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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
1
Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
2
Alice Walker
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
3
Joseph Heller
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
4
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Bronte
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
6
Toni Morrison
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
7
Joseph Conrad
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
9
Jane Austen
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
10
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
11
Charles Dickens
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
12
Stephen King
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
13
Gabriel García Márquez
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
15
Kenneth Grahame
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
16
George Eliot
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
17
Anonymous
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
18
John Green
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
19
Christopher Paolini
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
20
Susanna Clarke
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
21
Lewis Carroll
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
22
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
23
Samuel Beckett
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
24
William Shakespeare
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
25
Jules Verne
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host
26
Stephenie Meyer
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
27
Kate Atkinson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
28
Hunter S. Thompson
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
29
Stephen King
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
30
D.H. Lawrence
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
31
Max Brooks
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
32
C.S. Lewis
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
33
Sebastian Faulks
The Lost Hero (Rick Riordan)
The Lost Hero
34
Rick Riordan
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
35
Patrick Ness
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
36
Elizabeth Gilbert
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
37
Jean Rhys
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
38
Charles Dickens
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
The Thursday Murder Club
40
Richard Osman
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