Comments on Best Books Ever - page 63

"Thorn birds" is the book I desperately want to read.

The "Hunger Games," "Twilight," and "Harry Potter" topping the list. So, everyone on Goodreads is either under 15 or an idiot?

Amber wrote: "This list is a joke!"

Take a valium , Amber , or a Midol if needed !

Ed wrote: "Amber wrote: "This list is a joke!"

Take a valium , Amber , or a Midol if needed !"

well.. some books are really worth-reading..

Hunger games, Twiligt and Harry Potter.
Really?

David wrote: "Regarding the message from Labsjoao, you can search for a book without leaving the first page by entering the name in the "find/add books to list" box. It's pretty easy that way. A much more seri..."

Actually the Bible should be 1, the Book of Mormon 2, Then from there.

Just too many great books to fit here!

Lots of negativity in the posts here . ! Remember : One man's Emerald Green City is another man's Detroit "

Does it matter when the book was written? A good book is a good book :)
Just sayin......

Teresa wrote: "Does it matter when the book was written? A good book is a good book :)
Just sayin......"

I think a book doesn't belong on this list until it is at least 10 years old.
A good book will stand the test of time whereas rubbish like Twilight will soon be forgotten.

Leslie wrote: "Twilight is number 4? Give me a friggin break people!!! Entertaining? Slightly. A classic piece of literature? Absolutely not! "

Preach!

I see the top ten books in the list,
It is rather a "Lamest" book ever list!
I mean, Seriously, all the teen reads are in the top!!

Deep wrote: "I see the top ten books in the list,
It is rather a "Lamest" book ever list!
I mean, Seriously, all the teen reads are in the top!!"

Deep, I think there are some good books in this list. The problem, unfortunately, is that you have to do quite a lot of sifting to find them.

Noooo! You've got it all wrong!

That's the "Most Frustrated Comments" list.

;)

I'd be more inspired to argue if the title was "Literary Classics" or "Well-written Books"... but "Best"? "Best" is so subjective. I think a book's inclusion here just means lots of people like it. Looking at this list, it's pretty fair in showing what lots of people like right now: a whole lotta easy-to-digest YA stuff by former fanfic writers.

Is our culture degrading? I don't think so. More teenagers are reading and becoming active on sites like this. Does it dillute the quality of literature overall? Maybe. But maybe in 10 years all of these people will STILL be reading, and they'll be reading smarter?

Don't hate. Celebrate.

I didn't realize there were so many unread kids on here.

Jessica wrote: " ... Don't hate. Celebrate."

+1

Thank you, Jessica.

Nikki wrote: "proof that the truth is not democratic =/

seriously, jane austen? errughhh."

Jane Austen is amazing! What are you talking about?!

Lorena wrote: "I am rooting for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
I can understand how "The Book of Mormon," is on that list but before The Bible? No way..."

The Bible is the best book ever written, the Word of God! It should ALWAYS be at the top of the list!

Leslie wrote: "Twilight is number 4? Give me a friggin break people!!! Entertaining? Slightly. A classic piece of literature? Absolutely not! "

Agreed!

Okay, this list just seems wrong to me...
I mean, I'm a young woman as well and I do read YA novels a lot, but most of them is good for some easy reading and I'd never, ever put them here There's a reason this list is called "The Best Books Ever"! I'm just ashamed when I see such classics as "1984" or "The Picture of Dorian Gray" standing after "The Hunger Games" or "Twilight". They might be pretty good, but let's face it - no one's going to remember them after some time passes. :/
And this comes from me, a huge "Harry Potter" maniac, who loves the book but would never call it the best book ever (well, maybe the best YA novel, but there's a different list for this...).

Yes, the list is wrong.
Could it be because real readers prefer reading to voting?
BTW... How many of those complaining about the list have scrolled through, from the top to the end?
:D

It might be more productive to mentor, encourage and inspire young readers than to complain about how everything they enjoy is silly or unworthy.

I have plenty of guilty pleasures of my own and their silly, over-the-top pulp novel qualities don't diminish my enjoyment of them or lessen their impact on my childhood.

Had you plucked "Interview with the Vampire" out of my hands at age 13 and said "this is girly, poorly-written junk", I'd have hated you forever... and felt extremely bad about myself.

If you do the same now, I'll smack you over the head with it and say, "Yeah, yeah it is. I still really like it. Fight me."

Opinions are like... well, you know the rest.

I'm impressed by how similar this list and the "worst books" list are.

You are all terrible people. Please stop reading this list is a disgrace to democracy.

You know, I thought long and hard about voting for Mockingjay, but all things considered, it was really good. And it was the only one in the series that made me cry.

Twilight number 3 and The Lord of the Rings number 56?! Are you kidding me, right?
WHERE ARE WE LIVING?!

This is too much...

Can't agree more!! :) What the hell is wrong with people!!

The problem with this list is that "best" is so subjective. It seems to be "which book is the most popular on this website," but a lot of people clearly do not think that. I myself don't agree with the placing of quite a few books on this list.

Hunger Games, Harry Potter #5 and Twilight are the top 3 books of all time.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Richard wrote: "Only in the USA would "the most popular" be confused for "the best". How many people have read Philip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" about masturbation? Compare that to how many people have read Thor..."

Their literature is nauseating to be honest :/

Why isn't there a down vote option here? With a list that even remotely refers to Twilight, and Hundred Years of Solitude on number 47 as opposed to the former on number 3? Get a grip you guys!

BLOODY HELL! TWILIGHT NUMBER 3????? ._____. Oscar wild 36... Stephen King 56 ... ¡Holy Crap people! This is WRONG! D:

COME ON!! Do you read this? ----> "Best book ever" <---- and you vote for Twilight? This is shit...

I'm fine with J.K. Rowling but i don't think that The Hunger Games is the best book ever. (I like the book. <3 But no.)

Corey wrote: "The list is just a function of who interacts with the website most. Kids, in general, love fantasy because it is exciting and escapist."

... and because they're looking for role models--for actual heroes, characters you want to root for, or even emulate. Curiously, 'grown-up' literature offers very few of those.

Thank you for your refreshing comment, Corey. :)

Seriously, Charlotte's Web as a young adult book??

i'm just going to post this and I'm 13 but this list is a joke like someone said but guys some of these books are good books. yes twlight is annoying. never mind I;m am talking to people from 2008

You have to be joking...

How is The Hunger Games number 1!? I mean, I liked it, but the best book of all time? Even if a lot of people say it is amazing, it doesn't deserve such a title! I doubt anyone will keep reading, or at least enjoying, this book a hundred years from now. Twilight does not deserve to be number three. Did romance-hungry teenage girls make up the majority of the voters?

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?"
You have got to admit it's a great story!

Have you read The B.O.M.?

i hate twilight saga

Yeah, I'm with someone on here that said- you youngins need to read more or go to college or just get older - Twilight? Wow- that is unbelievable - really.

Amber wrote: "This list is a joke!"

true! TWILIGHT & all those boring books? no way!

Tori wrote: "Where are the rest of the good books? I don 't even see most of my favorite books on here. And the book of Mormon is number one? I really don't think so."

i 1oo& agree!

Winter wrote: "You know, I thought long and hard about voting for Mockingjay, but all things considered, it was really good. And it was the only one in the series that made me cry."

Why not? It's the Best Books list

I didn't see all of them, but Im hoping Theodore Boone is on there

Somewhere

What if the Book of Mormon is only on a rise because of the play The Book of Mormon by the South Park Creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and the only reason people are highly rating the actual book is because they finally understand all the jokes in the play?