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Ranker: Badly Written Best-Selling Books, Ranked by Frustrated Readers

"There is no rule that says poorly written books can't be bestsellers. It stands to reason that the publishing industry would have a rule like this in place, or at least that there should be. But there isn't, and that has led to some questionable and downright basic books finding mainstream success over the years. Books like Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Catcher in the Rye, It Ends With Us, and The Da Vinci Code are consistently ranked as some of the most overrated books of all time, but they are still bestsellers with dedicated fan bases."
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Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James
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Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
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The President Is Missing (Bill Clinton James Patterson)
The President Is Missing
Bill Clinton James Patterson
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It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
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After (Anna Todd)
After
Anna Todd
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The Shack (Young, William P.)
The Shack
Young, William P.
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The Hating Game (Sally Thorne)
The Hating Game
Sally Thorne
8
Icebreaker (Hannah Grace)
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace
9
Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros)
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
10
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
Veronica Roth
11
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
12
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
13
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Maas)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
14
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
15
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
16
The Davinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Davinci Code
Dan Brown
17
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
18
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
19
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
20
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
21
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
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