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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 4

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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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
122
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
123
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
124
Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mikaelsen)
Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mikaelsen)
125
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
126
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
127
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
128
Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
129
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
130
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
131
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
132
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
133
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
134
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
135
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
136
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
137
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
138
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
139
The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
140
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
141
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
142
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
143
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
144
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
145
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno (Dante)
146
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
147
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
148
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel (John Gardner)
149
Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
150
A Day No Pigs Would Die (Robert Newton Peck)
A Day No Pigs Would Die (Robert Newton Peck)
151
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
152
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
153
Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded
Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded
154
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
155
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
156
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
157
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Safran Foer)
158
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
159
A Room With a View (E M Forster)
A Room With a View (E M Forster)
160
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising
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