Oh God. I had to read Jane Eyre for AP English back in High School. I hated that book so much. Maybe I would have liked it better if I was reading it for fun instead of for school, but I doubt it. It easily could have been half as long without compromising the story at all.
And I started the Catch-22 thread because there wasn't already one. And because it really is the best book ever which is why everyone talks about it.