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As much as I enjoyed the Hunger Games books and the Harry Potter books, to see them at the top of this list is a testament to everything that is wrong with our education system today. If you have read The Great Gatsby, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lord of the Flies, Slaughterhouse Five, anything by Tolkien, Shakespeare, etc. and you still think that The Hunger Games is the best book ever written, there's a serious problem with society.
it won't its so lovely and great i enjoy most of it
I've read Twilight and Edward Cullen couldn't hold a candle to Edward Rochester.Remember guys getting worked up over this "poll": I'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. I agree this shouldn't be called the "Best Books Ever", as it should be "Mostly Read" or something along those lines. Again, 100 pennies. Lol.
Never have I had to make such a difficult choice....
I think it's safe to say that democracy has failed on this one
Christopher wrote: blahblahblahI disagree with a lot of this but the lit snobs who come here repeating what their high school lit teacher told them was good makes my eyes roll.
"The Great Gatsby" - garbage for power/wealth worshipping beta personalities.
Lord of the Flies- Utter garbage by and for people terrified of other people.. especially children. Stereotypes galore
Slaughterhouse Five- cited because it was the first science fiction the lit snobs were willing to embrace.. mostly because it is nonsensicle crap
anything by Tolkien- I love the LOTR world. I love the societies he created. He's also massively overly wordy and most of his books are lists of "this happened". Great imagination. Not great writing.
Shakespeare - he wrote the first soap operas. THAT IS ALL. If he lived to day hed be laughed out of publishers offices and sent to the days of our lives set. He wasnt good. He was pablum for the masses in his day. It took centuries of elitist intellectual snobbery to make this hack "brilliant"
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!"The author literally cannnot form a coherent sentence......
Elisabeth wrote: "I think you people need to just relax!!! I think "you're just too high strung" and eventually the "strain will be more than you can bear.""
LOL! you are right! They need to relax!
LOL! you are right! They need to relax!
Proof that the word democracy is not properly understood. It for most of our existence meant chaos.
Justin wrote: "Proof that the word democracy is not properly understood. It for most of our existence meant chaos."
How very interesting. Thanks for posting that.
How very interesting. Thanks for posting that.
Elisabeth wrote: "I think you people need to just relax!!! I think "you're just too high strung" and eventually the "strain will be more than you can bear.""Hear hear, a friend, in reply to the question; 'what matters most? ' said; 'the relevance of literature.' He did NOT say; 'literature itself.'
Well another example confirming the Gaussian distribution applies to intellect, even among people that read the books.
I agree completely. Trumbo's book - I read it in 9th grade English. I still remember scenes from that book. It was outstanding.
This is like walking through the world's biggest used bookstore or garage sale: who knows what will show up next! It was also addicting ... I made myself stop after viewing the top 300 Because really? Who cares what I think? Nobody!!
I signed up for this site, poked around for 3 minutes, found this list with hunger games being best book of all times and i have now quit the site. At least I didn't waste much time.
Stephanie wrote: "This is like walking through the world's biggest used bookstore or garage sale: who knows what will show up next! It was also addicting ... I made myself stop after viewing the top 300 Because real..."I'm laughing so hard
Some people take this list way too seriously.
witch is the best , heart of darkness or the hunger games ??
i only vote for few and my interest disappeared when i realize my favorite ones and the best ones comes out to top 100 (or not even in top 200), seriously people. i'm disappointed that no Neil Gaiman book (even the beautiful Coraline) was at the top 100 (but i'm still happy for his American Gods tho).i keep hoping right now that Either The Stand of Stephen King, and Fahrenheit 451 goes way up high to 1 or top 10
ps. i suddenly stopped looking at the whole list when i saw Twilight at top 100
I'm rooting for The lighting thief (more of the whole series actually) but there are a lot of amazing books that I don't see on here. Where the heck is Throne of Glass? Red Queen? A gazillion other books that I cannot name on the spot for some reason? Wait- how the heck did Twilight get on this list?!
I haven't read about 90% of these (a couple I have been avoiding like the plague) and of the ones I have read, I hated about half of them. Also, The Lord of the Rings and Fahrenheit 451 are on here twice. Seriously, who makes these lists? The few I've looked at are awful.
Why does everyone like the Book of Mormon by the way????????Do they think Joe Smith really got plates from his angel
Or do they just like the really old English
Still don't understand why the hunger game is #1. Like seriously, you guy????????
Just think as this list as “the most controvesal books" for the people who say that the books on this lists should be put in "the worst books ever" list.
Cormac McCarthy @#78, Hemingway at #94...Where' Faulkner??!!! Fut the Whack? This list is a joke!
the list is definitely skewered.
Wow why are you all so angry?? It's just a list asking for your opinion. It's not asking what book is considered a classic. Also, a classic doesn't have too be good to be a classic. It's about the spirit of the time it's written in. It shows new inventions and shows the influence people had on literature and vice versa. You're just pretentious if you're angry about people voting "best" for something they enjoyed most instead of your antiquated idea of "scholars decided so it must be". I love me some classics but that doesn't mean I didn't vote for all my favorite non-classic lit.
The Hunger Games as the best book ever? Give me a break
defffff the hunger games is the best book of all time. deeeffffffffffffff
I had to laugh that Twilight is #5 and Dracula is #34.
My only question is.. where is Six of Crows!?!?!?
Leslie wrote: "Twilight is number 4? Give me a friggin break people!!! Entertaining? Slightly. A classic piece of literature? Absolutely not! "So are you one to put Romeo and Juliet on the list? By the way this did not ask for classic literature just best by your opinion. And in my opinion Twilight is better than Romeo and Juliet.
Catcher in the Rye and Hunger game star such amazing books
Okay, I finally read Hunger Games. Yes, it's better than Twilight and the Potter books. But better than Gone With the Wind or Lolita? What are those letters....ROTFL.
Mark wrote: "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?"Haven't..."
In Utah, you can't buy booze, so that explains things.
crabanna wrote: "Tale of Genji ??????"I'm reading "Tale of Genji" now! Fabulous!!!
Denis wrote: "Don't you guys think that Harper Li's "To kill a mocking bird" is a little overrated?[spoilers removed]"
Oh, Denis, YES YES YES!!! And "Go Set a Watchman" proves the point even further.
Lilibet wrote: "Obviously, goodreads has a mostly young, not very experienced readership. It's become a cliche to put To Kill A Mockingbird on such a list."Lilibet, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the only other book read by people who've read the Twilight/Hunger Games series. TKAM is way, way, overrated. It's okay, it's fine, it's just not GREAT.
Cindy wrote: "Wow why are you all so angry?? It's just a list asking for your opinion. It's not asking what book is considered a classic. Also, a classic doesn't have too be good to be a classic. It's about the ..."Cindy, I don't think anyone is really angry. It's fun to poke fun at books that are just plain silly. Like Twilight, which is a relatively funny sendup of vampire books, and Meyer has been laughing all the way to the bank for years.
wheres the vote against button i want to knock john green off the list
You have to seriously question the judgement of many of the voters