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Books Goodreads Users Regret Reading - Page 3

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.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
81
Junot Díaz
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Gregory Maguire)
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
82
Gregory Maguire
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
83
Jeffrey Eugenides
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
84
Vladimir Nabokov
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
85
George Orwell
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
86
E.L. James
Lisey's Story (Stephen King)
Lisey's Story
87
Stephen King
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
88
John Steinbeck
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
89
Herman Melville
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
90
Elizabeth Wurtzel
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
91
Joyce Carol Oates
How to Be Good (Nick Hornby)
How to Be Good
92
Nick Hornby
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
93
Margaret Mitchell
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
94
Jodi Picoult
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
95
Jeffrey Eugenides
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
96
Bret Easton Ellis
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
97
Robert A. Heinlein
Lord Foul's Bane (Stephen Donaldson)
Lord Foul's Bane
98
Stephen Donaldson
Her Fearful Symmetry (Audrey Niffenegger)
Her Fearful Symmetry
99
Audrey Niffenegger
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
100
Diana Gabaldon
Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick)
Hush, Hush
101
Becca Fitzpatrick
The Awakening and the Struggle
The Awakening and the Struggle
102
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
A Million Little Pieces
103
James Frey
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Carrie Ryan)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
104
Carrie Ryan
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
105
John Kennedy Toole
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
106
Margaret Atwood
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
107
Helen Fielding
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
108
J.K. Rowling
Everyone Worth Knowing
Everyone Worth Knowing
109
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
110
D. H. Lawrence
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
111
James Joyce
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
112
John Steinbeck
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
113
John Knowles
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
114
Stephen Chbosky
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
115
Jonathan Franzen
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
116
George Orwell
Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
Dear John
117
Nicholas Sparks
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
118
Katherine Paterson
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
119
Cassandra Clare
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
120
Anne Frank
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