Favorite Poorly Rated Books (1404 books)

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Sometimes popular books are downright awful.

And sometimes, because of misdirected marketing, false expectations, authors writing outside their usual genres, kids being forced to read difficult classics in school before they're able to appreciate them, or some other reason, books hated by large numbers of people are actually good.

This is a list where you can vote for your favorite books with poor ratings. Averages below a 3.6 will count as "poor ratings."

NOTE: Books with average ratings of 3.60 or above will be removed.

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1	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 936,567 ratings score: 4,607, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Beowulf by Unknown 3.50 avg rating — 353,964 ratings score: 3,816, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.53 avg rating — 240,936 ratings score: 3,723, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.57 avg rating — 630,221 ratings score: 3,235, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 571,125 ratings score: 2,892, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.59 avg rating — 303,587 ratings score: 2,631, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire 3.50 avg rating — 694,650 ratings score: 2,568, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 3.59 avg rating — 264,988 ratings score: 1,982, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling 3.31 avg rating — 339,048 ratings score: 1,672, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 100,240 ratings score: 1,449, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 281,791 ratings score: 1,357, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence 3.50 avg rating — 141,170 ratings score: 1,293, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire 3.55 avg rating — 62,818 ratings score: 1,066, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare 3.55 avg rating — 14,960 ratings score: 1,003, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 43,767 ratings score: 995, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.46 avg rating — 141,215 ratings score: 994, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Utopia by Thomas More 3.55 avg rating — 85,209 ratings score: 972, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Shaman's Crossing (Soldier Son #1) by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 26,456 ratings score: 503, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Spirit Gate (Crossroads, #1) by Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 4,049 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) by Matthew Pearl (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 43,175 ratings score: 633, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 3.52 avg rating — 13,984 ratings score: 544, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Daisy Miller by Henry James 3.37 avg rating — 38,915 ratings score: 584, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 3.51 avg rating — 62,090 ratings score: 680, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.55 avg rating — 75,991 ratings score: 929, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3) by Mervyn Peake 3.45 avg rating — 6,358 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 69,426 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.58 avg rating — 284,883 ratings score: 660, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.38 avg rating — 185,950 ratings score: 887, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare 3.42 avg rating — 13,007 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 3.30 avg rating — 111,494 ratings score: 461, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Reached (Matched, #3) by Ally Condie (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 179,639 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 3.48 avg rating — 85,749 ratings score: 456, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.48 avg rating — 125,388 ratings score: 451, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Moo by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 8,647 ratings score: 440, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 19,569 ratings score: 427, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton 3.42 avg rating — 6,711 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 3.59 avg rating — 17,480 ratings score: 391, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 18,166 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years, #2) by Gregory Maguire 3.51 avg rating — 72,139 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 554,288 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 103,224 ratings score: 377, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 92,200 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge 3.55 avg rating — 6,235 ratings score: 354, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville 3.20 avg rating — 20,086 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré 3.51 avg rating — 10,335 ratings score: 336, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 21,674 ratings score: 320, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Three Junes by Julia Glass (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 45,565 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Fear of Flying by Erica Jong 3.48 avg rating — 23,913 ratings score: 340, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta 3.26 avg rating — 17,767 ratings score: 319, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Benighted by Kit Whitfield 3.48 avg rating — 1,148 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Last of the Templars by William Watson 3.49 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Technologists by Matthew Pearl (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 3,699 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Believers by Zoë Heller 3.38 avg rating — 5,830 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin 3.56 avg rating — 8,054 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton 3.51 avg rating — 4,106 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Don Karlos: Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller 3.51 avg rating — 2,239 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa by Matt Fraction 3.25 avg rating — 2,645 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund 3.40 avg rating — 29,688 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 76,256 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles 3.30 avg rating — 17,773 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 3.20 avg rating — 27,007 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 8,850 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh 3.56 avg rating — 135,255 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Macbeth by Jo Nesbø (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 18,685 ratings score: 250, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson 3.42 avg rating — 8,030 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 36,490 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich 3.08 avg rating — 589 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Micro by Michael Crichton 3.54 avg rating — 42,166 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 24,989 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell 3.29 avg rating — 38,899 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 96,678 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud 3.31 avg rating — 33,807 ratings score: 227, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8) by Anne Holt 3.34 avg rating — 6,295 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 49,283 ratings score: 214, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Napoleon's Pyramids (Ethan Gage, #1) by William Dietrich (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 4,852 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer 3.49 avg rating — 2,359 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Engagement by Chloe Hooper 2.82 avg rating — 1,362 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Hector and the Search for Happiness by François Lelord 3.48 avg rating — 17,794 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Romanitas by Sophia McDougall (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 733 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Zone One by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 27,975 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 16,024 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Embers of Heaven (Jin-Shei, #2) by Alma Alexander (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 277 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 17,518 ratings score: 196, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	There but for the by Ali Smith 3.50 avg rating — 10,223 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	N. P by Banana Yoshimoto 3.54 avg rating — 13,142 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Banewreaker (The Sundering, #1) by Jacqueline Carey (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 4,579 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke 3.23 avg rating — 16,475 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Ladies' Man by Richard Price 3.52 avg rating — 757 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Net Force (Tom Clancy's Net Force, #1) by Steve Perry 3.56 avg rating — 10,620 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Age of Consent : The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Culture by Robert H. Knight 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Space Opera (Space Opera, #1) by Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 17,456 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Lust: or No Harm Done by Geoff Ryman 3.52 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley 3.53 avg rating — 3,242 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 1,520 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan 3.56 avg rating — 3,839 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	NW by Zadie Smith 3.48 avg rating — 46,180 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (Lidie Newton, #1) by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 2,917 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock 3.44 avg rating — 2,098 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story by Howard Means 3.25 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 3.31 avg rating — 295,260 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1,404 books · 259 voters · list created August 26th, 2012 by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (votes) .

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message 1: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Aug 28, 2012 02:54AM) (new)

Aug 28, 2012 02:28AM

Great idea for a list, though there already is one with almost the exact same parameters, see "Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 3.7)" (http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...) ...

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message 2: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Aug 28, 2012 08:35PM

Good to know--I poked around a bit before making this list but didn't see that one. I'm going to leave this stand though; about half the books on that one are rated between 3.6 and 3.7, so the apparently small difference in parameters actually has a big impact.

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message 3: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Aug 29, 2012 03:26AM

Wow -- I saw there wasn't a complete overlap, of course, but didn't realize it actually made so much of a difference!

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message 4: by Sarrah (new)

Oct 19, 2012 10:15AM

Guilty ... I gave several of those books a low rating too. What a great idea, though, and you're so right!

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message 5: by Katrina (new)

Nov 25, 2012 10:50PM

Deleted for being 3.60 or above:
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (3.60)
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (3.60)
Hive (Hive, #1) by Tim Curran (3.66)
Ufo's From Behind The Iron Curtain by Ion Hobana (3.62)
History of the Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft (3.71)
Changeling the Dreaming by Mark Rein-Hagen (3.67)
Rob Roy by Walter Scott (3.60)
The Trial (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel by David Zane Mairowitz (3.96)

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message 6: by Tamara (new)

Nov 26, 2012 08:05AM

That middle 3 area is where most books seem to cluster. Quite a few of the ones I added were 3.5+, and i've only ever read 15 books rated under 3.3, and NONE rated at under 3. Need to make an opposite list - highly rated books (say, 4.4+ that don't deserve it...)

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message 7: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Nov 26, 2012 02:40PM

It seems to me (from spending too much time on Goodreads) that generally well-received books tend to have an average rating in the 3.7-4.1 range. Over 4.1 and the book is beloved by its readers, and quite possibly overrated.* Below 3.5 and there's definitely a problem, either with the book or with the readers. Between 3.5 and 3.7 is a gray area where opinions are mixed (this is where widely loathed bestsellers like Twilight, Eragon and Fifty Shades fall). So I decided to split that down the middle for the list, but it makes sense that the best-liked books in that range will be the ones between 3.5 and 3.6.

I have actually read two books with averages below a 3--neither is much good, although the 2.76-er I didn't find quite that awful. But it looks like publishers must do a better job than I give them credit for--just about anything they put out finds some fans, or we'd see a lot more 1s and 2s.

* @Tamara: I went to vote on your 4.4+ list, and then realized I'd only read a few books with such high averages and didn't really dislike any of them. Although I do think The Hunger Games is overrated.

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message 8: by Tamara (new)

Nov 26, 2012 04:14PM

Yeah, I think I might lower it a bit. I could only turn up 3 books, and I feel rather bad about tossing poor Harry Potter on there (only those slightly wonky later ones!) I really just made it for for Way of Kings, which is the single most highly rated book i've ever read, apparently, which drives me nuts, (it beats all of GRRM, Abercrombie, Abrahams, etc, not to mention every other author I HAVE EVER READ.) NUTS!

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message 9: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Nov 28, 2012 08:57AM

I don't understand the Way of Kings thing at all either--from what I've heard about it and from reading other Sanderson books, I imagine it's okay (although not something I intend to read), but not by any stretch something that should be rated higher than literally every book I have ever read!

But then, I don't understand a lot of the really high ratings. It makes sense for sequels where there's a lot of selection bias in who even bothers to read the books, but something like Game of Thrones will always be niche to me--I think it's an excellent piece of epic fantasy, but have plenty of friends on GR and in real life who either disliked it, or considered it entertaining but not particularly well-written. And somehow it's one of the highest-rated books I've read.

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message 10: by Grack21 (new)

Nov 28, 2012 08:22PM

I bought WoK on day 1 in hardcover and still have not read it. Thing is a beast.

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message 11: by Luke (new)

Jan 20, 2013 06:45PM

Removed for having a rating of 3.60+:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 3.60
The Last of Her Kind - 3.60
A Covert Agenda - 3.80
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power - 3.64
Terminal World - 3.60
The Priest They Called Him: The Life and Legacy of William Burroughs - 3.60
Hay Fever - 3.60

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message 12: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Jan 20, 2013 07:05PM

Hey, the ratings of some of my books have gone up! Nice!

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message 13: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 10, 2013 03:46PM

Removed, for having a rating above 3.6:

Isn't It Pretty To Think So? (3.93)

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message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 12, 2013 10:17PM

Not a single one of these is rated poorly. In fact, every single one of these books is either a classic; held in high regards by scholars; or a super-popular book in the fantasy genre, which is slowly growing to be come a vastly popular genre. So, I can't help but voice confusion. And not to mention each of them has at least an average of 3.5 stars here on Goodreads. So I have no idea who made this list or why.

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message 15: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Dec 13, 2013 06:45AM

Well, I created the list, as you can see at the bottom, for the reasons in the list description. Also, you know, because this is Listopia and it's fun to create lists and see how people vote on them. Not everything here is a classic or fantasy (though I'm not sure why that matters?), but the way Listopia works is that if enough people vote on a list, the most popular items on it will rise to the top. As for the cut-off, when I see a book rated below around 3.6, that's when I start to wonder what the problem is.

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message 16: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 13, 2013 08:47AM

As for "who made it": Emma created it, and 98 of us (so far) have voted on it. We are who have made it. Anyone who chooses to add to it can do so, and help make it.

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message 17: by sologdin (new)

Dec 13, 2013 06:59PM

why 3.6, incidentally? is rating inflation that bad?

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message 18: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (last edited Dec 13, 2013 07:22PM) (new)

Dec 13, 2013 07:21PM

Susanna's right, there are now 100 people who've made the list, and anybody who thinks different books should be on it, can and should vote for them.

As for the 3.6, it's a bit arbitrary, and I talked about why in comment #7 above. Basically, yeah, the way Goodreads averages go, below 3.6 tells me there's an unusual amount of dislike for the book. Right now, out of 539 books on my "read" shelf, only 55 have averages of 3.59 or below. If we were to go for truly low ratings, there wouldn't be much to vote for: I currently only have 4 books with averages below 3.0, and didn't particularly like any of them.

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message 19: by John (new)

Jan 16, 2014 09:27AM

Removed The Awakening

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message 20: by Luke (new)

Apr 09, 2014 04:38PM

Deleted for having a rating of 3.60+:

Lord of the Flies
Cleopatra: A Life
Coriolanus
Black Skies : an Inspector Erlendur Novel
The Watchers
Two Plays: juno and the Paycock, The Shadow of A Gunman

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message 21: by Mike Briggs (new)

Apr 02, 2015 08:28AM

Removed for having a rating higher than 3.60:
Learning to Kiss in the Snow - by D.B. Tarpley - 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
Lick the Razor - by D.B. Tarpley - 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
The Night's Night - by D.B. Tarpley - 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
Leviathan - by Thomas Hobbes - 3.62 avg rating — 20,881 ratings
The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers - 3.62 277
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present by Donald G. Nieman - 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings

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message 22: by Mike Briggs (new)

Apr 02, 2015 08:30AM

"NOTE: Books with average ratings of 3.60 or above will be removed."

Removed for having a rating of exactly 3.60:
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann - 3.60 avg rating — 6,433 ratings
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire - by Caroline Finkel - 3.60 avg rating — 411 ratings
Darwin for Beginners by Jonathan Miller - 3.60 avg rating — 205 ratings
In the Forest - by Edna O'Brien - 3.60 avg rating — 810 ratings
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief #1) - by E.W. Hornung - 3.60 avg rating — 990 ratings

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message 23: by Adele (new)

Oct 09, 2015 02:43PM

Removed for having an avg. rating of 3.6:
The Werewolf of Paris
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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message 24: by Mike Briggs (last edited Jan 27, 2017 02:04PM) (new)

Jan 27, 2017 01:56PM

as per:
'3.60 or above will be removed.'

Removed for having a too high rating:

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by Chinua Achebe
3.60 avg rating — 200,592 ratings

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
3.60 avg rating — 155,406 ratings

A Son of the Circus
by John Irving (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 16,024 ratings

Hunter's Run
by George R.R. Martin
3.60 avg rating — 2,224 ratings

Beauty Queens
by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 39,889 ratings

The Quiet War (The Quiet War #1)
by Paul McAuley (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 1,687 ratings

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua
3.60 avg rating — 37,449 ratings

The Europeans
by Henry James
3.60 avg rating — 2,989 ratings

Fallen Angels
by Noël Coward
3.64 avg rating — 76 ratings

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message 25: by Jane (new)

Oct 23, 2017 11:56PM

Removed due to ratings > 3.60
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Evenfall
By Sword and Fire
Savages and Civilization

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message 26: by Elyse (new)

Oct 19, 2018 02:19PM

Congratulations to #92 Driven, #133 Obasan, #152 All Cheeses Great and Small, and #189 Esther's Inheritance. They have risen above 3.60 and were deleted.

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message 27: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 25, 2020 06:56PM

I added my 11 books with 5 stars that qualify - 8 of which were new to this list

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message 28: by Sophie (last edited Sep 09, 2021 05:51AM) (new)

Sep 09, 2021 05:08AM

Removed The Crucible, The Communist Manifesto, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Big Kahuna, Port Mortuary, Земля без радости, Billingsgate Shoal, The Interpretation of Murder, 2061: Odyssey Three, The Mill River Recluse, Death of Wolverine, No Fixed Address, Finding God in It's A Wonderful Life, Race-Baiting In America: How the Left Use Race as a Means to Keep Power, Drive the Narrative, & Tear This Country Apart, Deerbrook, The Ruins, I Still Dream About You, A Curse Dark as Gold, The Shadow of Oz, Labyrinth, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, The Midwife of Venice, England, Bloody England: An Expatriate's Return, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, The Good Daughters, Death in a Tenured Position, Run, Await Your Reply, The Pigman, All the Birds in the Sky, Red Tide, The Witch Elm

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message 29: by Naomi (new)

Feb 03, 2025 11:03PM

Removed New Moon, Scarlett, Snow, Eat, Pray, Love

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message 30: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 19, 2026 11:36PM

❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 14)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 32)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 51)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 84)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Medieval Flowers by Miranda Innes (Avg: 3.65, Pos: 101)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists by Jim Ottaviani (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 128)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] A Treeful of Pigs by Arnold Lobel (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 140)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Dexter's Final Cut (Dexter, #7) by Jeff Lindsay (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 200)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The God Boy by Ian Cross (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Unless by Carol Shields (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Avg: 3.80, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Rainbow Kite by Kelly Bennett (Avg: 4.82, Pos: 220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 254)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko (Avg: 3.75, Pos: 254)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Star Wars Novelizations, #1) by Terry Brooks (Avg: 3.66, Pos: 254)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Call of Earth (Homecoming, #2) by Orson Scott Card (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 284)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Room by Jonas Karlsson (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 310)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America by Eric Idle (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 310)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Avg: 3.66, Pos: 310)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 343)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America by Alan Pell Crawford (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 343)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Good Rat by Jimmy Breslin (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 343)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] This Shared Dream (Dance Family #2) by Kathleen Ann Goonan (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 370)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 370)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Christmas and Other Things I Hate (Things I Hate, Book 1) by Elizabeth McGivern (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 393)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Beaches II: I'll Be There by Iris Rainer Dart (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 417)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Streeters: Rants and Raves from This Hour Has 22 Minutes by Rick Mercer (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 464)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Rose by Leonore Fleischer (Avg: 3.75, Pos: 481)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Christmas Carol by Flora Speer (Avg: 3.75, Pos: 564)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (Avg: 3.66, Pos: 601)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Generous Death (Jenny Cain, #1) by Nancy Pickard (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 601)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Ingratitude by Ying Chen (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 618)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo (Avg: 3.68, Pos: 666)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 683)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Sunset Park by Paul Auster (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 748)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Exit Stage Left (Degrassi, #9) by William Pasnak (Avg: 3.66, Pos: 761)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Lost Newport: Vanished Cottages of the Resort Era (Applewood Books) by Paul F. Miller (Avg: 3.64, Pos: 761)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Trails of Yesterday by John Bratt (Avg: 3.70, Pos: 788)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Rich Mrs Robinson by Winifred Beechey (Avg: 3.75, Pos: 803)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Labor Day by Joyce Maynard (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 833)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Pure by Andrew Miller (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 848)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Lyra's Oxford (His Dark Materials, #3.5) by Philip Pullman (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 912)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Hurricane Sisters (Lowcountry Tales, #10) by Dorothea Benton Frank (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 940)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Passport's Guide to Ethnic Chicago by Rich Lindberg (Avg: 3.67, Pos: 950)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Beneath the Canyons (Daughter of the Wildings #1) by Kyra Halland (Avg: 3.64, Pos: 950)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Somewhere in Time by Merline Lovelace (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1002)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Perfect Husband (Sydney Harbour Hospital #1) by Chris Taylor (Avg: 3.73, Pos: 1023)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye: A Family Field Trip to the Arctic's Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows by Zac Unger (Avg: 3.64, Pos: 1036)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Daddy Candidate (Silhouette Desire, No 641) by Cait London (Avg: 3.72, Pos: 1036)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] That's my Boy by José Luis Cortés (Avg: 4.08, Pos: 1057)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1077)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Avg: 3.65, Pos: 1089)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham, #2) by Julia Quinn (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1102)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Chaos (Kay Scarpetta, #24) by Patricia Cornwell (Avg: 3.69, Pos: 1114)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Wildcatter by Dave Duncan (Avg: 3.65, Pos: 1145)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Bleeding Hearts by Jack Harvey(Pseudonym) (Avg: 3.65, Pos: 1166)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1176)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Boar Island (Anna Pigeon, #19) by Nevada Barr (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1187)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Women Talking by Miriam Toews (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 by Vonda N. McIntyre(Editor) (Avg: 3.73, Pos: 1220)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1230)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Hectic Headspace Of Abigail Squall by Scott O'Neill (Avg: 3.75, Pos: 1240)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Cutting Season by Attica Locke (Avg: 3.64, Pos: 1246)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Cuba Straits (Doc Ford, #22) by Randy Wayne White (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1265)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Death Turns a Trick (Rebecca Schwartz, #1) by Julie Smith (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1276)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 1342)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Sky is Falling by Sidney Sheldon (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1367)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Winter Hut (A Break-Of-Day Book) by Cynthia Jameson (Avg: 3.82, Pos: 1367)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead (Avg: 3.62, Pos: 1393)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1424)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Hostage in Peking by Anthony Grey (Avg: 3.73, Pos: 1443)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5) by Charles Osborne(Adapter) (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 1473)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (Avg: 3.63, Pos: 1481)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Closed Casket (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #2) by Sophie Hannah (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1481)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing (Avg: 3.65, Pos: 1509)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 1516)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Hammer of Eden by Ken Follett (Avg: 3.64, Pos: 1516)

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message 31: by Mitchell (new)

Jun 28, 2026 09:25PM

❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] A Separate Peace by John Knowles (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 18)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 46)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Evermore (The Immortals, #1) by Alyson Noel (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 58)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 65)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1) by Charles Stross (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 127)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) by Eva Stachniak (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 141)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] What Came Before He Shot Her (Inspector Lynley, #14) by Elizabeth George (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 157)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 170)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Audition by Ryū Murakami (Avg: 3.61, Pos: 181)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 194)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 240)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Black Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 267)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 267)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 294)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Freaks (Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles, #8.5) by Tess Gerritsen (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 348)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1) by Susan Patron (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 348)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 370)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Girls in Love (Girls, #1) by Jacqueline Wilson (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 417)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 519)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 539)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Bavian by Naja Marie Aidt (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 653)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Wildflower by Drew Barrymore (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 701)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Koko by Peter Straub (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 835)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1) by Elizabeth Strout (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 923)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Mercy by Jodi Picoult (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 923)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Dirty Parts of the Bible by Sam Torode (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 969)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World by Sam Howe Verhovek (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1022)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are – Investigative Journalism on Psychiatric Medication and Identity by Katherine Sharpe (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1033)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13) by Ian Fleming (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1109)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1191)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] Star Wars: Showdown at Centerpoint (The Corellian Trilogy, #3) by Roger MacBride Allen (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1207)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] La liste de mes envies by Grégoire Delacourt (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1362)
❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1) by Orson Scott Card (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 1379)
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Jul 05, 2026 11:51PM

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Jul 06, 2026 02:04PM

❌ OUTLIER: [HIGH AVG RATING] The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark (Avg: 3.60, Pos: 999)

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