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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 2

This list consists of books that Goodreads users voted as the most painful to read during their school days. But I'm sure many of you would have since grown to appreciate these same books.
Only books that received 3 or more votes were included.
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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
41
Arthur Miller
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
42
Pearl S. Buck
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
43
Gary Paulsen
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
44
Jonathan Swift
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
45
George Eliot
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
46
Ray Bradbury
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
47
Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
48
Jane Austen
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
49
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted (Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens)
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted
50
Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
51
William Faulkner
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
52
James Joyce
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
53
Homer
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
54
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
55
Kate Chopin
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
56
Sandra Cisneros
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
57
Alan Paton
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
58
Toni Morrison
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
59
Anonymous
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
60
Lois Lowry
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
61
Samuel Beckett
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
62
Daniel Defoe
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
63
Daniel Keyes
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
64
Lorraine Hansberry
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
65
Stephen Crane
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
66
Ernest Hemingway
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
67
William Shakespeare
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
68
Fred Gipson
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
69
Anne Frank
New International Version of the Bible (Various)
New International Version of the Bible
70
Various
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
71
Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
72
Jack London
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
73
Virgil
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
74
Victor Hugo
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
75
N.K. Sandars Translator
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
76
Henrik Ibsen
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
77
Richard Adams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
78
Joseph Heller
My Brother Sam Is Dead (James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier)
My Brother Sam Is Dead
79
James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
80
Esther Forbes
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