“Gravity’s Rainbow” should be here. It’s constantly rated as one of the best American novels but it’s the most difficult read I’ve ever had. You thought Naked Lunch was crazy? This book will melt your brain trying to follow characters, themes, and the prose itself before you even get 100 pages in.
Agree it should be there. One reason I think so many people drop it is that fairly early on there is a surreal multi-page section with no punctuation. That stopped me twice, but if you get past that it calms down.
I got a few pages in before deciding I'd pick it up again some other time. There are apparently websites that will explain page by page what is happening, and I don't have that time right now.
