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?
John Waters wrote a novel called “Liarmouth”. I love him, but the book is every bit as trashy, tacky and gross as you might imagine. I couldn’t finish it but I’ll never get rid of it either.