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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 5

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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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
161
Zora Neale Hurston
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
162
Jane Smiley
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
163
Stendhal
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
164
Emily Dickinson
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
165
John Steinbeck
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
166
Samuel Beckett
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
167
Ken Kesey
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
168
Murasaki Shikibu
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
169
Alice Sebold
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
170
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Nothing but the Truth (AVI)
Nothing but the Truth
171
AVI
The Stone Angel (James W. Nichol)
The Stone Angel
172
James W. Nichol
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
173
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund (Alfred Andersch)
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund
174
Alfred Andersch
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
175
Theodore Dreiser
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
176
Gunter Grass
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
177
Edward Albee
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
178
Laurie Halse Anderson
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
179
August Wilson
Death in Venice & Other Tales (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice & Other Tales
180
Thomas Mann
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
181
Tom Stoppard
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
182
Jack Kerouac
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
Black Elk Speaks
183
Black Elk
Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
Homecoming
184
Cynthia Voigt
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
185
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Rudyard Kipling)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
186
Rudyard Kipling
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
187
Ellen Raskin
I Am the Cheese (Robert Cormier)
I Am the Cheese
188
Robert Cormier
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
189
Robert Penn Warren
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
190
William Faulkner
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
191
Elizabeth George Speare
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
192
Sophocles
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
193
Mary Renault
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
194
Jay Asher
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
195
Thomas Malory
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
196
Louisa May Alcott
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
197
Mark Twain
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
198
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
199
Tim O'Brien
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
200
Yann Martel
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