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?

  • stella3books@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have a copy of “Ghost” by John Ringo, which has the dark distinction of being the only book that was ever “too much” for me.

    I bought it with the intention of turning “Oh John Ringo, No!” into a drinking game. But no amount of liquor could get me through the sheer grossness of that book.