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?
When I was in the 10th grade, i read a book called “Bufflehead Sisters,” and it remains, to this day, the worst book I’ve ever read. From time to time I’ll go online to see if other people agree, but this book has not a single 1-star review on Amazon, and it baffles me. Horribly written…