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Popular Books That Don't Live Up to the Hype - Page 2

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%)
required scores: 1, 8, 13, 18, 26 
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Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
41
Eoin Colfer
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Mort
42
Terry Pratchett
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
43
Edgar Allan Poe
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
44
J. K. Rowling
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
45
Eleanor Catton
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
46
Wilkie Collins
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
47
James Joyce
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
48
Rebecca Wells
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
49
Graeme Simsion
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
50
Jung Chang
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
51
Malorie Blackman
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
52
John Fowles
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
53
Art Spiegelman
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
Case Histories
54
Kate Atkinson
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
55
Alexander Dumas
The Pact (Jodi Picoult)
The Pact
56
Jodi Picoult
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
57
John Fowles
The Lake House (Kate Morton)
The Lake House
58
Kate Morton
Linger (Maggie Stiefvater)
Linger
59
Maggie Stiefvater
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
60
Vikram Seth
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
61
Joyce Carol Oates
Under the Greenwood Tree (Thomas Hardy)
Under the Greenwood Tree
62
Thomas Hardy
Remains of the Day (Ishiguro, Kazuo)
Remains of the Day
63
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Bullet That Missed (Richard Osman)
The Bullet That Missed
64
Richard Osman
Sanditon (Jane Austen)
Sanditon
65
Jane Austen
Spare (Prince Harry)
Spare
66
Prince Harry
Started Early Took My Dog (Kate Atkinson)
Started Early Took My Dog
67
Kate Atkinson
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (Sue Townsend)
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
68
Sue Townsend
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962 (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962
69
Anthony Burgess
Amber Spyglass
Amber Spyglass
70
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alices's Adventures in Wonderland
71
Lewis Carroll
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
72
F. Scott Fitzgerald
BFG (Roald Dahl)
BFG
73
Roald Dahl
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1) (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1)
74
Seth Grahame-Smith
Girl Meets Boy
Girl Meets Boy
75
The Rotters Club (Jonathan Coe)
The Rotters Club
76
Jonathan Coe
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge, Samuel Taylor)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
77
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Prufrock and Other Observations (T. S. Eliot)
Prufrock and Other Observations
78
T. S. Eliot
Crimson Petal and the White (Http://Acommonreader.Org/Wp-Content/Uploads/2010/0)
Crimson Petal and the White
79
Http://Acommonreader.Org/Wp-Content/Uploads/2010/0
Black Out (Connie Willis)
Black Out
80
Connie Willis
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