmar
35 recensioner
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1,126 medlemmar
22 recensioner
4.2
3 Members
peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB
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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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3 Members
Gregorio_Roth, CGlanovsky, mspixieears
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Gregorio_Roth: Man that sounds interesting enough...
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10,281 medlemmar
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3.8
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ahef1963, lorannen
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6,109 medlemmar
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5,978 medlemmar
87 recensioner
4.1
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4,404 medlemmar
67 recensioner
4.1
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peterveen, pixxiee
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3,674 medlemmar
75 recensioner
4.2
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1,495 medlemmar
29 recensioner
½ 3.5
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1,093 medlemmar
19 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
peterveen, pixxiee
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906 medlemmar
11 recensioner
4.1
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793 medlemmar
23 recensioner
3.2
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ahef1963, lorannen
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405 medlemmar
9 recensioner
4.1
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404 medlemmar
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377 medlemmar
4 recensioner
3.2
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4,202 medlemmar
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3.9
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lorannen
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933 medlemmar
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3.9
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lorannen
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471 medlemmar
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lorannen
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239 medlemmar
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lorannen
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190 medlemmar
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4.2
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112 medlemmar
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26 medlemmar
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