Intimidating books I long to read/finish (132 books)

These are books that I want to read but intimidate me for some reason. Either the length, subject matter, complexity or even print size causes me to avoid these books for easier reads. What about you?

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101	Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 37,772 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
101	Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein 4.10 avg rating — 22,213 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Kushiel's Scion (Imriel's Trilogy, #1) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 22,753 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault 4.12 avg rating — 9,560 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon 4.14 avg rating — 12,442 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Rising Up And Rising Down (7 Volumes) by William T. Vollmann 4.20 avg rating — 835 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	Kushiel's Mercy (Imriel's Trilogy, #3) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 18,227 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	Naamah's Kiss (Naamah Trilogy, #1) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14,893 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy, #2) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 11,403 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, 2 Vols by Marguerite Young 4.26 avg rating — 258 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson 3.39 avg rating — 8,532 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	The Novels of Tiger and Del, Volume I (Tiger and Del, #1-2) by Jennifer Roberson (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 505 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	The Golden Bowl by Henry James 3.77 avg rating — 11,771 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais 3.65 avg rating — 16,169 ratings score: 134, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	The Gospel of Lie: A Grieving Christian Searches the Bible for a New Jesus by Joshua Lie 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 137,056 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen 4.07 avg rating — 5,491 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Cecilia by Frances Burney 3.77 avg rating — 3,946 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
119	The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo 4.24 avg rating — 14,804 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Cleopatra the Great by joann-fletcher 3.67 avg rating — 295 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 4.19 avg rating — 211,786 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Pilgrimage 1 (Pilgrimage, #1-3) by Dorothy M. Richardson 3.58 avg rating — 518 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 18,106 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze 4.18 avg rating — 8,590 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 4.09 avg rating — 70,281 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
126	Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition by Mark Twain 3.80 avg rating — 8,788 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.30 avg rating — 61,735 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power by Pierre Bourdieu 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Language and Symbolic Power by BOURDIEU 4.19 avg rating — 984 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	The Novels of Tiger and Del, Volume II: Sword-Maker - Sword Breaker by Jennifer Roberson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 441 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	The Novels of Tiger and Del, Volume III by Jennifer Roberson (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 386 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	The Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations by Jacques Roubaud 4.06 avg rating — 212 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars