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Goodreads Users Read These in School - Would Have Preferred a Root Canal - Page 5

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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from goodreads.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 51 of 210 (24%)
required scores: 1, 27, 39, 51, 74 
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
162
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
163
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
164
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
165
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
166
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
167
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
168
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
169
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
170
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
171
Nothing but the Truth (AVI)
Nothing but the Truth (AVI)
172
The Stone Angel (James W. Nichol)
The Stone Angel (James W. Nichol)
173
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
174
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund (Alfred Andersch)
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund (Alfred Andersch)
175
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
176
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
177
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
178
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
179
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences (August Wilson)
180
Death in Venice & Other Tales (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice & Other Tales (Thomas Mann)
181
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
182
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
183
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
184
Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
185
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
186
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Rudyard Kipling)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Rudyard Kipling)
187
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
188
I Am the Cheese (Robert Cormier)
I Am the Cheese (Robert Cormier)
189
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
190
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
191
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
192
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
193
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
194
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
195
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
196
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
197
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
198
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
199
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
200
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
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