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Famous And/Or Literary Books That Were Disappointing

these are just my opinions, i think taste can be summarised by if you are an austen or a brontë reader and if you love or hate virginia woolf… i love the brontës and am lukewarm on austen, and i HATE woolf's fiction
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
2
Vladimir Nabokov
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
3
Truman Capote
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
4
Jennifer Niven
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
5
Patrick Suskind
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
6
Emma Donoghue
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
8
Sally Rooney
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
9
Jeanette Winterson
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
10
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
11
Virginia Woolf
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
12
Tennessee Williams
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
13
E.M. Forster
The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
The Kingdom of This World
14
Alejo Carpentier
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
15
Nicholas Sparks
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
16
Julian Barnes
Notes From an Exhibition (Patrick Gale)
Notes From an Exhibition
17
Patrick Gale
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
18
Louisa May Alcott
The Trespasser (D.H. Lawrence)
The Trespasser
19
D.H. Lawrence
The Ladybird (D. H. Lawrence)
The Ladybird
20
D. H. Lawrence
Our Chemical Hearts (Krystal Sutherland)
Our Chemical Hearts
21
Krystal Sutherland
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