Comments on Best Books Ever - page 66

You got to be kidding me. :D This is a joke.

The Hunger Games? Everyone is allowed to like what they like, but if to you it's the best book ever written, you need to read a little more...

Atlas Shrugged should be on a higher ranking....

This is one massively skewed list.

So this is a list for people who stopped reading once they turned fourteen, no?

....hummm, you mean they were still reading at 12 or 13?

I'm sorry, but
WHY OH WHY IS TWILIGHT ON HERE???

310 pages!? LOL Funny list. Apparently every single book ever is in here. The Hunger Games #1, though...

I most say I have a number of books that I would say are my favorites and some of them are on the list but to many to go throw just now but I will come back and continue with the list where I left off and as always keep smiling and happy reading with love from wee me.xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Gavin wrote: "Apparently every single book ever is in here."

No, certainly not. Far from it...

The "list here" are pretty much all the same. the same books are on the best books ever and the worst books ever. I suppose there are only so many books....

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

seriously, jane austen? errughhh."

I cannot agree more. The fact TWILIGHT was at the top, and Catch -22 was at the bottom?

I was hoping the Yellow Pages would make the top, but no one reads it anymore...

If you made a movie about the yellow pages it would.

Andrew wrote: "If you made a movie about the yellow pages it would."

Precisely!!!
:D

Andrew wrote: "If you made a movie about the yellow pagesit would."

That's a good one, Andrew!

They didn't have all of the mortal instruments or any of the infernal devices :( disappointed at that...

I am glad that the 'Harry Potter' books are quite near to the top, but I do not understand how 'The Book Thief' isn't?

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?"

Agree. Don't know why, those fantasies are not the best for sure

How in the world can a top 100 books list be without any book for Albert Camus in it.. this is really unfair..

Oussema wrote: "How in the world can a top 100 books list doesn't have any book for Albert Camus in it.. this is really unfair.."

A cause d'une peste, il y a eu une chute dans le niveau de qualite des listes.

Here's a suggestion for all the people complaining about this list:

1. Pick a few books that are truly worthy of the top 100 list.

2. Everyone who complained about the top 100 list should place their votes on the newly added "worthy" books.

We have 69 pages of complaints (more or less), with a minimum of 35 replies on each page. So do the math (69 x 35 = 2415) Problem solved for the most part. the worthy books should at least crack the 100 mark.

Another idea: Everyone complaining here should go back and make sure they voted on some serious literature. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest has 2000 votes, same said for The Hobbit, The Catcher In The Rye, The Great Gatsby, War and Peace, and many others.

There are nearly 19,000 votes for The Hunger Games, it's a pop phenomenon. What do you people expect? How many fans are buying up Jane Austin, Ernest Hemingway, or Charles Dickens books? You simply cant fight pop culture, you have to learn to embrace it.

So, quit complaining become active! Make it happen! Lets see Crime and Punishment hit the 20,000 mark!

Can't believe a best book ever list where "Twilight" and hunger games can make to top 100

Sonee wrote: "Can't believe a best book ever list where "Twilight" and hunger games can make to top 100"

You simply can not fight pop culture like Kevin said above...

My top votes: These Strange Ashes and A Path Through Suffering. Both by Elisabeth Elliot.

why is twilight even on this list?

David wrote: "Accepting it doesn't mean one has to embrace it."

Try to give it a little squeeze David... ;-)

POP goes the culture!

ARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I truly hope most of these books in the top 5 spot are there for no other reason than guilty pleasure reads.

The Hunger Games, I will admit was a very action-packed novel. I guess not everyone enjoys the same things, but if we all did the world would be a very boring place to live in.
My opinion:
Remember books become very successful when a movie adaption of it is being released? Surely before Twilight was a movie not many people had acknowledged it very clearly, also the same applies to The Hunger Games. In a few years time these books may probably not even be on this list, other bestselling movie adaptions probably will be. Also, Twilight may be well hated, but it is also really, really loved and it wasn't really long ago since the last movie came out, so I guess that's how it works.

The Lord of the Rings is placed dramatically lower than Twilight? Seriously?

Molly wrote: "Ah the stupidity of lists. You'll notice the Best and Worst lists are almost identical. "

I agree. Screw the truth!! It doesn't hold up to lies.

This is not an easy, user friendly list.

No

Always something.

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

seriously, jane austen? errughhh."

Yes, Jane Austen. People still read her books after all these years.

But seriously? Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight? ARGH! You'll see - those will be forgotten as soon as the next "big hit" comes along. People will still be reading Austen hundreds of years from now.

http://www.openfilm.com/videos/in-the...

It's all good. Remember we are all running the same race. Some just get to the finish line faster than others.

I sometimes wonder when i see this list: I have a totally different taste in books. Is it just me?

Twilight #5???
This is so wrong. Extremely wrong.
I don't hate that book or anything.But there are better books, way better books than Twilight and it kind of bothers me.

In my opinion, all the Harry Potter books should be placed first, as they are very well-written and are very interesting. Then, after that, maybe hunger games. I really don't think Twilight and Jane Eyre should be there..

I think this list is not the best books in order of quality, but is a collection of books that has had a substantial impact on a significant number of people. Not all the same people, of course.

Kevin wrote: "Here's a suggestion for all the people complaining about this list:

1. Pick a few books that are truly worthy of the top 100 list.

2. Everyone who complained about the top 100 list should place t..."

If that is the case then why don't we remove the words 'best' and 'ever' from the list title. That would have solved the problem no?

Wow this is one unhelpful list.

Not interested really in this 'lists' stuff to be honest, but still many lists manages to make itself useful in some way. But this list? It appears to be lacking in thought in its contents and don't appear to have any point as far as I could see. It appears more like a random group of books than anything.

I personally like it. It shows what's on many readers' minds right now: a "snapshot" of favorite books.

It's also interesting to follow how it changes over time.

Yeah... this list looks like it was created by teenagers or children - almost all of them are YA or children's books. What's up with that? I've looked through 3 pages and it's not even worth seeing the rest of the list... who made this?

Just went and voted for the 15 books which I think the best I ever read (and keep on a separate shelf). Let that be a small contribution.

Any list comprising such a ridiculous amount of entries (in this case more than 30, 000), regardless of its content is completely useless from a practical point of view.

I've loved and read all the books I've voted for and I WOULD BE PROUD IF MY OWN BOOK: 'LISA BENNETT VISITS UTOPIA' would appear on that list, very proud in fact, as I stand by my written words
Christine E. Mackenzie
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Pachinko: You got a point. I have looked in the list too and it is just useless. There are many books here that I have rated low (3 or less), not something I would call best ever. That itself makes me doubt if any of the books in the list that I haven't read would really give me enjoyment or satisfaction.

Christine: Eh? I looked at the book and it has a big absence of reviews, ratings and readers. Is was published in 2011 and it seems to have not been noticed by anyone. That seems to disqualify this book from this list for it doesn't seems to be a 'best book ever' in any measure.

Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are there. So is Twilight.
Faith In Goodreads community lost.

Alex wrote: "Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are there. So is Twilight.
Faith In Goodreads community lost."

Well, not quite lost in my case. But my confidence WAS seriously shaken for a while...