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Books That Aren't Necessarily Good!

Some are classics but I really didn't enjoy them. Some aren't classics but should be. How many have you read and enjoyed?
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
1
Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
2
Anthony Burgess
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
3
Virginia Woolf
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
4
James Joyce
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Portrait of a Lady
5
Henry James
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
I Know This Much Is True
6
Wally Lamb
The Hour I First Believed (Wally Lamb)
The Hour I First Believed
7
Wally Lamb
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
8
Wally Lamb
Drowning Ruth
Drowning Ruth
9
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
10
Liane Moriarty
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
11
Kristin Hannah
Room (Emma Donaghue)
Room
12
Emma Donaghue
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hag-Seed (Margaret Atwood)
Hag-Seed
15
Margaret Atwood
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
16
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Home for Unwanted Girls (Joanna Goodman)
The Home for Unwanted Girls
17
Joanna Goodman
Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
Orphan Train
18
Christina Baker Kline
Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid)
Such a Fun Age
19
Kiley Reid
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
20
Lisa Wingate
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
21
Tara Westover
Let's Go Play at the Adams' (Mendal Johnson)
Let's Go Play at the Adams'
22
Mendal Johnson
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
23
Kate Elizabeth Russell
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
24
Rohinton Mistry
The Child (Fiona Barton)
The Child
25
Fiona Barton
The Husband's Secret (Liane Moriarty)
The Husband's Secret
26
Liane Moriarty
The Pigman (Paul Zindel)
The Pigman
27
Paul Zindel
Trinity (Leon Uris)
Trinity
28
Leon Uris
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
29
Patrick Radden Keefe
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
30
Vladimir Nabokov
The Breadwinner (Deborah Ellis)
The Breadwinner
31
Deborah Ellis
After the Reunion (Rona Jaffe)
After the Reunion
32
Rona Jaffe
Class Reunion (Rona Jaffe)
Class Reunion
33
Rona Jaffe
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
34
Delia Owens
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
35
V.C. Andrews
Twilight (Peter James)
Twilight
36
Peter James
This Human Season (Louise Dean)
This Human Season
37
Louise Dean
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
38
Louis Sachar
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
39
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