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Books Goodreads Users Regret Reading

Will you be upset if one of your favourites is high up on the list? Can anyone explain to me how someone can persist with reading the complete Harry Potter series and then say they regret doing so?
Goodreads invited users to vote for "Terrible books that you regret wasting precious time reading and want to bury in some dark corner of your house never to be seen again." In descending order of votes cast against that book.
2,401 users · 6,380 views
 
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avg. score: 28 of 120 (23%)
required scores: 1, 15, 23, 30, 39 
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Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
1
Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
Breaking Dawn
2
Stephenie Meyer
New Moon (Stephanie Meyer)
New Moon
3
Stephanie Meyer
Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
Eclipse
4
Stephenie Meyer
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
5
Dan Brown
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
6
Alice Sebold
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
7
Gregory Maguire
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
10
E.L. James
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
11
Audrey Niffenegger
Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels & Demons
12
Dan Brown
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
13
Nicholas Sparks
Evermore (Alyson Noël)
Evermore
14
Alyson Noël
Marked (P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast)
Marked
15
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat, Pray, Love
16
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
The Devil Wears Prada
17
Lauren Weisberger
The Shack (William Paul Young)
The Shack
18
William Paul Young
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Lost Symbol
19
Dan Brown
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
20
Christopher Paolini
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
21
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
22
Seth Grahame-Smith
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
23
Ayn Rand
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
24
Augusten Burroughs
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
25
William Golding
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
26
Kim Edwards
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
27
Sophie Kinsella
The Celestine Prophecy
The Celestine Prophecy
28
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot)
The Princess Diaries
30
Meg Cabot
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
31
Joseph Conrad
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
32
Cormac McCarthy
Fallen (Lauren Kate)
Fallen
33
Lauren Kate
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
34
Ayn Rand
Go Ask Alice (Beatrice Sparks)
Go Ask Alice
35
Beatrice Sparks
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
36
Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
37
Khalid Hosseini
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
38
Thomas Harris
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
39
Yann Martel
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
40
Gary Paulsen
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