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The Worst Books Ever, According to the Critics

The books listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst books ever written.
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What Is to Be Done? (Nikolay Chernyshevsky)
What Is to Be Done?
1
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
The Social War (Simon Mohler Landis)
The Social War
2
Simon Mohler Landis
Irene Iddesleigh (Amanda McKittrick Ros)
Irene Iddesleigh
3
Amanda McKittrick Ros
Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
4
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf
5
Adolf Hitler
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
7
Jacqueline Susann
Naked Came the Stranger (Penelope Asch)
Naked Came the Stranger
8
Penelope Asch
The Eye of Argon (Jim Theis)
The Eye of Argon
9
Jim Theis
Worlds of Power: Metal Gear (Alexander Frost)
Worlds of Power: Metal Gear
10
Alexander Frost
Dazzle (Judith Krantz)
Dazzle
11
Judith Krantz
Borderliners
Borderliners
12
The Jam: Our Story (Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton)
The Jam: Our Story
13
Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton
Left Behind (Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins)
Left Behind
14
Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
15
Dan Brown
Fan-Tan (Marlon Brando & Donald Cammell)
Fan-Tan
16
Marlon Brando & Donald Cammell
Atlanta Nights (Travis Tea)
Atlanta Nights
17
Travis Tea
American Vertigo (Bernard-Henri Lévy)
American Vertigo
18
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Moon People (Dale M. Courtney)
Moon People
19
Dale M. Courtney
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
20
E.L. James
Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden (Victoria Foyt)
Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden
21
Victoria Foyt
List of the Lost (Morrissey)
List of the Lost
22
Morrissey
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker (A.N. Wilson)
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
23
A.N. Wilson
Bob Honey Who Just Do Some Stuff (Sean Penn)
Bob Honey Who Just Do Some Stuff
24
Sean Penn
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