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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 2

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.
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avg. score: 51 of 210 (24%)
required scores: 1, 27, 39, 51, 74 
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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
42
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
43
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
44
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
45
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
46
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
47
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
48
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
49
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
50
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted (Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens)
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisted (Aldous Huxley; Foreword by Christopher Hitchens)
51
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
52
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
53
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
54
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
55
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
56
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
57
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
58
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
59
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
60
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
61
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
62
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
63
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
64
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
65
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
66
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
67
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
68
Old Yeller
Old Yeller
69
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
70
New International Version of the Bible (Various)
New International Version of the Bible (Various)
71
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
72
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
73
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
74
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
75
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
76
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
77
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
78
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
79
My Brother Sam Is Dead (James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier)
My Brother Sam Is Dead (James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier)
80
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
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