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Dishonourable Mentions of 2013

Description: What were the 5 worst books you read in 2013?

Members: 63 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
18,552 members, 1,435 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: DerBuecherwurm (1), brookeott (1), Willoyd (1), priamel (2)

Score: 15.36

2
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
5,018 members, 386 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: cpg (1), lorannen (1), Longshanks (2), DerBuecherwurm (5)

Score: 14.04

3
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
14,862 members, 1,127 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: samaxamom (1), Longshanks (1), Kirsten_Feldman (2)

Score: 11.36

4
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
3,285 members, 225 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: Kirsten_Feldman (1), dbarrva (5), sjmccreary (5)

Score: 9.35

5
The Dinner
by Herman Koch
4,535 members, 360 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: mdexter (1), bluepiano (1)

Score: 8

6
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3,534 members, 71 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: socalnovelist (1), kristenl (1)

Score: 8

7
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40,044 members, 604 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), kristenl (2)

Score: 7.36

8
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
19,262 members, 189 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: lottpoet (1), generalkala (2)

Score: 7.36

9
Inferno
by Dan Brown
9,577 members, 471 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: mportley (1), Mirabelle (2)

Score: 7.36

10
The Sound and the Fury [Norton Critical Edition]
by William Faulkner
1,778 members, 21 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: generalkala (1), socalnovelist (2)

Score: 7.36

11
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
8,047 members, 123 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kiwiflowa (1), generalkala (3)

Score: 7.04

12
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
3,143 members, 241 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (1), DerBuecherwurm (3)

Score: 7.04

13
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
9,699 members, 161 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Settings (1), generalkala (4)

Score: 6.83

14
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
2,925 members, 169 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: antonomasia (2), Kirsten_Feldman (3)

Score: 6.4

15
The Woman Upstairs
by Claire Messud
1,502 members, 116 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: mdexter (2), dbarrva (4)

Score: 6.19

16
These Is My Words
by Nancy E. Turner
1,622 members, 75 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: equal_writes (3), priamel (3)

Score: 6.08

17
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E. L. James
9,796 members, 762 reviews
2.94 stars (2.94 stars)

Lists: Wassilissa (2), generalkala (5)

Score: 6.04

18
Beyond Black
by Hilary Mantel
1,647 members, 56 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: equal_writes (4), priamel (4)

Score: 5.66

19
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
63,311 members, 1,006 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1)

Score: 4

20
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
19,838 members, 345 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: pdebolt (1)

Score: 4

21
The Shack
by William P. Young
13,226 members, 553 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1)

Score: 4

22
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
8,086 members, 143 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: imyril (1)

Score: 4

24
Wool
by Hugh Howey
5,383 members, 325 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: timspalding (1)

Score: 4

25
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
5,033 members, 253 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Wassilissa (1)

Score: 4

26
Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
4,274 members, 110 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: equal_writes (1)

Score: 4

27
The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
3,071 members, 325 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: dbarrva (1)

Score: 4

28
The Broom of the System
by David Foster Wallace
2,697 members, 62 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: st_bruno (1)

Score: 4

29
Skippy Dies
by Paul Murray
2,047 members, 113 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Bookmarque (1)

Score: 4

30
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,853 members, 108 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

31
HHhH
by Laurent Binet
1,830 members, 113 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Luisali (1)

Score: 4

32
An Assembly Such as This
by Pamela Aidan
1,372 members, 62 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Minthe (1)

Score: 4

33
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
by Lydia Davis
965 members, 20 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: absurdeist (1)

Score: 4

34
Emergence
by David R. Palmer
612 members, 20 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1)

Score: 4

35
We Are All Made of Glue
by Marina Lewycka
605 members, 35 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ursula (1)

Score: 4

36
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall
526 members, 29 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: Helenliz (1)

Score: 4

37
The Execution of Noa P. Singleton
by Elizabeth L. Silver
433 members, 53 reviews
3.28 stars (3.28 stars)

Lists: LittleTaiko (1)

Score: 4

38
Rotters
by Daniel Kraus
352 members, 31 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (1)

Score: 4

39
At Some Disputed Barricade
by Anne Perry
351 members, 8 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: pjdscca (1)

Score: 4

40
Kill Your Friends
by John Niven
329 members, 7 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: Mirabelle (1)

Score: 4

41
Lookaway, Lookaway
by Wilton Barnhardt
270 members, 15 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: TooBusyReading (1)

Score: 4

42
The Alcoholics
by Jim Thompson
261 members, 5 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

Lists: SqueakyChu (1)

Score: 4

43
The Qumran Mystery
by Eliette Abecassis
257 members, 8 reviews
2.99 stars (2.99 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1)

Score: 4

44
The Eleventh Victim
by Nancy Grace
241 members, 12 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

Score: 4

45
Don't Ever Get Old
by Daniel Friedman
217 members, 25 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: MmeRose (1)

Score: 4

46
A Will and a Way
by Nora Roberts
201 members, 2 reviews
3.19 stars (3.19 stars)

Lists: Vierran (1)

Score: 4

48
Infamous
by Ace Atkins
163 members, 3 reviews
3.18 stars (3.18 stars)

Lists: sjmccreary (1)

Score: 4

49
The Hungry Ghosts
by Anne Berry
132 members, 6 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: zjakkelien (1)

Score: 4

50
The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment
by Isabel Losada
129 members, 6 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: antonomasia (1)

Score: 4

52
A Really Awesome Mess
by Trish Cook
104 members, 15 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: StefanieGeeks (1)

Score: 4

53
Red Hot Murder
by Joanne Pence
82 members, 1 review
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Lists: mrmapcase (1)

Score: 4

54
Soulbound: A Lone Star Witch Novel
by Tessa Adams
79 members, 5 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: dylanesque (1)

Score: 4

57
Journey to Rainbow Island
by Christie Hsiao
35 members, 1 review
0.5 stars (0.5 stars)

Lists: foggidawn (1)

Score: 4

58
Winter Games
by Rachel Johnson
29 members, 4 reviews
2.86 stars (2.86 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1)

Score: 4

59
Kimberly's Capital Punishment
by Richard Milward
21 members, 1 review
2.14 stars (2.14 stars)

Lists: priamel (1)

Score: 4

61
Polletten som trillade ner: metaforer - hur förstår vi dem?
by Lars Melin
1 member, 1 review
0.5 stars (0.5 stars)

Lists: andejons (1)

Score: 4

62
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
12,751 members, 819 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Willoyd (2)

Score: 3.36

63
A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
8,314 members, 192 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: equal_writes (2)

Score: 3.36

64
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,407 members, 113 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ursula (2)

Score: 3.36

65
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
5,291 members, 236 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: bookwoman84 (2)

Score: 3.36

66
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
4,716 members, 328 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: Minthe (2)

Score: 3.36

67
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett
4,112 members, 137 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Luisali (2)

Score: 3.36

68
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,319 members, 71 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: lorannen (2)

Score: 3.36

69
The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill
3,090 members, 217 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: Bookmarque (2)

Score: 3.36

70
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
2,712 members, 189 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: mportley (2)

Score: 3.36

71
The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani
1,824 members, 111 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: foggidawn (2)

Score: 3.36

72
Running in the Family
by Michael Ondaatje
1,565 members, 30 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kiwiflowa (2)

Score: 3.36

73
Mr. Churchill's Secretary
by Susan Elia MacNeal
1,316 members, 133 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: DerBuecherwurm (2)

Score: 3.36

74
A Local Habitation
by Seanan McGuire
1,308 members, 61 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: dylanesque (2)

Score: 3.36

75
The Red House
by Mark Haddon
1,157 members, 90 reviews
3.12 stars (3.12 stars)

Lists: dbarrva (2)

Score: 3.36

76
The Black Cloud
by Fred Hoyle
1,043 members, 25 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: timspalding (2)

Score: 3.36

77
Imager
by L. E. Modesitt
695 members, 26 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: zjakkelien (2)

Score: 3.36

79
The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby
616 members, 17 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (2)

Score: 3.36

80
Easy Money
by Jens Lapidus
591 members, 21 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: MmeRose (2)

Score: 3.36

81
Manic: A Memoir
by Terri Cheney
549 members, 35 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: Settings (2)

Score: 3.36

82
The Horla
by Guy de Maupassant
544 members, 15 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: andejons (2)

Score: 3.36

83
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler
456 members, 23 reviews
3.13 stars (3.13 stars)

Lists: jeanned (2)

Score: 3.36

84
Shoulder the Sky
by Anne Perry
445 members, 10 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: pjdscca (2)

Score: 3.36

85
Snow Angels: A Novel
by Stewart O'Nan
413 members, 13 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

Score: 3.36

86
Péplum
by Amélie Nothomb
326 members, 8 reviews
2.91 stars (2.91 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2)

Score: 3.36

87
A Fatal Winter
by G. M. Malliet
289 members, 21 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (2)

Score: 3.36

88
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny--Detectives Extraordinaire!
by Polly Horvath
244 members, 20 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: inge87 (2)

Score: 3.36

89
The Barmaid's Brain: And Other Strange Tales from Science
by Jay Ingram
188 members, 0 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: SylviaC (2)

Score: 3.36

90
The Trail of the Serpent
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
166 members, 5 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: SqueakyChu (2)

Score: 3.36

91
The Black Violin: A Novel
by Maxence Fermine
150 members, 8 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: imyril (2)

Score: 3.36

92
Bone River
by Megan Chance
96 members, 7 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: TooBusyReading (2)

Score: 3.36

93
The Best American Short Stories 1984
by John Updike
93 members, 0 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: lottpoet (2)

Score: 3.36

94
New Orleans Ghosts
by Victor C. Klein
90 members, 0 reviews
2.8 stars (2.8 stars)

Lists: yoyogod (2)

Score: 3.36

95
Dangerous Water: A Biography Of The Boy Who Became Mark Twain
by Ron Powers
57 members, 1 review
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: sjmccreary (2)

Score: 3.36

96
The Namesake
by Conor Fitzgerald
57 members, 5 reviews
3.19 stars (3.19 stars)

Lists: Helenliz (2)

Score: 3.36

97
The Lion of Justice
by Leena Lehtolainen
46 members, 1 review
2.83 stars (2.83 stars)

Lists: Vierran (2)

Score: 3.36

98
Yes You Can!: Your Guide to Becoming an Activist
by Jane Drake
37 members, 11 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: _Zoe_ (2)

Score: 3.36

99
The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life
by Anna Katharine Green
23 members, 0 reviews
3.13 stars (3.13 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (2)

Score: 3.36

100
MADAM PRESIDENT (Modern Fiction)
by Jerry Beller
6 members, 4 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: Devanna (2)

Score: 3.36

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Started by: _Zoe_ (December 2013)

Type: Numbered

Limit: 5 books

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