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Ranker: Badly Written Best-Selling Books, Ranked by Frustrated Readers

"There is no rule that says poorly written books can't be bestsellers. It stands to reason that the publishing industry would have a rule like this in place, or at least that there should be. But there isn't, and that has led to some questionable and downright basic books finding mainstream success over the years. Books like Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Catcher in the Rye, It Ends With Us, and The Da Vinci Code are consistently ranked as some of the most overrated books of all time, but they are still bestsellers with dedicated fan bases."
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Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
1
E.L. James
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
2
Stephenie Meyer
The President Is Missing (Bill Clinton James Patterson)
The President Is Missing
3
Bill Clinton James Patterson
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
4
Colleen Hoover
After (Anna Todd)
After
5
Anna Todd
The Shack (Young, William P.)
The Shack
6
Young, William P.
The Hating Game (Sally Thorne)
The Hating Game
7
Sally Thorne
Icebreaker (Hannah Grace)
Icebreaker
8
Hannah Grace
Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros)
Fourth Wing
9
Rebecca Yarros
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
10
Veronica Roth
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
11
Ayn Rand
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
12
Cassandra Clare
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Maas)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
13
Sarah J. Maas
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
14
James Dashner
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
The Davinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Davinci Code
16
Dan Brown
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
17
Alice Sebold
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
18
Ernest Cline
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
19
Frank Herbert
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
20
Mario Puzo
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
21
J.K. Rowling
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