Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love

If you disagree with any of the books on the worst books list, and want to say so, here is your chance. I think it should be understood, but obviously it is impossible to have a true opinion of a book (pro or anti) if you have not read it. So, don't go with the popular vote, go with your own knowledge.

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1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 4.62 avg rating — 3,555,209 ratings score: 30,574, and 307 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	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 5,835,563 ratings score: 24,778, and 252 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	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 3,940,113 ratings score: 24,626, and 254 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	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling 4.43 avg rating — 3,717,112 ratings score: 22,978, and 237 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	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.64 avg rating — 6,291,975 ratings score: 21,595, and 219 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	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling 4.56 avg rating — 3,505,880 ratings score: 21,450, and 226 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	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling 4.50 avg rating — 3,235,665 ratings score: 21,176, and 222 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	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 4,061,517 ratings score: 19,266, and 199 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	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 3,131,522 ratings score: 18,843, and 199 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	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 9,537,735 ratings score: 18,208, and 195 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	Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 4.19 avg rating — 1,758,973 ratings score: 17,876, and 185 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	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.23 avg rating — 2,675,436 ratings score: 12,857, and 138 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	The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.28 avg rating — 3,770,289 ratings score: 12,603, and 136 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	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.14 avg rating — 2,021,910 ratings score: 12,165, and 128 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	Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3) by Stephenie Meyer 3.72 avg rating — 1,741,395 ratings score: 10,136, and 108 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	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.14 avg rating — 2,136,845 ratings score: 9,936, and 105 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	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,565,941 ratings score: 9,913, and 108 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 Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 2,289,355 ratings score: 9,700, and 103 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	The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4.38 avg rating — 1,085,332 ratings score: 9,538, and 103 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	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 4.30 avg rating — 364,262 ratings score: 8,842, and 94 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	New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) by Stephenie Meyer 3.59 avg rating — 1,850,549 ratings score: 8,775, and 95 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.23 avg rating — 1,778,892 ratings score: 8,760, and 94 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	Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) by Stephenie Meyer 3.73 avg rating — 1,641,461 ratings score: 8,424, and 92 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	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,390,392 ratings score: 8,296, and 89 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	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,727,281 ratings score: 7,763, and 85 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 Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,753,830 ratings score: 7,555, and 80 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	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.15 avg rating — 1,956,375 ratings score: 7,339, and 79 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	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.85 avg rating — 2,297,541 ratings score: 7,321, and 79 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	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,437,860 ratings score: 7,294, and 78 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	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,190,430 ratings score: 7,096, and 79 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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,289,753 ratings score: 6,846, and 77 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	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,801,470 ratings score: 6,754, and 75 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 Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.27 avg rating — 629,916 ratings score: 6,622, and 73 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	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 3,024,689 ratings score: 5,995, and 65 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	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.88 avg rating — 2,454,910 ratings score: 5,992, and 67 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	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,209,119 ratings score: 5,807, and 66 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	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,784,468 ratings score: 5,569, and 63 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 Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous 4.43 avg rating — 279,650 ratings score: 5,531, and 59 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
39	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,335,315 ratings score: 5,409, and 58 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
40	The Host (The Host, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.86 avg rating — 988,023 ratings score: 5,042, and 56 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	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,265,567 ratings score: 4,848, and 54 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	The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 193,245 ratings score: 4,557, and 49 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	Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 1,708,740 ratings score: 4,441, and 50 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	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.02 avg rating — 568,939 ratings score: 4,379, and 49 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	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,578,151 ratings score: 4,333, and 48 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 Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 880,134 ratings score: 4,312, and 49 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 Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 879,379 ratings score: 4,227, 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
48	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.26 avg rating — 851,930 ratings score: 3,968, and 45 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 Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 4,972,482 ratings score: 3,929, and 46 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	Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 414,658 ratings score: 3,801, and 43 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	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 4.19 avg rating — 279,936 ratings score: 3,790, and 42 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 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.52 avg rating — 656,596 ratings score: 3,628, and 42 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	The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 4,516 ratings score: 3,559, and 36 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	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 777,562 ratings score: 3,466, and 41 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	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Whistle Stop #1) by Fannie Flagg 4.28 avg rating — 300,487 ratings score: 3,264, and 37 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
56	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.40 avg rating — 518,339 ratings score: 3,257, 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
57	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.26 avg rating — 652,404 ratings score: 3,241, and 37 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
58	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.43 avg rating — 840,133 ratings score: 3,105, and 37 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	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,345,418 ratings score: 3,098, and 36 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
60	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) by Ann Brashares 3.83 avg rating — 691,374 ratings score: 3,026, and 36 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
61	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 4.04 avg rating — 529,798 ratings score: 3,003, and 35 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	Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert 4.26 avg rating — 1,258,370 ratings score: 2,954, and 34 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
63	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.98 avg rating — 3,687,889 ratings score: 2,873, 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
64	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 585,891 ratings score: 2,851, and 32 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
65	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.87 avg rating — 924,578 ratings score: 2,789, 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
66	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.06 avg rating — 740,564 ratings score: 2,756, and 31 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
67	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 245,638 ratings score: 2,622, 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
68	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.83 avg rating — 276,544 ratings score: 2,620, and 31 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	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,516,858 ratings score: 2,616, and 32 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	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 358,868 ratings score: 2,611, and 29 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
71	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire 3.54 avg rating — 592,008 ratings score: 2,593, and 31 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	The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 491,688 ratings score: 2,573, and 31 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	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,468,817 ratings score: 2,544, 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
74	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 341,927 ratings score: 2,473, and 28 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
75	The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice 4.09 avg rating — 195,929 ratings score: 2,415, and 28 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	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,890,315 ratings score: 2,375, 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
77	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.09 avg rating — 818,414 ratings score: 2,374, and 28 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
78	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,248,319 ratings score: 2,357, 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
79	The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith Jr. 4.25 avg rating — 84,628 ratings score: 2,254, and 25 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	Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 170,909 ratings score: 2,181, and 24 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
81	Moby Dick by Herman Melville 3.54 avg rating — 544,579 ratings score: 2,167, 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
82	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.52 avg rating — 228,888 ratings score: 2,069, and 24 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
83	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.94 avg rating — 416,941 ratings score: 1,824, 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
84	The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 4.26 avg rating — 424,612 ratings score: 1,814, and 23 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
85	Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 980,066 ratings score: 1,663, 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
86	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.15 avg rating — 317,757 ratings score: 1,660, 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
87	Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 385,154 ratings score: 1,615, and 20 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
88	Emma by Jane Austen 4.04 avg rating — 847,426 ratings score: 1,571, and 19 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
89	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 107,481 ratings score: 1,548, and 19 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
90	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.32 avg rating — 1,992,186 ratings score: 1,518, and 19 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
91	The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) by Barbara Kingsolver 3.99 avg rating — 152,256 ratings score: 1,486, 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
92	The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 595,482 ratings score: 1,449, 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
93	Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") 3.74 avg rating — 269,606 ratings score: 1,440, 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
94	Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin and Hobbes, #7) by Bill Watterson 4.66 avg rating — 16,420 ratings score: 1,410, 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
95	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.93 avg rating — 490,375 ratings score: 1,345, 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
96	The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) by Anne Rice 3.91 avg rating — 149,059 ratings score: 1,329, 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
97	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.88 avg rating — 318,960 ratings score: 1,307, and 15 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
98	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.43 avg rating — 123,605 ratings score: 1,201, and 15 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
99	Don Quixote de La Mancha II (Don Quijote de la Mancha, #2) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 4.19 avg rating — 4,908 ratings score: 1,176, and 15 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
100	The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) by Caleb Carr (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 170,431 ratings score: 1,133, and 13 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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message 1: by JG (Introverted Reader) (last edited Sep 05, 2008 09:15AM) (new)

Sep 05, 2008 09:03AM

Great idea for a list! I definitely think people should get to vote for whatever they want on the "worst books of all time" list, but it is nice to be able to fight back for the books I love.

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message 2: by Toria (new)

Dec 31, 2008 03:42PM

How can these books be on a worst books list? I love more then half of the books on here! People should be less hatefull! Everyone has diffent tastes in books and people should accept that!

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message 3: by Laura (new)

Jan 18, 2009 10:24PM

I notice something interesting, at least about the books that are scoring the highest here that made the other list. They are either A) great (but often incredibly hyped) commercial successes or B) books that are often assigned in school. Both of these circumstances can breed GREAT dislike, either from those who wish to be "different" and hate on the commercially successful books OR from those who rebelled against things they were told they HAD to do (e.g. read a certain book by a certain deadline).

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message 4: by Monnette (new)

Mar 07, 2009 12:03AM

Most of these books I LOVE!

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message 5: by Cher (new)

May 18, 2009 06:34AM

Worst: hard to read, that is complicated stories and language; or terrible writing and stories.
I mean you have Jane Austen here, the first type
and the Twilight series, the second type.

Too bad they are lumped together here. Not the same beasts at all.

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message 6: by Michael (new)

May 29, 2009 10:25AM

Hilarious :D

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message 7: by arianna (new)

Jun 16, 2009 07:59AM

Monnette wrote: "Most of these books I LOVE!"

most people just lump in books they don't like on the worst lists... like Interesting Times.

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message 8: by arianna (new)

Jun 16, 2009 08:00AM

who made this list?

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message 9: by Michael (new)

Jun 16, 2009 10:26AM

I'm gonna add something that displays that.

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message 10: by arianna (new)

Jun 16, 2009 11:30AM

MICHAEL wrote: "I'm gonna add something that displays that."

That displays what?

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message 11: by arianna (new)

Jun 16, 2009 11:32AM

well i'm glad to see this list is growing since even this morning~!

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message 12: by Michael (last edited Jun 16, 2009 11:45AM) (new)

Jun 16, 2009 11:44AM

arianna wrote: "MICHAEL wrote: "I'm gonna add something that displays that."

That displays what? "

Who started the list.

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message 13: by arianna (new)

Jun 16, 2009 12:22PM

MICHAEL wrote: "arianna wrote: "MICHAEL wrote: "I'm gonna add something that displays that."

That displays what? "

Who started the list."

nice~!

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message 14: by David (new)

Jul 06, 2009 05:26AM

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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message 15: by Emily (new)

Jul 25, 2009 05:51PM

I had already given most of the books on this list 3-5 stars...I guess I have awful taste ;)

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message 16: by Barb (new)

Aug 07, 2009 07:06AM

I strongly agree that many people put books on the worst list that involved difficult subjects that may have elicited very strong emotions or were difficult for the individual to read. Some books may have required a maturity level not yet achieved by the reader. For example, Tuesdays with Morrie is not a book I would recommend for a teen, unless it was a very mature teen. Many of the life lessons discussed by Morrie just don't hit home to someone who has not yet left their parents house, unless they are a strongly empathetic individual. Jane Austen is very funny, but the language may be difficult for some, and if assigned for school- deadly.

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message 17: by Alyssa (new)

Dec 05, 2009 09:28AM

JG wrote: "Great idea for a list! I definitely think people should get to vote for whatever they want on the "worst books of all time" list, but it is nice to be able to fight back for the books I love."
i know its so wierd! this just shows how people think now....

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message 18: by Kara (new)

Dec 05, 2009 09:31AM

Somebody voted "The Diary of Anne Frank" as the "worst book of all time?

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message 19: by Alyssa (new)

Dec 05, 2009 10:30AM

Kara wrote: "Somebody voted "The Diary of Anne Frank" as the "worst book of all time? "

its wierd...to kill a mocking bird is a great book... thats just so odd

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message 20: by Sharon (new)

Mar 07, 2010 09:15AM

Some of these books are classics & they've won the pulizer, so why would anyone consider them the worst books ever read? Maybe they should expand their reading venue. I know everyone has their opinion & their own likes and/or dislikes, but get over it! I would never put a book on the worst books list unless it was truly an unbelievably bad book & the whole world agreed.

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message 21: by Louis (new)

Mar 11, 2010 10:21PM

I saw this list and thought 'yay!' then I realised it's pretty much the same list... It's personal taste people!

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message 22: by Margaryta (new)

May 07, 2010 04:01PM

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE TWILIGHT SERIES UP HERE!!!!! gosh, i hated the books! they deserve to be up here. i hated Twilight and Breaking Dawn most, then it's New Moon then Eclipse. i think the 3 books in the series should be moved farther up on the list (in my opinion)

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message 23: by Kylee (new)

May 27, 2010 11:16PM

Well, I still do not like mob-dick. I literally fell asleep reading it!

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message 24: by Irene (new)

May 30, 2010 07:59AM

Moby-Dick is very turgid, but the story is brilliant. I would recommend an abridged version.

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message 25: by Sara (new)

Oct 07, 2010 08:35PM

Who made the freaking worst books of all time list? The Twilight series and maybe a few other travesties that I missed are the only bad books on here.
To Kill A Mockingbird?! Pride and Prejudice?! The Giving Tree?!? What the hell?
Who is this person? I need to freaking bash them over the head with a dictionary or something.

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message 26: by Meg (new)

Jan 02, 2011 08:45PM

Three of my favorite books are on this list!!!

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message 27: by Marlee (new)

Apr 03, 2011 02:26PM

Laura wrote: "I notice something interesting, at least about the books that are scoring the highest here that made the other list. They are either A) great (but often incredibly hyped) commercial successes or B)..."

I think being required to analyze the text and not just enjoy it is what makes required reading so despised, at least to me.

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message 28: by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship (new)

Nov 09, 2013 08:56PM

Good grief, people. If you can't deal with others having opinions different from your own, what are you doing on the Internet?

Toria wrote: "How can these books be on a worst books list? I love more then half of the books on here! People should be less hatefull! Everyone has diffent tastes in books and people should accept that!"

The fact that someone votes on a "worst of" list doesn't mean they don't accept that others have different tastes. They're voting their own tastes. Why can't you accept that other people have different tastes from yours?

Sharon wrote: "I would never put a book on the worst books list unless it was truly an unbelievably bad book & the whole world agreed."

The whole world is never going to agree on anything, much less the quality of a book. This just means you can't vote, and that's no fun. Saying people need to "get over" disliking a book is just baffling. Do you also think people need to "get over" disliking traffic jams and doing their taxes? Perhaps expressing an opinion on a bad book is a way of "getting over it"?

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message 29: by Adam (new)

Aug 24, 2015 03:51PM

This seems like my college course reading list plus Harry Potter and Twilight.

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message 30: by Indrani (new)

Sep 03, 2015 08:41AM

Why is this "Worst books list"? Most of the books are good. I went through the first page. Harry Potter may not be loved by all, but it's not "worst" by any measure. Most other books are pretty good too.

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message 31: by Duncan (new)

Jul 12, 2016 12:17PM

E D G Y

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message 32: by Karyna (new)

Jul 19, 2016 09:59AM

Has anyone else noticed that every Harry Potter book is on this list? One of the most popular series in the history of writing? UM, who wrote this fake list???
Most of these books on the first page at least are all about 3.5 stars and above. I don't mind looking through a list of "the worst books" but can it at least live up to the title?

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message 33: by Mark (new)

Jan 25, 2017 01:33PM

"It is not things themselves, but opinions concerning things, which disturb men." Epictetus. (From the title page of "Tristram Shandy" translated by the author.)

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message 34: by Xavier (new)

Sep 21, 2017 07:14AM

I expected some really shitty books to be on this list, but the only ones I have seen were from the "Twilight" series and maybe the sisterhood of the travelling pants (I can't be sure as I have not read it). Most of this list is composed either of literary classics (e.g., War in Peace, Pride and Prejudice, etc.) or works that have been critically acclaimed (e.g., HP, Life of PI, etc.). I wonder if this is one of those lists that is hated because of its controversial content rather than they being bad, in and of themselves.

Also, it does seem a little short sighted to rate books as bad just because they are from a different era. For instance, while Dickens may be long-winded and lead some readers to stop before he gets going, that doesn't make him a bad writer.

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message 35: by Mark (new)

Sep 21, 2017 07:29AM

Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship wrote: "Good grief, people. If you can't deal with others having opinions different from your own, what are you doing on the Internet?

Toria wrote: "How can these books be on a worst books list? I love mo..."
Having an opinion about a book isn't quite the same thing as having an opinion about a "traffic jam". If I like a book, and you don't like the same book, the only conclusion we can draw is that it is not the book. The difference is in us.

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message 36: by Sally (new)

Sep 19, 2022 11:46AM