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English Teachers Worst Reads of 2020 and 2021

Books that I rated less than two stars. Some read because I may teach, or were recommended. All disappointing in one way or another. Interestingly some of these writers are also on my best reads for same period!
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
1
V.S. Naipaul
Dreamland (Sarah Dessen)
Dreamland
2
Sarah Dessen
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
3
William Gibson
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
4
Seth Grahame-Smith
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Stargirl
5
Jerry Spinelli
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
6
Thomas Pynchon
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Jenny Han)
The Summer I Turned Pretty
7
Jenny Han
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
8
Ellen Raskin
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
9
Alfred Döblin
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens
10
Alex Michaelides
The Once and Future Witches (Alix E. Harrow)
The Once and Future Witches
11
Alix E. Harrow
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
12
Boris Pasternak
These Violent Delights (Chloe Gong)
These Violent Delights
13
Chloe Gong
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
14
Christopher Paolini
Verity (Colleen Hoover)
Verity
15
Colleen Hoover
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
16
Cormac McCarthy
Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck)
Tortilla Flat
17
John Steinbeck
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
18
Joshua Hammer
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Orphan Island (Laurel Snyder)
Orphan Island
20
Laurel Snyder
The Long Lankin (Lindsey Barraclough)
The Long Lankin
21
Lindsey Barraclough
An Acceptable Time (Madeleine L'engle)
An Acceptable Time
22
Madeleine L'engle
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
23
Stephen Chbosky
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
24
Stuart Turton
Cursed (Thomas Wheeler & Frank Miller)
Cursed
25
Thomas Wheeler & Frank Miller
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
26
Umberto Eco
The Language of Flowers (Vanessa Diffenbaugh)
The Language of Flowers
27
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Carve the Mark (Veronica Roth)
Carve the Mark
28
Veronica Roth
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