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Books That Are WAY Overrated

I've read all of these books and found them substantially lacking. How many have you wasted your time reading?
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
1
Ralph Ellison
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
4
Kazuo Ishiguro
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
5
Joseph Conrad
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
6
Homer
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
7
J.D. Salinger
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
8
James Joyce
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
9
Ernest Hemingway
Call of the Wild and White Fang (Jack London)
Call of the Wild and White Fang
10
Jack London
Les Mis (Victor Hugo)
Les Mis
11
Victor Hugo
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
12
William Faulkner
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
13
Ernest Hemingway
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
14
Leo Tolstoy
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
15
Bram Stoker
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
17
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
18
Markus Zusak
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
19
Gabriel García Márquez
Fifth Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifth Shades of Grey
20
E.L. James
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
21
Charles Dickens
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
23
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
24
Jack Kerouac
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
25
John Le Carré
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
26
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
27
Donna Tartt
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
The Map of Love
The Map of Love
29
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
30
John Buchan
The Centaur
The Centaur
31
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
32
Alice Sebold
The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)
The Snow Child
33
Eowyn Ivey
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
34
Thomas Hardy
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
35
James Fenimore Cooper
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