Hey Pandas, What Was The Worst Book You Have Ever Read?

The Bible. Portrayed as Non-fiction, but full of implausible events, full of violence and sexis

Fifty Shades of Gray. In my experience, most erotic fiction tends to be bad, but this was quantum levels beyond bad. My wife wanted me to read this when it first became popular, but it was so awful that it is one of the only books in my life that I could not force myself to read all the way through. It is one of the few books I can think of with absolutely no redeeming qualities: the actual writing is probably the worst I've ever read; there is not a single character who is even remotely likeable; and the sex scenes which are supposedly the main draw are laughably insipid--you'd be better off reading a volume of Penthouse Letters from the 1970's. An awful fan-fic based on an awful movie based on an awful book. How they managed to publish three volumes of this utter dreck is one of the great mysteries of the universe, but I truly hope that there is a special circle in Hell reserved for the editor that actually approved this garbage for publication. I know that Stephanie Meyer did not actually write Fifty Shades of Grey, but I still consider her one of the great villains of human history for all the evils she has unleashed on the world, such as sparkly vampires, Kristen Stewart, and narcissistic sociopaths masquerading as open-minded lovers. I feel dirty just writing this--and not because of the kinky sex scenes.

Catcher in the Rye. I will never understand the love for this book or why it's considered a classic. If I was not forced to read it for a school assignment, I would have thrown it away and stopped reading it 50 pages in.

Oh, my list is long. I didn't touch "Twilight" but heard it was bad...

However, for my money, anything by Ayn Rand, particularly "Atlas Shrugged" or "The Fountainhead". Read them for a course, would sooner suffer intestinal parasite than have to even hear the word "Rand". No idea why people adore her philosophy, nor those books. You can hate me if you like, but I see nothing in her/the books but pathological selfishness and arrogance.

The Art of the Deal by Tangerine Palpatine..

I am a huge bookworm and for most of my life would read anything to the end. I am much older now and have no patience for ridiculous and poorly written novels. If I get a quarter of the way into the book and found nothing to appeal to me I get rid of it (donate it). There are too many other possible books to read and I no longer have the time to force myself through a book.

The Dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it...🦓

The Da Vinci Code is on this list for me.

The DaVinci Code. It made me so angry I threw it out of my car, backed up, and ran it over.

Spare by Prince Harry

Wuthering heights by Emily Brontë
I am sorry but I hated the two main characters with everything in me. They were both selfish, arrogant and self-centred! They didn't care about anyone or anything.
I had to read it in High school and regretted reading it. So not worth the time I spent reading it.

The telephone book. Great cast of characters, but the plot was almost non-existent.

Allegiant, from the Divergent series. The first book was fine, but they got progressively worse to the point where I couldn't even get through a third of this book before giving up.

The Shack, by William Paul Young. Grating prose examining first-year philosophy as envisaged by a concussed illiterate.

Hate to admit this, but the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. UGH and I read all three because I was hoping they would get better - they didn't.

The Girl On The Train. Not a single likeable character in the whole book.

The last of the Clan of the Cave Bear books by Jean Auel. I loved the first book and liked the second one, but they just got worse and worse. The last one, The Land of Painted Caves, is sitting unfinished on my bookshelf. I can't get past about 1/3 of the way through without getting bored to death.

Fifty Shades of Grey. One of my good friends recommended it and I bought the trilogy thinking it was some kind of cool murder mystery series or something. We're not friends anymore.

(Just kidding, we're still friends! But the books were donated after I couldn't even finish the first one.)

"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. That book is poorly written, with cardboard characters and a silly plot. In sum, "The Fountainhead" is some sort of Junior-High-School Neo-Fascist fantasy.

On the Road by Jack Kerouac. I really wanted to like this book about the beat generation, but couldn’t get past the first few chapters. It may have been his writing style.