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Books You're Embarrassed to Admit You've Read

In bookriot's latest reader poll, 581 Riot readers answered the question: "what books are you most embarrassed to have read" listing 380 unique titles. There's a lot of variety to be found in the full set of responses, but your readerly shame is undeniably concentrated around a handful of titles. Here are the top 10 responses, featuring vampires, romance and erotica, and vampire-related romance and erotica.
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Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
1
Stephenie Meyer
New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
New Moon
2
Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
Eclipse
3
Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
Breaking Dawn
4
Stephenie Meyer
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
5
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Darker
6
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
7
E.L. James
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
8
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
9
Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Lost Symbol
10
Dan Brown
Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
11
Dan Brown
Origin (Dan Brown)
Origin
12
Dan Brown
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
13
Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
14
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
15
Suzanne Collins
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
16
Ernest Cline
Armada (Ernest Cline)
Armada
17
Ernest Cline
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
18
Robert James Waller
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
20
Ayn Rand
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
21
V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind (V.C. Andrews)
Petals on the Wind
22
V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns (V.C. Andrews)
If There Be Thorns
23
V.C. Andrews
Seeds of Yesterday (V.C. Andrews)
Seeds of Yesterday
24
V.C. Andrews
Garden of Shadows (V.C. Andrews)
Garden of Shadows
25
V.C. Andrews
Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris)
Dead Until Dark
26
Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas (Charlaine Harris)
Living Dead in Dallas
27
Charlaine Harris
Club Dead (Charlaine Harris)
Club Dead
28
Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (Charlaine Harris)
Dead to the World
29
Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail (Charlaine Harris)
Dead as a Doornail
30
Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead (Charlaine Harris)
Definitely Dead
31
Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead (Charlaine Harris)
All Together Dead
32
Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse (Charlaine Harris)
From Dead to Worse
33
Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone (Charlaine Harris)
Dead and Gone
34
Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family (Charlaine Harris)
Dead in the Family
35
Charlaine Harris
Dead Reckoning (Charlaine Harris)
Dead Reckoning
36
Charlaine Harris
Deadlocked (Charlaine Harris)
Deadlocked
37
Charlaine Harris
Dead Ever After
Dead Ever After
38
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
39
Nicholas Sparks
A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)
A Walk to Remember
40
Nicholas Sparks
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