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Charles wrote: "It's not "because you dont like some of these'. Some of these books shouldnt even be compared to pulp fiction. In an earlier age they wouldnt have even been published. But we have marketing experts..."I feel you bro :(
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Not really a list of the best books, but rather one of the most popular books among the widest possible audience. Lowest common denominator. It's a miracle there's still a few books of quality on there.
Even the dictionary cannot describe the best meaning of best (adjective, adverb, noun, verb) so how would a group of anything be anything but subjective in selecting the best of anything?
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"After all this time"
"Always," said Snape
Alescar wrote: "Amber wrote: "This list is a joke!"What do you mean? it has a number of classics and good books. Just because you don't like some of them doesn't mean they don't deserve to be on this list."
LOL. A book like Twilight can NOT be compared to true good literature.
Some would call Winnie-The-Pooh a children's story where I would call it a superb example of not only a classic fictional story but a masterpiece in its conception and structuring of a book. An All Time Great.
Nr. 1 Hunger GamesNr. 2 Harry Potter
Nr 5. Twilight
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From this I made a conclusion that most votes came from the people, who haven't read more than 10 books in their lifetime. I am sorry, If I am offending some of you, but this is the truth. ...Multi-million Hollywood blockbusters can only be based on this cheap content, which is widely available to masses. I hope some of you will open your eyes and take such book as(only one example) Brothers Karamazov's and from that book you will learn more about life than anything else you have read in your life. There are so much perils out there, but people don't want to look any farther than window of the shop or tv commercial. They are too confident about themselves and world around us, that they just don't bother looking any farther. And this is sad, because, trust me on this, you are missing so much!
Nerijus wrote: "Nr. 1 Hunger GamesNr. 2 Harry Potter
Nr 5. Twilight
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From this I made a conclusion that most votes came from the people, who haven't read more than 10 books in their lifetime. I am sorry, If I ..."
I love HP and Hunger Games but also Les Miserables and The Count of Monte Cristo, among others. Just because someone likes pop lit doesn't mean they don't also enjoy deeper books.
i dont get why you people think the book of mormon cant be on this list?i mean, every one has different opinions, but you cant be rude about another persons religon!
How is the hunger games higher than to kill a mockingbird, memoirs of geisha, les miserables, and the secret garden? SO STUPID!!!
The Help and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest should really be higher!
So you are telling me Twilight is better than Of Mice And Men? Screw this list, so dumb.........
I wonder if I'm the only one to regret that democracy overturned communism in the race for the free mind. Shame if I am.
Perhaps all those disenchanted with the democratic system could meet at the Fabian Society HQ next Monday for a fish and chip supper. Oh, but wait! Could someone see if the benefit allowance is enough for the supper?
There are so many good books on this list that it is impossible to only pick one!
I read the first Twilight book as an adult and liked it but I agree that it is not good enough to be on this list. I can see why the series is so popular but the writing is good rather than 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!"How the hell is Twilight good?
This list should be called "Most popular books on goodreads" instead of "Best book ever"
Maybe every genre should have it's own best list then readers can just go to that area to see if they can see their favorite books or books they may like to read. These lists are silly someone will always be upset if they see one book they love above another or not there at all. Lol. Most of the top part of this list of books I have never read some I seen the movie but still those who comment about who is literate and who isn't according to what they read are ignorant of the fact that we are lucky in this day and age there are still people reading.
y'all need eat a snicker's bar and chill. Or get the sticks out of your asses
this is a biased list towards western novels and popular easy-reads. Asian novels are almost not mentioned at all.
Proof that democracy does not work
Yeah The Hunger Games is the best book EVER written.......... Stupid list.
How can this list not include "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, one of the most read American novels in history?
1. Clearly this is a popularity list - it has less to do with the quality of the books, so the title of the list should reflect that.2. One book appears more than once (votes should be cumulated)
3. One should have at least 100 of books read in order to vote; if I only read 5 books, no matter how bad, they would be in my top 5....
Florin wrote: "1. Clearly this is a popularity list - it has less to do with the quality of the books, so the title of the list should reflect that.2. One book appears more than once (votes should be cumulated)
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Well said.
This list contains two editions of Fahrenheit 451. In number 45 and 90; one of the should be removed
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?"Boi don't persecute Mormons; Christians and Jews can be just as bad.
The fact that "twilight" and "the hunger games" are near the top of this list makes me despair for humanity.
Magdalena 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?"Boi don'..."
But Mormons are actually stupid compared to Muslims and Christians?
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare has more score that A Game Of Thrones ........ wtf
The link to remove duplicates is broken. I'm making a note on the librarians thread to that effect.
There are 52,573 books on this list. Are you planning to narrow it down to the top 1,000 or top 100 or leaving it at this number, or what?? I am confused about this. And it allows us to vote... but doesn't say how many votes we can do. I've done several already, and was unsure if i could continue... and then i found out there are thousands on this list. I don't get it.
Linda wrote: "There are 52,573 books on this list. Are you planning to narrow it down to the top 1,000 or top 100 or leaving it at this number, or what?? I am confused about this. And it allows us to vote... but..."You can vote for up to 100 titles, after which the page will tell you that you're out of votes. You can remove some of your votes to make way for others if you like. This is particularly useful for a list like this one, since new favorites pop up all the time.
Neither I nor anyone else is going to narrow the list down to anything. This would be both undemocratic and an immense breach of Goodreads policy, and anyone that attempts any such thing is likely to be banned from the site. Also please bear in mind that those that edit the list are volunteers. None of us actually has to do anything, but many of us like keeping the lists tidy--within the parameters set by GR.
Ultimately, the list is only going to improve when a GR employee gets in there and fixes the broken duplicate link. They are fixing them slowly, but it's not a huge priority for them; I wish it were. You can go to the Librarians' thread and report the problem--perhaps having multiple complaints will generate results--or if you like, you can start a brand new list and encourage others to use it. If you do that, you may want to include a link to it here.
One additional note: GR employees do not, as a general rule, read these comments, and so remarks made here won't get to the people that can fix the duplication issue. Additional complaints listed here will most likely not receive a response, because in suggesting that we strip the list of all but 1,000 or 100 titles, you've asked volunteers to do something we cannot (and I would add, should not) do.
Seriously what the F is this list, even? Ugh.
Ashley wrote: "Seriously what the F is this list, even? Ugh."This is democracy in action.
Why not just change the name of the list to, "Best Books Ever as voted on by GoodReads users" or something similar? It's a bit redundant, but clearly from the 84 pages of comments, something that users here feel strongly about.
Bill wrote: "Why not just change the name of the list to, "Best Books Ever as voted on by GoodReads users" or something similar? It's a bit redundant, but clearly from the 84 pages of comments, something that u..."First of all--it should be self-evident, and if we did that to this list, all the other lists--thousands--would have to be similarly changed. Not only would it be infuriatingly redundant, but it would be such a colossal pain in the butt that Amazon would probably just opt to shut down all of the lists except for the ones they put up--and to which nobody can add anything. A morbid consideration.
Secondly, it is a strict GR policy that the list's name and description may not be changed after votes have been entered. Anybody that does this will lose their account.
Ah, excellent points -- I certainly wouldn't want someone to change a list after I'd already voted on it.I suspect a lot of inexperienced users stumble on this list and have the reaction commonly displayed in the comments here. I've contributed to a bunch of lists, and this is the one that get the most impassioned comments.
Bill wrote: "Ah, excellent points -- I certainly wouldn't want someone to change a list after I'd already voted on it.I suspect a lot of inexperienced users stumble on this list and have the reaction commonly..."
Fair. And for perspective, out of over 80,000 voters, only a small percentage have complained; and every list has haters. Believe it. Usually this is a technical thread, where people report titles listed out of the list's description, i.e., time period, genre, etc. But nobody is going to edit "best", apart from running the duplication check--when it's working. Spoiler alert: it isn't.
Oh my god, other people have other tasttes in books. Stop being so hard on this list. I've read most of these books, and I can say, they are all really good. DOn't be rude and say that this is a bad list. It's a good list, I really enjoyed these books. The old ones like Les Miserables was awesome, but so was Mortal Instruments. It's not a bad list, let people have their own opinions!
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?"
"Most Popular Books Presently"There, fixed it.
Mpffff... I notice a penchant for modern, shallow books in the list. That is the way to influence young people to focus on specific genders, i. e, plain fantasy entertainment, self help, cheap romance and so on. A funny way to consider the BEST BOOKS EVER.Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but there was more commitment in writers in past ages. By now, money is the engine moving them. Too bad that few are really expressing themselves and trying to leave something transcendental to the world and the afterworld.
THIS LIST SUCKS AND NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION WITHOUT UNICORN MESSES HEAPED INTO A BOOK.
sparkly vampires.. for real