Personally I can't take Ulysses, but many people can't take Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy which I have read
about once a year since I was 13 (that's about 44 times).
So, as my Granny said, "Tastes differ said the old woman as she kissed the coo."
AND don't insult tripe: having tripe soup for lunch today: lovely.