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_ssM2laJTcJ0oao-V4aq4P8xSSrgf5BYCI2hAsMbNFTxKqoBlVJa72IXY5Jl7Gt6Xq6udNByOUPvs7JFdtyb9Iwy7E0vfkh_xE178ibNlQR_ID5fN6WMZP-o1BGyPknf18=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_sPBYrtr9hdUYECHGwEMaRgJnGDewcLjwXE-c-06iVEa8bDOz5KP43HS2sGicZqQT5BfTxgUNgjwsTFYILk-GmRjKI9KhaM8WnqedoMqNpPU65zJdDtyx2Pvg4Zrde4O99csBQdCrubO0Aw_i9W=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_vWejsPKx8MUm71weGv6Rmy8oyC6nYucHxdzrs7PUy5VcO33jhEjCWtt-8iTyBXNId1O02hBD861SFXwwl5GrNNvfwdIAjNsEBZPwA1S0lsl-skIiEn2NaldZyrNJ56YoDv2fRRr06NWE76syGA=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_sIcA569gHxsQRBwMzNyw7joOxoqecQybutRNEtNl59jWy_koPRionth3PTC1uqRQ4bnHGSpFAeonocnJ--k5GmGG1X8JIxuSgkpNgLEEECXZjEYDbX6xfzEVPmyRqRkDftDEXZzycGc-YxHLKC=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_sl-NK2qbkpADqmt3Yb3u6YgbC1bOLMj9nutFuZ-h80hmMEbnaVYkUk_PdBj-FDokOF7-zEzx9GJGasQ3eiXJ_K3Q7IZNdrV4bAmK-ul5gEVeg387TWiNSzQuG8LcoNqZnLWdgqibxGSsnPaAga=s0-d)
5. Norman Mailer
The Executioner's Song
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