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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 3

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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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
81
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
82
S.E. Hinton
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
83
Willa Cather
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
84
Ralph Ellison
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
85
Elie Wiesel
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
86
James Fenimore Cooper
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
87
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
88
William Faulkner
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
89
Dante Alighieri
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
90
Maya Angelou
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
91
John Milton
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
92
William Shakespeare
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
93
Goethe
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
94
Henry James
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
95
Bram Stoker
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
96
Katherine Paterson
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
97
George Bernard Shaw
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
98
Franz Kafka
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
99
Ernest Hemingway
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
100
John Hersey
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
101
Aldous Huxley
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
102
Virginia Woolf
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
103
William Shakespeare
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
104
Sir Walter Scott
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
105
Jane Austen
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War
106
Robert Cormier
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
107
Lois Lowry
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Dear Mr. Henshaw
108
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
109
Henry David Thoreau
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
110
Robert Pirsig
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
111
Virginia Woolf
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
112
Thomas Hardy
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
113
George Eliot
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal
114
Jonathan Swift
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
115
Frederick Douglass/USA
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
116
John Bunyan
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
117
Natalie Babbitt
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
118
Charles Dickens
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
119
Barbara Kingsolver
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
120
Anton Chekov
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