Challenging


Ulysses
Infinite Jest
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Sound and the Fury
Lolita
Brave New World
The Brothers Karamazov
War and Peace
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Clockwork Orange
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
To the Lighthouse
The Idiot
A Brief History of Seven Killings
House of Leaves
The Dark Enlightenment by Nick LandThe Vision of the Anointed by Thomas SowellFingerprints of the Gods by Graham HancockThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallMaps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson
Books Smart People Should Read
99 books — 14 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingBobby's Girl by Bernie MorrisA Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. BasbanesA Novel Bookstore by Laurence CosséThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Fanning a Dying Flame
12 books — 3 voters

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeShadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene WolfeThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeThe Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
Linguistically refreshing!
6 books — 1 voter
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
62 books — 71 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseUlysses by James JoyceThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
The Most Challenging Novels
5 books — 1 voter
Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMiddlemarch by George EliotCloud Atlas by David  Mitchell
Most challenging reads
4 books — 4 voters

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey.” Wallace might be seen as the Mentor/Wise Old Man, Ali as the naïve young hero who grows as the story evolves.
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

Erik Pevernagie
When we feel the cards are stacked against us, and we have to confront the arresting questions of our walks of life, we may happen to face up to an “apocalypse.” When we meet head-on a disclosure of a “new” truth and come to terms with the destruction of our “old” reality, the disparity might be very challenging, but conceivably liberating as well. ("Looking for the unexpected" ) ...more
Erik Pevernagie

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