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The Most Hated Books of All Time

Here's a list of what current readers think are the worst books ever written; the ones they least enjoyed reading.
The inclusion of any particular book on this list is not an objective delcraration of the book's quality, only that there are people out there who reeeeaaaallllyyyy don't like it.
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Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
1
Stephenie Meyer
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
2
E.L. James
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
5
Herman Melville
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
7
William Golding
New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
New Moon
8
Stephenie Meyer
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
9
Dan Brown
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
10
Ayn Rand
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
11
Joseph Conrad
Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
Eclipse
12
Stephenie Meyer
Fifty Shades Darker (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Darker
13
E.L. James
Fifty Shades Freed (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades Freed
14
E.L. James
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
Breaking Dawn
15
Stephenie Meyer
Guilty (Ann Coulter)
Guilty
16
Ann Coulter
Trump: The Art of the Deal (Donald Trump)
Trump: The Art of the Deal
17
Donald Trump
Battlefield Earth (L. Ron Hubbard)
Battlefield Earth
18
L. Ron Hubbard
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
19
Ayn Rand
Miles to Go (Miley Cyrus)
Miles to Go
20
Miley Cyrus
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
21
Gillian Flynn
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
22
Elizabeth Gilbert
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
23
Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
24
Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
25
Jane Austen
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
26
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
27
Yann Martel
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
29
Jonathan Franzen
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
30
Jack Kerouac
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
31
Paulo Coelho
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
32
Charlotte Bronte
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
33
Alice Sebold
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye
34
Charles Bukowski
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
35
Hunter S. Thompson
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
36
John Steinbeck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
38
Salman Rushdie
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
39
George Orwell
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
40
John Green
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