For me, it’s Jude the Obscure. That book is easily the worst book I have ever read, without a single redeeming quality, other than that it finally ends. I only finished it because Far from the Madding Crowd was so damn good.

But really, Jude is the gold standard of awful books, in my opinion.

What’s your so-awful-it-deserves-shelf-space book, if you have one?

Or am I just weird?

  • DaysOfParadise@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Apparently, Atlas Shrugged.

    I found it to be boring, pretentious, badly plotted, and sophomoric. My husband says, ‘but it’s a classic!’ - so I guess it stays. I’m putting it in that awkward spot behind the bookcase trim. On the bottom.