Ten Hard Books You Don't Have To Read (Unless You Want To)

Many of the books on this list are books that I love.  Let me know what you think of my list and if you would add or subtract any titles.

Ulysses by James Joyce
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
2666 by Roberto Bollano
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Paradise by Toni Morrison
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust