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Popular Books That Don't Live Up to the Hype

A list of books that either score highly on Goodreads or feature on List Challenges often but that I didn't enjoy.
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made by Jen Feenan
avg. score: 17 of 82 (21%)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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MacBeth
MacBeth
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Emma
Emma
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
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Beowulf
Beowulf
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Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
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Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
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The Tempest
The Tempest
25
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
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The Host
The Host
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Life After Life
Life After Life
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z (Max Brooks)
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
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Birdsong
Birdsong
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The Lost Hero
The Lost Hero
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The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go
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Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
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Hard Times
Hard Times
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
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