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30 Books That Are Hard to Get Into

There's at least one book everyone has read that they just couldn't get into! Luckily, I have plenty... special thanks to required reading in honors classes in both high school and university. Here's a list of books that aren't bad, per se, but I just could not make myself enjoy them when I read them. They are ranked from the most torturous soul wrenching I've ever experienced, to books I actually enjoyed the second (or third, or fourth...) time I read them.
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
3
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
4
Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
5
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
6
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
7
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Michael Moss)
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Michael Moss
8
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
9
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
Veronica Roth
10
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
11
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
12
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
14
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
15
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
16
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
17
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
18
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
19
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
20
An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
21
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
Willa Cather
22
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred Taylor)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor
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The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
24
The Pearl (John Steinbec)
The Pearl
John Steinbec
25
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
26
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
27
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
28
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
29
We the Living (Ayn Rand)
We the Living
Ayn Rand
30
The Strain (Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan)
The Strain
Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan
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