Top 5 - Literary Masterpieces I Can't ReadToday is Don DeLillo's birthday (he turned 71 today). His birthday is another reminder of how I've never been able to make it through his masterpiece
Underworld![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sR4a9Uwp7_LfFi3he4DxcRSW94Bkt5he9SZKdUPIv1D0HSb0Z2nKXxHYVXazg-RdokwneezbEbXNDEeeoDOedJU9hxOd474z-cCEo_rF3oFpAoYOkFcvZkFUMeO9uKU-c=s0-d)
. I've picked the book up several times but around page 100 I just lose interest. No matter how many people tell me how great the book is - I just can't finish it. There are a number of "great" books that fit this description. here are the top 5 masterpieces that I either can't finish or have no interest in starting.
1. James Joyce
Ulysses![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_soCNo6ffs6UeEIKelZXibh2F2thV_myQkiGWX2wTJHXKskBZ_T8cmzHVnqaEU2kGN1uyX3J0y1OWOnIFDJfdxrlhnQLAIZmR3LOAEH_zA9Dxn1jtmWxA2Bqrry_9G66tHSb7EWoixeW3zO6t_A=s0-d)
- I seem to pick this book up every year and make it to about page 100
2. John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u72wuy1GKbr9DpegB_Aqru9lxLdTbR-8APXjCCZigenX28UPwItS_YEqk88FlIkgfzQVsnYUdEY5b9nEYm5GcjmgRKSV-S7HdncdjSQ7YVy7MwvWS0KAvInte2aRPu7mEUY7RS3Wls30d5LrFL=s0-d)
- I re-read
Cannery Row every summer but can't get interested in the Grapes.
3. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics)![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s2Qh1Zc705FtkXEpnB2YNTs9bues9XV68V-YCqnZzPBuL_TO4piUrTsAsVbh2erP5yhGEBAuDxonYnz9YMBpa2WKphEwtQgm87h7TXiOx7IEu02D-d1BSxAawC__hyxe3f2rLVT_7sOEkKRDi3=s0-d)
- I've read just about everything else by Maugham but I can't finish this book
4. Don DeLillo
Underworld: A Novel![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_svSNuaoNqN5x6fnLquuNhpJ7PSlPgbqDaXgyT6LHUe6RjboJSqdrnl_-C5CN38IlXi0YcDP3xCHW_T1ttSGiHFVPusncrEw5wZK-807MiFEK_rknT2bOyEgqYc3ZAGR7UK9DgQzcXl7dRTSV7B=s0-d)
5. Norman Mailer
The Executioner's Song
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