50 Tough Books for Extreme Readers

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Mørkets hjerte

af Joseph Conrad

23,592 medlemmer

389 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

17 Members: ablachly, amanda4242, engel25, merrystar, lewbs, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, cej1027, streetwa, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, nikolahall, CharlesTheB,
Forklaringer: booksaplenty1949: We studied this in high school, for heaven's sake. Serious, but hardly in the "extreme" category.

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Moby-Dick eller Hvalen

af Herman Melville

35,553 medlemmer

541 anmeldelser

3.8

13 Members: ablachly, roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, jpporter, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma

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Brølet og vreden

af William Faulkner

17,278 medlemmer

226 anmeldelser

4

12 Members: roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, CGlanovsky, peterveen, ahef1963, matthewmason, jeffza, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma

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Canterbury Fortællinger

af Geoffrey Chaucer

21,983 medlemmer

168 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

11 Members: ablachly, hipdeep, roby72, engel25, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB

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Tristram Shandys levned og meninger

af Laurence Sterne

7,667 medlemmer

113 anmeldelser

3.9

10 Members: FlorenceArt, roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB

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Krig og fred

af Leo Tolstoy

28,851 medlemmer

458 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

10 Members: WSB7, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, J.Pdelms, ManWithAnAgenda,
Forklaringer: booksaplenty1949: Long, but otherwise not notably demanding.

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Til fyret : roman

af Virginia Woolf

17,577 medlemmer

270 anmeldelser

3.9

9 Members: ablachly, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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Pale Fire

af Vladimir Nabokov

7,942 medlemmer

139 anmeldelser

4.2

9 Members: WSB7, ithil_1, thecoroner, Gregorio_Roth, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, CharlesTheB
Forklaringer: 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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Trainspotting

af Irvine Welsh

7,750 medlemmer

79 anmeldelser

4

10 Members: amanda4242, WSB7, engel25, lewbs, si, peterveen, streetwa, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,

10

Nattens skove : roman

af Djuna Barnes

3,125 medlemmer

58 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

9 Members: ablachly, WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma

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Hopscotch

af Julio Cortázar

5,111 medlemmer

100 anmeldelser

4.2

8 Members: roby72, WSB7, engel25, ithil_1, thecoroner, si, peterveen, lorannen

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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

af William S. Burroughs

4,283 medlemmer

57 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

8 Members: roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, streetwa, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma

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House of Leaves

af Mark Z. Danielewski

15,679 medlemmer

377 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma

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Infinite Jest

af David Foster Wallace

13,172 medlemmer

243 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: FlorenceArt, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma

15

Gravity's Rainbow

af Thomas Pynchon

10,750 medlemmer

142 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma

16

Finnegans Wake

af James Joyce

5,337 medlemmer

59 anmeldelser

3.9

8 Members: marietherese, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen,CharlesTheB

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The Making of Americans

af Gertrude Stein

445 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

3.1

7 Members: ablachly, marietherese, WSB7, thecoroner, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma

18

Den guddommelige komedie : Helvede

af Dante Alighieri

23,904 medlemmer

212 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ManWithAnAgenda

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Dantes guddommelige komedie

af Dante Alighieri

21,756 medlemmer

188 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: WSB7, merrystar, lewbs, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen

20

Blodets meridian eller Aftenrøden i Vesten

af Cormac McCarthy

11,575 medlemmer

272 anmeldelser

4.2

6 Members: FlorenceArt, lewbs, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma

21

Odysseen

af Homer

53,057 medlemmer

474 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks

22

Homers Iliade

af Homer

39,948 medlemmer

386 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks

23

Brødrene Karamasov

af Fyodor Dostoevsky

29,494 medlemmer

330 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

5 Members: WSB7, lewbs, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949

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Underverden : roman

af Don DeLillo

7,965 medlemmer

85 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
Forklaringer: CharlesTheB: I'll read anything by DeLillo

25

2666

af Roberto Bolaño

6,628 medlemmer

185 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, MadaDursma

26

Livet - en brugsanvisning. Romaner

af Georges Perec

3,793 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: FlorenceArt, thecoroner, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, MadaDursma

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Den bemalede fugl

af Jerzy Kosiński

2,973 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, softsocks

28

J R

af William Gaddis

1,374 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

4.2

5 Members: roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, lorannen, MadaDursma

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In Search of Lost Time: The Captive, The Fugitive & Time Regained

af Marcel Proust

654 medlemmer

7 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

5 Members: WSB7, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, CharlesTheB

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Slottet

af Franz Kafka

8,324 medlemmer

93 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, lewbs, peterveen, lorannen

31

Dhalgren

af Samuel R. Delany

3,733 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma

32

Historien om Baltasar og Blimunda og den forunderlige Passarola

af José Saramago

2,461 medlemmer

49 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: FlorenceArt, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

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Silmarillion

af J. R. R. Tolkien

34,932 medlemmer

272 anmeldelser

3.9

6 Members: engel25, merrystar, jpporter, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen,MaskedMumbler ,booksaplenty1949 ,CharlesTheB

34

Vergils Aeneide

af Virgil

22,913 medlemmer

198 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: amanda4242, lewbs, booksaplenty1949

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Dyrekirkegården

af Stephen King

14,136 medlemmer

230 anmeldelser

3.8

7 Members: jpporter, si, peterveen, ahef1963, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MaskedMumbler ,CGlanovsky , ,CharlesTheB

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The Faerie Queene

af Edmund Spenser

2,550 medlemmer

24 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: WSB7, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda,CharlesTheB

37

Soul Mountain

af Gao Xingjian

2,516 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

3 Members: FlorenceArt, CGlanovsky, peterveen

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The Recognitions

af William Gaddis

2,212 medlemmer

36 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

3 Members: lewbs, booksaplenty1949, MadaDursma

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Wittgenstein's Mistress

af David Markson

1,521 medlemmer

35 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: marietherese, lorannen, MadaDursma

40

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

af Lydia Davis

1,131 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB
Forklaringer: 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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