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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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from goodreads.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 51 of 210 (24%)
required scores: 1, 27, 39, 51, 74 
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
82
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
83
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
84
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
85
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
86
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
87
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
88
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
89
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
90
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
91
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
92
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
93
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
94
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
95
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
96
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
97
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
98
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
99
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
100
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
101
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
102
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
103
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
104
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
105
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma (Jane Austen)
106
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
107
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
108
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Dear Mr. Henshaw
109
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
110
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
111
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
112
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
113
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
114
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels / a Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
115
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
116
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
117
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
118
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
119
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
120
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
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