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Books That Didn't Live Up to the Hype

Books that everyone seems to love but for me were just "meh". I didn't hate them all - but most of the books on this list for me were just okay and I wouldn't read them again, despite several of them being written by my favourite authors.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
1
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
2
Barbara Kingsolver
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
3
Arundhati Roy
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
4
Jack Kerouac
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
5
Jane Austen
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You
6
Cecelia Ahern
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
7
Gustave Flaubert
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
8
Sally Rooney
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
9
Sally Rooney
Romantic Comedy (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Romantic Comedy
10
Curtis Sittenfeld
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
12
Zadie Smith
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
13
Virginia Woolf
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
14
Stephen King
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
15
Nicholas Sparks
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
16
Phillip Pullman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
17
Mark Haddon
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
19
Dan Brown
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
20
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
21
J. K. Rowling
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman
22
Harper Lee
Mad About the Boy (Helen Fielding)
Mad About the Boy
23
Helen Fielding
Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
Yellowface
24
R.F. Kuang
We Solve Murders (Richard Osman)
We Solve Murders
25
Richard Osman
The Ink Black Heart (Robert Galbraith)
The Ink Black Heart
26
Robert Galbraith
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
27
Franz Kafka
Ghostwritten (David Mirchell)
Ghostwritten
28
David Mirchell
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
29
Jodi Picoult
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