50 Famous ‘Literary Masterpieces’ That Actually Suck

25. The Little Prince. I am half French and thus was at least somewhat curious about reading it but God damn was it boring. There was so much thought put into the overload of metaphors that Antoine forgot to actually write a half decent story.

26. Frankenstein. It is so dull.

27. Stranger in a Strange Land – meant to be a seminal Sci-fi work, but the fact it took me 4 attempts to get past the first couple of chapters should have been a red flag for me. I got to the end, annoyed I’d wasted time on it. I don’t like to write in books but I left this one in my hotel room with the inscription “good luck!”.