Oh jeese. Now I get it. I wrote 'worst book in the world' because this book was very effective at making me despair deeply for humanity, even though its partially fiction.
New yorker did a good review:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/a-cautionary-tale-about-science-raises-uncomfortable-questions-about-fiction
I thought I was being clear that 'when we cease to understand the world' was an amazing book that communicated extremely well. Its just a tough nut to handle.
I highly recommend it.
And now you jerks are listing a bunch of actually terrible books. BOOO!!!
Edit: Oh yeah, and my vote for actually awful was Bronte's jane ayre in middle school. Holy hell that was awful and I was required to read it. Imagine trying to make an 8th grade boy read that?