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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal

This list consists of books that Goodreads users voted as the most painful to read during their school days. But I'm sure many of you would have since grown to appreciate these same books.
Only books that received 3 or more votes were included.
8,420 users · 22,480 views
 
from goodreads.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 51 of 210 (24%)
required scores: 1, 27, 39, 51, 74 
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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Beowulf
Beowulf
4
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
5
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
9
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
10
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
11
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
12
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
13
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
14
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
15
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
16
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
17
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
18
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
19
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
20
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
21
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
22
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
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Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
24
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
25
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
27
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
28
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
29
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
30
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
31
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
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The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
37
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
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Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
39
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
40
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
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