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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 4

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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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
121
Hermann Hesse
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
122
Madeleine L'engle
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
123
Upton Sinclair
Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mikaelsen)
Touching Spirit Bear
124
Ben Mikaelsen
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Stargirl
125
Jerry Spinelli
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
126
William Shakespeare
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
127
Michael Shaara
Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
Across Five Aprils
128
Irene Hunt
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
129
Paulo Coelho
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
130
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
131
William Shakespeare
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
132
Cormac McCarthy
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
133
Ayn Rand
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
Out of the Dust
134
Karen Hesse
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
135
Edwin A. Abbott
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
136
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
137
Edith Hamilton
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
138
E.M. Forster
The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
The Cay
139
Theodore Taylor
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
140
Alexander Pope
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
141
Vladimir Nabokov
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
142
Voltaire
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
143
Charles Dickens
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
144
Thomas Hardy
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
145
Dante
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
146
Daniel Defoe
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
147
Khalid Hosseini
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
148
John Gardner
Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
149
C.S. Lewis
A Day No Pigs Would Die (Robert Newton Peck)
A Day No Pigs Would Die
150
Robert Newton Peck
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
151
Gabriel García Marquez
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
152
Marcel Proust
Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded
Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded
153
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
154
Ian McEwan
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
155
William Shakespeare
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
156
Luigi Pirandello
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
157
Safran Foer
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
158
Niccolò Machiavelli
A Room With a View (E M Forster)
A Room With a View
159
E M Forster
Esperanza Rising (Pam Muñoz Ryan)
Esperanza Rising
160
Pam Muñoz Ryan
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