Goodreads, the world's largest platform for book recommendations, has published a list of the worst books according to its users. The ranking includes five titles by Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga, which dominated the list despite the series' commercial success.
Meyer's Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn all feature in the top ten, with Eclipse taking fourth place. Readers criticised the books for poor prose, lack of character development, and being difficult to finish. The Twilight Saga was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise in the 2010s.
Other notable entries include E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey at number two, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code at number ten, and L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Ann Coulter's political book and Miley Cyrus' autobiography also made the list.
Goodreads users compiled the ranking based on their least favourite reads, with many reviewers noting that the books attracted criticism for their writing quality and controversial themes.
