50 Tough Books for Extreme Readers
- Description
- 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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- 17 Members
- ablachly, amanda4242, engel25, merrystar, lewbs, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, cej1027, streetwa, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, nikolahall, CharlesTheB,
- Explanations
- booksaplenty1949: We studied this in high school, for heaven's sake. Serious, but hardly in the "extreme" category.
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- 13 Members
- ablachly, roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, jpporter, si, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
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17,167 members
224 reviews
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Score 12
Added 2013-11-05, 11:58 AM
- 12 Members
- roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, CGlanovsky, peterveen, ahef1963, matthewmason, jeffza, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
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21,848 members
168 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 11
Added 2013-11-05, 12:05 PM
- 11 Members
- ablachly, hipdeep, roby72, engel25, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB
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7,626 members
113 reviews
3.9
Score 10
Added 2013-11-05, 12:04 PM
- 10 Members
- FlorenceArt, roby72, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB
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- 10 Members
- WSB7, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen, J.Pdelms, ManWithAnAgenda,
- Explanations
- booksaplenty1949: Long, but otherwise not notably demanding.
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- 9 Members
- ablachly, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, matthewmason, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 9 Members
- WSB7, ithil_1, thecoroner, Gregorio_Roth, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, CharlesTheB
- Explanations
- 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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- 10 Members
- amanda4242, WSB7, engel25, lewbs, si, peterveen, streetwa, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,
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- 9 Members
- ablachly, WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
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4,255 members
57 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 8
Added 2013-11-05, 11:59 AM
- 8 Members
- roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, streetwa, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 7 Members
- amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, MadaDursma
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- 7 Members
- FlorenceArt, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 7 Members
- roby72, WSB7, engel25, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 8 Members
- marietherese, roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, ahef1963, matthewmason, lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- 7 Members
- ablachly, marietherese, WSB7, thecoroner, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 6 Members
- hipdeep, amanda4242, WSB7, thecoroner, booksaplenty1949, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 6 Members
- WSB7, merrystar, lewbs, booksaplenty1949, matthewmason, lorannen
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- 6 Members
- FlorenceArt, lewbs, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 5 Members
- amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks
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- 5 Members
- amanda4242, lewbs, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, softsocks
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29,306 members
324 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5
Added 2014-03-01, 10:28 AM
- 5 Members
- WSB7, lewbs, CGlanovsky, peterveen, booksaplenty1949
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- 5 Members
- thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
- Explanations
- CharlesTheB: I'll read anything by DeLillo
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- 5 Members
- roby72, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 5 Members
- FlorenceArt, thecoroner, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, MadaDursma
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- 5 Members
- WSB7, thecoroner, peterveen, lorannen, softsocks
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- 5 Members
- roby72, WSB7, thecoroner, lorannen, MadaDursma
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650 members
6 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 5
Added 2013-11-05, 11:58 AM
- 5 Members
- WSB7, peterveen, booksaplenty1949, lorannen, CharlesTheB
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- 4 Members
- thecoroner, lewbs, peterveen, lorannen
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- 4 Members
- lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB, MadaDursma
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- 4 Members
- FlorenceArt, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963
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- 6 Members
- engel25, merrystar, jpporter, peterveen, matthewmason, lorannen,MaskedMumbler ,booksaplenty1949 ,CharlesTheB
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- 3 Members
- amanda4242, lewbs, booksaplenty1949
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- 7 Members
- jpporter, si, peterveen, ahef1963, lorannen, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MaskedMumbler ,CGlanovsky , ,CharlesTheB
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- 4 Members
- WSB7, matthewmason, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda,CharlesTheB
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- 3 Members
- FlorenceArt, CGlanovsky, peterveen
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- 3 Members
- lewbs, booksaplenty1949, MadaDursma
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- 3 Members
- marietherese, lorannen, MadaDursma
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by Lydia Davis
1,123 members
22 reviews
4.2
Score 3
Added 2013-11-05, 12:06 PM
- 3 Members
- peterveen, lorannen, CharlesTheB
- Explanations
- 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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526 members
4.1
Score 3
Added 2013-11-05, 12:08 PM
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81 members
4.2
Score 3
Added 2014-03-01, 10:22 AM
- 3 Members
- Gregorio_Roth, CGlanovsky, mspixieears
- Explanations
- Gregorio_Roth: Man that sounds interesting enough...
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by Joan Didion
10,272 members
290 reviews
3.8
Score 2
Added 2013-11-05, 12:07 PM
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- 3 Members
- ablachly, jpporter, lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- 2 Members
- lorannen, CharlesTheB
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1,493 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 2
Added 2013-11-05, 12:06 PM
- 3 Members
- souloftherose, ahef1963, lorannen,CharlesTheB
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by Thomas Mann
1,088 members
19 reviews
4.1
Score 2
Added 2023-11-07, 11:34 PM
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- lorannen, MadaDursma
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- 2 Members
- lorannen, CharlesTheB
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- 3 Members
- WSB7, lorannen, MadaDursma,CharlesTheB
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- 2 Members
- amanda4242, lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- lorannen
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- lorannen
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- lorannen
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- lorannen
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- marietherese
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- DorothySKT
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- lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- marietherese,CharlesTheB
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- lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- lorannen,CharlesTheB
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- lorannen,CharlesTheB