What is the worst book you ever read?

I think the worst book I ever read was "The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King. I normally love his books but this one was lousy. I kept reading it hoping it would pick up, get better, something but it didn't. The whole book was lousy. It is definitely one to miss in my opinion. He's written many good books I suppose he's allowed to have a lousy one.:) So skip this one and read one of his many others.

I would have to say Taking Lives which was made into a movie last year (if memory serves me right) with Angelina Jolie. The book started off great but within the third chapter I found it to be completely dull and all over the place. I didn't even read half of it.

I think Mills and boon books will top the rank at least they should. I have never seen a crap so well written and enjoyed by so many. They have a set stroy line and still people keep reading those one after the other. I confess I read them too but I still dont know why? Can you tell me?

Lolita. It dripped hype from page one. I found myself wondering why I was reading the thing. The topic didn't bother me, it was the trudging through the innuendo. Norman Lindsay wrote a book called Age Of Consent, same basic plot, a few years before Nabokov, and it was a lot more fun to read.

there are several terrible books that i had to read when i was in school. i don't remember the names of most of them b/c that was a LONG time ago. i do remember one was "white fang". so boring. the only one i can think of that i decided to read on my own was "intensity" by dean koontz. i like those kind of books but this one took so long for anything to happen that i lost interest. i don't think i even finished it.

the monk who sold his ferrari......i know this had been a best seller but that was the worst book i have read and istill do not understand how people can digest it........

Oh man, I don't even remember the name of the book. I *think* it was The Dragon and the Unicorn. But I do remember that it used the idea that Merlin was an alien and his magic was all technology and it was bizarre and the writing was stilted and jerky and the plot jumped around and it was just awful.

Moby D*** by Herman Melville. It may be an American Classic, but I couldn't get past the first chapter without wanting to take a nap. Good example of the movie being better than the book. (lol..sorry about the astericks, but mylot wouldn't accept the full title)