Worst Books I Ever Read

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3.70 avg rating — 111,510 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 688,608 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 142,234 ratings
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4.43 avg rating — 279,578 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 314,207 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,272 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 722,083 ratings
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288 books · 260 voters · list created August 15th, 2008 by Mary Todd (votes) .
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Comments Showing 1-10 of 10 (10 new)

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message 1: by Shannon (new)

Shannon I have almost never stopped reading a book part way through, but this was horrible! It trudged along, going NOWHERE!! Not even interesting.


message 3: by Derya (new)

Derya Silas Marner? What?!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I found Silas Marner dire. Probably not helped by diagramming sentences from it, either.


message 5: by Paige (new)

Paige Twilight is the worst books hands down. The writing is terrible and the plot was horrible. Vampires and werwolves? Please don't ever write books on them!


message 6: by Hannah (new)

Hannah what is wrong wit u lots of these are good books and i doubt you've read all these books. don't judge a book by it's cover


message 7: by Ambar (new)

Ambar I feel that Mark from the House of Night series should be at the top of this list (or better yet the whole series). Its written by a mother and daughter but its more like the daughter snatched it away and wrote it herself. Its like being trapped inside the head of some ditzy teenager who overly exaggerates her problems.


message 8: by Lujain (last edited Aug 04, 2015 09:02AM) (new)

Lujain Ambar wrote: "I feel that Mark from the House of Night series should be at the top of this list (or better yet the whole series). Its written by a mother and daughter but its more like the daughter snatched it a..."

I think it was actually good! I've reached far in the series, and I can honestly say that it was one of the most creative books I've ever loved and read. It's surely something else, and I have yet read a book or a series that can be compared to it. I can also say that it gets better the more I read. I guess it just doesn't fit every one's tastes, but it clicked with me.


message 9: by Terelyn (new)

Terelyn Marks Add ANYTHING by Christine Feehan.


~☆~Autumn♥♥☔☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I found Silas Marner dire. Probably not helped by diagramming sentences from it, either."

I heard Silas Marner was terrible and so I am very glad I was not required to read it. Sorry that you were!


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