Dishonourable Mentions of 2013

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What were the 5 worst books you read in 2013?
1
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,284 members
1,632 reviews
3.9
4 Members
priamel, DerBuecherwurm, brookeott, Willoyd
2
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
6,927 members
446 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
cpg, DerBuecherwurm, Longshanks, lorannen
3
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
22,325 members
1,384 reviews
4
2 Members
Longshanks, samaxamom
4
The Dinner
by Herman Koch
5,587 members
393 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
mdexter, bluepiano
5
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
4,382 members
82 reviews
3.9
2 Members
kristenl, socalnovelist
6
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
49,557 members
779 reviews
4.2
2 Members
kristenl, kara.shamy
7
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
23,455 members
251 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
generalkala, lottpoet
8
Inferno
by Dan Brown
13,945 members
539 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
mportley, Mirabelle
9
The Sound and the Fury, A Norton Critical Edition
by David Minter
2,051 members
22 reviews
4.1
2 Members
generalkala, socalnovelist
10
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
9,669 members
144 reviews
4
2 Members
generalkala, kiwiflowa
11
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
3,636 members
248 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
DerBuecherwurm, cbl_tn
12
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
12,616 members
198 reviews
4.2
2 Members
generalkala, Settings
13
The Woman Upstairs
by Claire Messud
1,763 members
131 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
mdexter, dbarrva
14
These Is My Words
by Nancy E. Turner
2,017 members
92 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
equal_writes, priamel
15
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E L James
14,450 members
880 reviews
2.9
2 Members
generalkala, Wassilissa
16
Beyond Black
by Hilary Mantel
1,949 members
63 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
equal_writes, priamel
17
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
3,996 members
251 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sjmccreary, dbarrva
18
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
76,897 members
1,192 reviews
3.8
Member
cej1027
19
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
22,328 members
384 reviews
4
Member
pdebolt
20
The Shack
by William P. Young
16,511 members
593 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
21
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
10,476 members
174 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
imyril
22
The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
8,970 members
490 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
souloftherose
23
Wool
by Hugh Howey
8,599 members
420 reviews
4.1
Member
timspalding
24
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
6,434 members
283 reviews
4
Member
Wassilissa
25
Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
5,437 members
138 reviews
4
Member
equal_writes
26
The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
3,571 members
349 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dbarrva
27
The Broom of the System
by David Foster Wallace
3,238 members
66 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
st_bruno
28
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
2,534 members
130 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
inge87
29
Skippy Dies
by Paul Murray
2,489 members
137 reviews
3.8
Member
Bookmarque
30
HHhH
by Laurent Binet
2,375 members
131 reviews
4
Member
Luisali
31
An Assembly Such as This
by Pamela Aidan
1,560 members
67 reviews
3.8
Member
Minthe
32
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
by Lydia Davis
1,405 members
26 reviews
4.2
Member
absurdeist
33
We are All Made of Glue
by Marina Lewycka
714 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ursula
34
Emergence
by David R. Palmer
709 members
21 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
35
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall
591 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Helenliz
36
The Execution of Noa P. Singleton
by Elizabeth L. Silver
474 members
53 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
LittleTaiko
37
At Some Disputed Barricade
by Anne Perry
437 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
pjdscca
38
Kill Your Friends
by John Niven
419 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Mirabelle
39
Rotters
by Daniel Kraus
416 members
38 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
norabelle414
40
The Alcoholics
by Jim Thompson
327 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
SqueakyChu
41
The Qumran Mystery
by Eliette Abecassis
314 members
12 reviews
3
Member
Dilara86
42
Lookaway, Lookaway
by Wilton Barnhardt
307 members
15 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
TooBusyReading
43
The Eleventh Victim
by Nancy Grace
293 members
12 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
44
A Will and a Way
by Nora Roberts
269 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Vierran
45
Don't Ever Get Old
by Daniel Friedman
258 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
MmeRose
46
You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice
by The Believer
233 members
5 reviews
2.9
Member
bookwoman84
47
Infamous
by Ace Atkins
189 members
4 reviews
3.2
Member
sjmccreary
48
The Hungry Ghosts
by Anne Berry
162 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
zjakkelien
49
The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment
by Isabel Losada
147 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
antonomasia
50
The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness
by Stanley Coren
147 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
SylviaC
51
A Really Awesome Mess
by Trish Cook
121 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
StefanieGeeks
52
Red Hot Murder
by Joanne Pence
100 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
mrmapcase
53
Soulbound: A Lone Star Witch Novel
by Tessa Adams
89 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
dylanesque
54
Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders
by Paul Maliszewski
53 members
2 reviews
2.1
Member
yoyogod
55
Journey to Rainbow Island
by Christie Hsiao
50 members
1 review
½ 0.5
Member
foggidawn
57
Winter Games
by Rachel Johnson
33 members
4 reviews
3
Member
elkiedee
58
Kimberly's Capital Punishment
by Richard Milward
29 members
1 review
2.1
Member
priamel
60
Polletten som trillade ner: metaforer - hur förstår vi dem?
by Lars Melin
1 member
1 review
½ 0.5
Member
andejons
61
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
20,942 members
191 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
cej1027
62
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
17,559 members
886 reviews
4
Member
Willoyd
63
A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
9,057 members
198 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
equal_writes
64
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
6,162 members
127 reviews
3.8
Member
ursula
65
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
5,984 members
252 reviews
4
Member
bookwoman84
66
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett
5,870 members
174 reviews
4.1
Member
Luisali
67
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
5,609 members
357 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Minthe
68
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
4,185 members
253 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bookmarque
69
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
4,177 members
80 reviews
3.8
Member
lorannen
70
The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani
4,101 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
foggidawn
71
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
3,687 members
183 reviews
3.9
Member
antonomasia
72
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
3,405 members
214 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
mportley
73
Running in the Family
by Michael Ondaatje
1,855 members
30 reviews
3.9
Member
kiwiflowa
74
A Local Habitation
by Seanan McGuire
1,697 members
72 reviews
3.8
Member
dylanesque
75
Mr. Churchill's Secretary
by Susan Elia MacNeal
1,688 members
148 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
DerBuecherwurm
76
The Black Cloud
by Fred Hoyle
1,372 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
timspalding
77
The Red House
by Mark Haddon
1,350 members
96 reviews
3.1
Member
dbarrva
78
Imager
by L. E. Modesitt
886 members
30 reviews
3.8
Member
zjakkelien
79
The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby
845 members
20 reviews
4
Member
norabelle414
81
The Horla [short story]
by Guy de Maupassant
746 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
andejons
82
Easy Money
by Jens Lapidus
696 members
24 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
MmeRose
83
Manic: A Memoir
by Terri Cheney
663 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Settings
84
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler
618 members
30 reviews
3.2
Member
jeanned
85
Shoulder the Sky
by Anne Perry
553 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
pjdscca
86
Snow Angels: A Novel
by Stewart O'Nan
472 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
87
Péplum
by Amélie Nothomb
387 members
9 reviews
3
Member
Dilara86
88
A Fatal Winter
by G. M. Malliet
380 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
cbl_tn
89
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny--Detectives Extraordinaire!
by Polly Horvath
355 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
90
The Barmaid's Brain: And Other Strange Tales from Science
by Jay Ingram
219 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
SylviaC
91
The Trail of the Serpent
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
205 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
SqueakyChu
92
The Black Violin: A Novel
by Maxence Fermine
173 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
imyril
93
New Orleans Ghosts
by Victor C. Klein
116 members
3
Member
yoyogod
94
Bone River
by Megan Chance
112 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
TooBusyReading
95
The Best American Short Stories 1984
by John Updike
111 members
4
Member
lottpoet
96
Dangerous Water: A Biography Of The Boy Who Became Mark Twain
by Ron Powers
72 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sjmccreary
97
The Namesake
by Conor Fitzgerald
70 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Helenliz
98
The Lion of Justice
by Leena Lehtolainen
52 members
1 review
3
Member
Vierran
99
Yes You Can!: Your Guide to Becoming an Activist
by Jane Drake
37 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
_Zoe_
100
The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life
by Anna Katharine Green
29 members
3.1
Member
souloftherose