Overrated Award-winning Books

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,897 ratings
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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,950 ratings
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On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,032 ratings
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The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,400 ratings
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Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,761 ratings
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The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,858 ratings
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,497 ratings
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,494 ratings
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Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,635 ratings
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The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,945 ratings
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Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,044 ratings
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Arthur & George
Arthur & George 3.72 avg rating — 18,626 ratings
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,550 ratings
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,718 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,578 ratings
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Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman 3.31 avg rating — 286,831 ratings
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,747 ratings
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Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport 3.97 avg rating — 5,704 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,612 ratings
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The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,168 ratings
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The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin 4.05 avg rating — 90,941 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,641 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,478 ratings
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The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot 3.47 avg rating — 123,514 ratings
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Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Kitchens of the Great Midwest 3.81 avg rating — 52,049 ratings
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The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,711 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,066,441 ratings
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The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,374 ratings
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,190 ratings
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) 4.58 avg rating — 3,140,922 ratings
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Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,363 ratings
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We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,786 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,817 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,012,879 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,594,648 ratings
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The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3) 4.50 avg rating — 231,684 ratings
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) 3.99 avg rating — 1,069,987 ratings
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,252,511 ratings