50 Famous ‘Literary Masterpieces’ That Actually Suck By Thought Catalog 44. Wuthering Heights. Ugh. 45. I thought Atlas Shrugged was cartoonish. The characters were so over the top it bordered on parody. The Fountainhead was the better book in every respect. 46. The Alchemist. I always felt the applaud it received was exaggerated. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21