The 10 Most Difficult Books You'll Ever Read Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Sophie's Choice by William Styron. Moby Dick by Herman Melville. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro. More items... Sep 22, 2021