“The whole book was dryer than the Sahara.”

Recently, I asked you toshare the books that were way overhypedand fell short of your expectations.

Cover of "Ulysses" by James Joyce with river scene and bridge

Book cover of "Secrets of Isoria" by Cristina Macari featuring an embossed golden seal with a rearing horse

A boxed set of 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' series by Sarah J. Maas with visible titles and ornate cover art

Cover of "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, featuring a woman in a nurse's outfit sitting beside a man in a hospital bed

Book cover of "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens with praise quotes and a tree silhouette

Book cover of "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover with floral design

Cover of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott featuring silhouette illustrations of the characters

Book cover of "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, featuring a woman in a green dress

Cover of "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville showing a whale's tail above ocean waves with a full moon in the background

Book cover with a disassembled airplane model representing the novel "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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Cover of "A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition" by Anthony Burgess, featuring an orange circle on a white background

Cover of "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte with stylized title, author's name, and illustration of a house and trees

Book cover of "Verity" by Colleen Hoover with text and spiderweb design

Book cover of "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn with critical acclaim quotes

Book cover for "One Day" by David Nicholls featuring a man and woman embracing

Book cover of "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman with critical acclaims and a silhouette of a person and dog

Book cover of "Tender is the Flesh" by Agustina Bazterrica, with critical acclaim quotes

Cover of "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger with title and author's name

Book cover with title "Yellowface" by Rebecca F. Kuang, featuring graphic of stylized eyes

Cover of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald with art deco style design

Boxed set of 'The Mortal Instruments' series by Cassandra Clare, featuring angelic imagery

Boxed set of 'The Lord of the Rings' books, featuring a close-up of a character holding a sword

Book cover of "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov with an illustration of a person reading