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The Worst Books Ever Written

This isn't a personal list of things I don't like. 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, including a few additions that are the lowest rated on Amazon.
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What Is to Be Done? (Nikolay Chernyshevsky)
What Is to Be Done?
1
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel!: Entitled, the Social War of the Year 1900 (Simon Mohler Landis)
An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel!: Entitled, the Social War of the Year 1900
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
Quotations From Chairman Mao
Quotations From Chairman Mao
7
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
Dazzle (Judith Krantz)
Dazzle
10
Judith Krantz
Worlds of Power: Metal Gear (Alexander Frost)
Worlds of Power: Metal Gear
11
Alexander Frost
Left Behind (Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins)
Left Behind
12
Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
13
Dan Brown
Fan-Tan (Marlon Brando & Donald Cammell)
Fan-Tan
14
Marlon Brando & Donald Cammell
American Vertigo (Bernard-Henri Lévy)
American Vertigo
15
Bernard-Henri Lévy
ANTIGUA: The Land of Fairies, Wizards and Heroes (Denise Ellis)
ANTIGUA: The Land of Fairies, Wizards and Heroes
16
Denise Ellis
My Immortal (Tara Gilesbie)
My Immortal
17
Tara Gilesbie
Moon People (Dale M. Courtney)
Moon People
18
Dale M. Courtney
The No Cussing Club (McKay Hatch)
The No Cussing Club
19
McKay Hatch
How Fatima Started Islam: Mohammad's Daughter Tells All (Noor Barack)
How Fatima Started Islam: Mohammad's Daughter Tells All
20
Noor Barack
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
21
E.L. James
Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden (Victoria Foyt)
Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden
22
Victoria Foyt
List of the Lost (Morrissey)
List of the Lost
23
Morrissey
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker (A.N. Wilson)
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
24
A.N. Wilson
Bob Honey Who Just Do Some Stuff (Sean Penn)
Bob Honey Who Just Do Some Stuff
25
Sean Penn
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