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_v6G6X3HHYrAsq6oEk18Vn7xj2SX_zTZ1ViC3A_en2XjfTHJ78bx9GS6A8dTiB5N1WG2Z5fel43J9fSvjZLfRT5JHkuycAZVU7fHePLCpjhoL1LBKVVnWvmQpHGq7ryDpc=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_s-uHJYRFuFqKsh6Qw_QmfmlJm4M8sNMlVYNVTWXuK6aZwNeU4qhAfk_xpgRqEri92iRJMpOkafkW-R1oc65PhRXooIOZ2bwSuvr_r2zy6ASjwK6tqLxy_yR1luERMnT3TQnZXi8FgFH4h_4p0l=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_vCCzB-6XSRfcDU6-xCWi5HcZATZgMFtwzlwQugQ_bX72zC5x_YX9n-uvpA_v5EGzNPgRxr4L1cFnvemNRm2JVvejKWHjMwxL1To5pDjUkPyVrahKbYzOKCcqrdA_D4hzEDPSrahUonaY-WKdwt=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_toqNhAhWHYHeJGs-T6-U9wDuZe0-8RHXJ-M3X3EJ9dIgtxJmAH2ibQlALZqlRqoN8dslMA2qMx2dK6aVuFpd6wzkeVfOx879aaIfTfugVAH42KL05uHuOsRYmkyo5jYFH9OC-mh_1OFimvP0ij=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_tieR56dmnwmRZpsq13lbqLFURDdl4mB42zpkkV_TA6qPb4zyPGwcYdAbaBrYJZelnTYcpRR4mkdZbZ3oASWQMzFsQD6B5d9TPKLMAb4XYUZI1vgSJ5-qHGTkJaYCyb8wZCR3C56Wyv6bdVI4oh=s0-d)
5. Norman Mailer
The Executioner's Song
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