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Martin's Books That Were a Let-Down

This is a list of books that I was really looking forward to reading and really wanted to like but that turned out to be a let-down and a disappointment. (You'll see that I'm not keen on pre-20th Century literature or Doris Lessing's Canopus in Argos Archives!).
Listed in alphabetical order by title.
Hope you enjoy looking through the list!
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
2
Gertrude Stein
Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge
3
Charles Dickens
The Black Mozart: Le Chevalier De Saint-Georges (Walter E. Smith)
The Black Mozart: Le Chevalier De Saint-Georges
4
Walter E. Smith
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
5
Charles Dickens
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
6
Horace Walpole
The Christmas Dragon (Ruthanne Reid)
The Christmas Dragon
7
Ruthanne Reid
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
8
Edgar Allan Poe
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
10
Jane Austen
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
11
Graham Greene
Francis Bacon (Luigi Ficacci)
Francis Bacon
12
Luigi Ficacci
The Ghost Road (Pat Barker)
The Ghost Road
13
Pat Barker
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
14
Charles Dickens
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
15
Anita Brookner
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
16
Harlan Ellison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
17
Maya Angelou
The Last Master: Passion and Anger (John Suchet)
The Last Master: Passion and Anger
18
John Suchet
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
19
Louisa May Alcott
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Doris Lessing)
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
20
Doris Lessing
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (Doris Lessing)
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five
21
Doris Lessing
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
22
Charles Dickens
Memnoch the Devil (Anne Rice)
Memnoch the Devil
23
Anne Rice
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
24
William S. Burroughs
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
25
Bill Bryson
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
26
Charles Dickens
The Old Devils (The Old Devils)
The Old Devils
27
The Old Devils
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
28
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
29
Jane Austen
The Prometheus Design (Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath)
The Prometheus Design
30
Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
31
William Golding
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Doris Lessing)
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire
32
Doris Lessing
Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
Shikasta
33
Doris Lessing
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
34
Hermann Hesse
The Sirian Experiments (Doris Lessing)
The Sirian Experiments
35
Doris Lessing
Soulfire (Chaz Harris)
Soulfire
36
Chaz Harris
Van Gogh: The Life (Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith)
Van Gogh: The Life
37
Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith
Vathek (William Beckford)
Vathek
38
William Beckford
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
39
L. Frank Baum
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
40
Joan Didion
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