I'll only comment on works that I've actually read, which, of course, leaves out most everything in the world.
In no particular order:
Dune -Frank Herbert- Powerful. I agree with lostgirl and Daniel's comments
A Canticle for Liebowitz
-Walter Miller- the greatest ever in the science fiction genre, and an epic in the timespan it covers.
Invitation to a Beheading
-Nabakov's novel of induced insanity
August 1914 -Solzhenitsyn- one month in about 900 pages
Don Quixote -Cervantes- long, and absolutely delightful!
Ulysses
-James Joyce- long, and like slogging through thick mud!
Leaves of Grass -Walt Whitman- epic in every way but length
And musically:
Symphony No. 10 in e minor -Dmitri Shostakovich- a masterpiece in every way.
String Quartet No. 8 in c minor -Shostakovich- gripping intensity
I've been on on the road, listening to Shostakovich and Bob Wills. What a combo.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Heh, I didn't want to be the first to say it. I think in my case it isn't as much about Ayn Rand as it is the taking of her novels too seriously.
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That people of the liberal persuasion would diss Any Rand is as predictable as ...Ayn Rand herself.
Lindy