Comments on Best Books Ever - page 44

Dan wrote: "Seriously....Twilight is number on on this list????!!! Really???!!! Meaning it is the best book???!!! That has to be a joke. Twilight is THE WORST book I've ever read. You know, actually, there is ..."

I would not say the worst I ever read, but nowhere near the best. A couple days ago, I said all these Potter/Twilight "best ever" comments were akin to people who drove a Pinto, Pacer and Jetta and said the Jetta was the best car ever (way too small a universe of knowledge to come up with best ever!).

Where is Flowers for Algernon?

Audie wrote: "Where is Flowers for Algernon?"

It's Number 146 on this list, but thanks for the mention, I've added it to my to-read list :)

Twilight? Seriously? Not even a million question marks will suffice it to express my astonishment and disappointment with the stupidity of this list, and challenge its voters.

My favourite Book is Angela's Ashes
as well as nearly all of the Books by Stephen Hawking

Brilliant list of books, I want them all.

I think it's great that we all have different taste considering books. If we all liked the same thing it would be a pretty boring world. Some like Twilight some don't, to each their own. Some people like horror,others prefer romance, Mystery/Suspense. We shouldn't put others down though because they have different taste then us. Enjoy what you enjoy, let others enjoy what they like. This reminds me of the peer pressure certain ones had to deal with while in high school. You like what we like or you can't belong in our elite group. That's BS I'd simply tell them, "then screw your group."

Marla wrote: "this is the second list--worst books was the first--and i'm done. this is madness. i mean, how many mormons congregated to vote the book of mormon as a top 100 book? really?"

ROFL bwhahahahahah the book of mormon ROFL ok i was brought up Mormon and i admit i find you're comment so true! who the hell put that on this list Bahwhahahaha

This is obviously an accurate image of modern culture. The internet-capable are all wasting their lives in social network induced reading (ohmahgawd, twilight is so amazing... I like the emotionlessness of the main character whining about everything and the trouble of people loving her...). While the real literature, that actually requires being awake and a clear mind (to a certain level), is slowly sinking in a swamp of drivle. Screw democracy, Idiocracy here we come...

I mean, the fact that you've read three books in your entire life (three twilight books) doesn't warrant them being the best books. It just tells something about you...

I think it's important to remember just because we may not care for a certain book, doesn't mean someone else won't like it. There's enough wonderful books out there, there's more then enough for everyone to find something they enjoy, thank God we have more then enough to choose from. Different strokes for different folks!

No.
You guys, where's Philip Pullman

Jazmine wrote: "Twilight is the best book I've read in my entire life! It is awemazing! I love the whole saga and Edward Cullen!"


So... I think you should read more :)

twilight better than Hunger games!!!!
come on the hunger games should be first!!!
catching fire and mockingjay arn't even top 5 !!!

Best books list that starts with Twilight?!?

ok so i'm glad everyone else thinks this list is invalid. every twilight book within top 10? as best books ever? EVER??? that's a looong time. people will not be talking about those books in 50

Twilight number one on the list, obviously a lot of readers have only read the one book...... light reading, little substance, predictable plot....

i don't get it, how come twilight is in the the first place if everyone hate it.

...And what is twilight doing at number 1...or am i on the wrong list?
shamefull, all these amazing books from twenty onwards and Twilight takes number 1...

Bruce wrote: "I'm not going to argue with the Book of Mormon--either all religious texts are valid for a list like this, in which case it's merely interesting, or all religious texts should be off the list, in w..."

Dude, Twilight *is* the book of Mormon...

Twilight is fucking stupid. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and The Warded Man should be there instead.

Jade wrote: "I agree with Becca and Elizabeth.

Endre:Is there a moderator that could eliminate the vulgar comments as above?

I don't see anything wrong with the Book of Mormon being in the list. I don't ..."

-THANK YOU Jade.

Twilight is #1? Fuck no.

Jazmine wrote: "Twilight is the best book I've read in my entire life! It is awemazing! I love the whole saga and Edward Cullen!"

Learn to spell.

Kaitlyn wrote: "One of the best books to read. It is hard to tell a tale about an inhuman thing *aka EDWARD* and a human girl *aka BELLA* falling in love. This book proves to the theory that opposites attract."

Writing good human characters that people can connect with on a personal level, almost like a real life friend is hard. Writing about a sparkly old vampire is not. Also, how are vampires and humans opposites?

Dayna wrote: "the 4 twilight books r the (twilight,new moon ,eclipse and,breaking dawn)r the bwt damn books i have ever read or ever will read i cant wait 4 the movie and 4 the 5th book"

Are you illiterate?

twilight67 wrote: "Jazmine wrote: "Twilight is the best book I've read in my entire life! It is awemazing! I love the whole saga and Edward Cullen!"

yes, it is. But then how did it get on the "worst book of all ti..."

Well since many people contribute to make these lists and Twilight is a popular book, people who like it vote it towards the top of the "best books" list, and those that don't vote for it on the "worst books" one.

Good as list

This list was never going to work and be completely fair unless everyone who voted had read every single book that was nominated. Also, I really think people should stop saying things like 'why is/ isn't so and so on here?, because fair enough maybe the book deserves/ doesn't deserve to be on the list in your opinion, but there must be a reason why everyone else has/ hasn't voted for it, and you'll just have to live with the fact that this list is based on other opinions besides yours. (ok, I'm sorry, rant over)

Am I the only one who thinks this topic should be put to rest?

I think that the list should be deleted, as we could never come to an agreement.

Alice wrote: "...maybe the book deserves/ doesn't deserve to be on the list in your opinion, but there must be a reason why everyone else has/ hasn't voted for it, and you'll just have to live with the fact that this list is based on other opinions besides yours"

+1

Twilight? really? How many 12 year old girls were here to vote? *puke*

Alex wrote: "Twilight? really? How many 12 year old girls were here to vote? *puke*"

I imagined loads of twelve year old girls googling "is the best book ever twilight" and finding this page...

A suggestion to the developers of goodreads.com. While asking your thousands of subscribers to list which are the greatest books, it seems that this list is skewed heavily by those most active on the site. Perhaps site usage would increase if the list were more egalitarian. I propose that new lists be created for top books by genre.

Can't there be a BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME list where lists are not chosen by the goodreaders, but by reviews that we've given? As in books that have been given 5 STARS and the list just goes on? Now THAT'S what I'd like to see.

Can't decide! :(

MJ wrote: "Can't there be a BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME list where lists are not chosen by the goodreaders, but by reviews that we've given? As in books that have been given 5 STARS and the list just goes on? Now ..."

You're absolutely right. What's the point in rating books if there's no overall chart? On top of the stars, there's an average rating for every book that varies according to the number of people who rated it, so it SHOULD be possible to have a ranking that makes sense even with books which all have 5 stars. That's definitely what's missing here (and yet, it's the most obvious thing to do! Go figure... ).

Twilight?! As the best book ever?! What type of sick joke is this? Twilight and the entire saga shouldn't even be considered literature. Did all the twilight fans come and press the button, ugh! I'm all for equality and people having their own opinions, but even saying Twilight and best book in the same sentence is just no. They shouldn't ever be in the same thought, let alone voted as the 'best book ever'. Let's be real, Twilight is at best a teen girl's fantasy, but placed with classics?! No, just no. This list in my opinion shouldn't be considered, I feel for the guy who created this list. But when I say the entire saga on this list, it lost all credibility.

Who cares that Twilight is here. I personally am annoyed with it but to each is own. A book becomes special to a person by its meaning and maybe twilight means something to certain people that some people don't get. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Damika - that is the exact reason to separate by genre. I see no reason why we can't have both. Let there be an overall "best book" which is based on the people who vote on this site. But, at the same time, since each book belongs to one genre, it should be a fairly simple exercise to categorize the votes not only in total, but by genre too.

I agree with Dameika and Bob.

As, for Dameika. Yes, everyone has the right to love the books they want to. I'm not saying they can't, I respect their opinion. But to go to the extend to say, that Twilight is in general, out of All the genres and books that have graced this planet, the best book ever?! No. Simply, because everyone likes something, it doesn't mean it's good for the rest of us. That's why, I agree with Bob, there should be a list of different genres. For example, Romance goes with Romance, Horror goes with the Horror and so on.

Maybe, I took this list to seriously. Because in my opinion, and this is MY opinion, Twilight has disgrace literature in general. Does it mean I'm wrong? No. It's my opinion, of course not everyone will agree. And that's perfectly fine, but when you place a ton of books with different genres, it will add up to differently.

I respect others opinion but they should also respect mine. I hope you understand, what I'm trying to say.

Agreed MonsterReader.

Thanks, Bob. You also added an important point.

I don't think there are words to properly express how disappointed I am in humanity as a whole that the Twilight saga is so high on this list.

Steph, I am with you. Twilight?! Really! I mean to each his own but Twilight?! *shakes head* And the funny thing is that their is a Worst book list and the Twilight series was up there was well.

Does anyone else seem to notice that Twilight is also on the top of most "worst books" lists? That's quite an amazing feat. I don't like Twilight but you have to admit that's funny.

Sorry, but what the hell is twilight doing here? I mean, it's pure shite!

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I am laughing hysterically at this list because if I didn't, I'd cry.

Can some Comp Sci student write a code to down-vote Stephanie Meyer's oeuvre back into the bowels of the written word where it belongs? I've read more articulate and thought-provoking bathroom graffiti. Sorry teenagers: that Twilight is FAR from the best book ever written has nothing to do with my opinion your opinion, or anyone's opinion. I'm pretty sure this could be proven by science, but I think forcing people to read that tripe, even with compensation, might violate modern ethics laws.