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Books People Regret Reading

These are books people read but didn't like so now they regret having read them. That doesn't mean you are wrong to have read them and definitely doesn't mean you have to regret having read them.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
5
Mary Shelley
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
7
John Green
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
8
Suzanne Collins
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
10
Leo Tolstoy
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
11
Suzanne Collins
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
13
Kurt Vonnegut
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
15
Emily Bronte
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
17
John Steinbeck
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
18
Joseph Conrad
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
19
Oscar Wilde
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
20
Margaret Mitchell
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
21
Veronica Roth
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
22
J.K. Rowling
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
23
Jane Austen
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
24
Alice Sebold
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
25
Stephenie Meyer
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
26
Charles Dickens
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
27
Stephen Chbosky
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
28
Ian McEwan
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
29
Cassandra Clare
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
30
Toni Morrison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
32
Herman Melville
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
33
Arthur Golden
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
34
Diana Gabaldon
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
35
Suzanne Collins
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
36
Gabriel García Márquez
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
37
Paulo Coelho
Insurgent (Veronica Roth)
Insurgent
38
Veronica Roth
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
39
Stieg Larsson
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
40
Helen Fielding
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