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29 Overrated Novels That Don't Hold Up

Offbeat Topix' list of 41 books (yes, I realize the title says 29) that are arguably highly overrated. Not surprisingly, most of them are best-sellers.
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
1
Margaret Mitchell
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
2
Dan Brown
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
4
Stephenie Meyer
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
5
J.R.R.Tolkien
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
6
Jane Austen
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
7
Elizabeth Gilbert
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
8
Herman Melville
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
9
Anonymous
Fifth Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifth Shades of Grey
10
E.L. James
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
11
E.M. Forster
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
12
Mark Twain
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
13
Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
14
Harper Lee
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
15
Stephen King
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
17
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
18
Charles Dickens
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
20
James Joyce
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
23
Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
24
Joseph Conrad
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
25
Gabriel García Márquez
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
27
Jane Austen
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
28
Robert James Waller
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
30
Emily Bronte
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
A Million Little Pieces
31
James Frey
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
32
Edith Wharton
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
33
William Golding
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
34
Dashiell Hammett
The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
The Devil Wears Prada
35
Lauren Weisberger
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
36
Daphne Du Maurier
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
37
Veronica Roth
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
38
J.K. Rowling
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
39
Alice Sebold
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
40
Nicholas Sparks
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