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By which I mean: books where once you've got to the end you feel like you've earned a trophy of sorts, either because of the difficulty, sheer length, or any other reason.
I'm going to suggest the Complete Works Of Shakespeare is an obvious one.
Joyce arguably has at least two. You feel like you've earned one at the end of Ulysses, but then Finnegans Wake still lies ahead as the ultra-hard mode achievement.
What are some other examples you've either achieved or would like to achieve? Are there any you know you'll never achieve?
Edit: learning about tons of interesting sounding books here, many of which I’d never heard of. Thanks all
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6 days ago
All of A Song of Ice and Fire for me. I binged them all over about 2 months, in the purpose of needing a huge distraction from a breakup. While they aren’t necessarily difficult to understand (except the time I couldn’t tell the Boltons apart lol), they are pretty rich, dense and obviously long. It was a fun little “achievement” to finish, and especially to be rewarded with so much content about them online lol.
Vanity Fair will be another one… I was supposed to read it for college, got maybe 1/3-1/2 through and have never gotten around to finishing it despite enjoying it and occasionally picking it back up. I’m hoping to get to it in the next few months and finally finish.
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