Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
586 books — 2,043 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHoly Bible by AnonymousNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters

Catching the Big Fish by David  LynchBook of Longing by Leonard CohenShe Was Nice to Mice by Alexandra Elizabeth SheedyMichelangelo Life, Letters, and Poetry by Michelangelo BuonarrotiEdith Wharton's Italian Gardens by Vivian Russell
Doubly Gifted
269 books — 35 voters