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Books That Are Fun to Hate!

I've bonded with people over our shared hatred of some of these titles ("I . . . CAST . . . YOU . . . OUT!" howled a college friend as he hurled "Anna Karenina" into the churning surf). Conversely, some are favorites loathed by people whom I like to make squirm ("wanna come to Book Club with me? We're discussing 'Ulysses!'" "No! NOOOOO!").
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
Ancient Evenings (Norman Mailer)
Ancient Evenings
2
Norman Mailer
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
3
Leo Tolstoy
The Art of the Deal (Donald J. Trump)
The Art of the Deal
4
Donald J. Trump
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
5
Ayn Rand
Bengal Nights (Mircea Eliade)
Bengal Nights
6
Mircea Eliade
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest
7
David Halberstam
Black Water (Joyce Carol Oates)
Black Water
8
Joyce Carol Oates
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
The Celestine Prophecy
10
James Redfield
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
11
Jonathan Franzen
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
12
Dan Brown
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
13
Karl Marx
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Einstein's Dreams
14
Alan Lightman
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
15
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Enemy at Home (Dinesh D'souza)
The Enemy at Home
16
Dinesh D'souza
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
17
V.C. Andrews
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
18
Ayn Rand
Four Trials
Four Trials
19
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
20
Anonymous
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
The Great Offshore Grounds (Vanessa Veselka)
The Great Offshore Grounds
23
Vanessa Veselka
Illusions (Richard Bach)
Illusions
24
Richard Bach
Jay's Journal (Anonymous)
Jay's Journal
25
Anonymous
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
26
Richard Bach
Left Behind (Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins)
Left Behind
27
Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
28
Bret Easton Ellis
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
Looking Backwards (Bellamy)
Looking Backwards
30
Bellamy
Lost Children Archive (Valeria Luiselli)
Lost Children Archive
31
Valeria Luiselli
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
32
Herman Melville
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
Mommie Dearest
33
Christina Crawford
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
35
Jack Kerouac
Once Is Not Enough (Jacqueline Susann)
Once Is Not Enough
36
Jacqueline Susann
Petals on the Wind (V.C. Andrews)
Petals on the Wind
37
V.C. Andrews
The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells)
The Rise of Silas Lapham
38
William Dean Howells
The Rules of Attraction (Brett Easton Ellis)
The Rules of Attraction
39
Brett Easton Ellis
Slaves of New York, Tama Janowitz
Slaves of New York, Tama Janowitz
40
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