Comments on Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once - page 21

What a wonderful list!

Astrid Terese wrote: "What a wonderful list!"

No it’s really not.

I would never attack anyone for liking a book that I didn't like. After reading Twilight I concluded that it wasn't for me and that I would not be following up on the other books in the series. I think it is specifically aimed at a younger audience, and I might well have liked it when I was young.

can we do a best books ever for adults ? Is harry potter really superior to Tolstoy gtfooh

Quite US-centric, of course.

Schuyler wrote: "can we do a best books ever for adults ? Is harry potter really superior to Tolstoy gtfooh"

Dinosaurs beat both.

Goddamn the number of books is too overwhelming

Wow. This list is great!

Zeinab wrote: "Awesome list! :]"

Haha I agree! Wish it was up there, those books are classics.

you can do it if you make it your career

This was fun, Autumn.
Got to listing 14 books then it kept dropping out when trying to vote for Jude the Obscure.
14 is good enough for now.
Cheers from CB

Colin wrote: "This was fun, Autumn.
Got to listing 14 books then it kept dropping out when trying to vote for Jude the Obscure.
14 is good enough for now.
Cheers from CB"

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So glad you enjoyed it. I love looking at these lists and voting on them.

So we can see only 10k out of the 30k books unless I'm missing something?

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

2024, and I just got one from a thrift store. It's still out there.

I love that when this list was started, people were arguing about whether or not Twilight deserved to be on the list or not.

It does not.

My only evidence: it has been largely forgotten and is mostly ignored by the Gen Z book nerds, who despise it.

If there is one book you should read in this human existence to know what is life and what is beyond, here is the one to test and see for yourself:

Beyond the Edge of the Universe: A Steady Path of Mindfulness and Letting GoBeyond the Edge of the Universe: A Steady Path of Mindfulness and Letting Go

I think this list has gotten a bit out of hand since 2008, 30,000 books is wild

harry potter AND the bible being in the top 100... do you ghouls read anything else

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

You can, a simple search on amazon or barnes and noble proves you wrong.

Mary wrote: "Animal Farm and Atlas Shrugged are absolutely books you must read AT THIS TIME in the USA before it is too late to change our path"

*2025 Update* Add 1984 to the “Must read at this time in the USA” list.

deleted user wrote: "Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

Um. Yes you can, I have one. Try going to Barnes and Noble.

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Hello, any librarians here?

Can you still kick out blatantly fraudulent entries from the lists? It used to work that way in the distant past.

Anyway, please look into these extremely suspicious entries:

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo - an unknown book with 17k rating (and those seem suspicious, too). Ha ha ha! Some authors are delulu. Just for comparison (4 editions only, 301 ratings on Amazon)

The Elephant Tree and The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald.

There are more similar atrocities on this and other Best of lists. I usually don't mind, but if the narcisism of some individuals is so out of control that they prop their books into the first hundred best or most popular books ever written (by using sock puppets and/or AI), it's just way too much and there should be consequences.

So how am I supposed to read 31.2k books.

Faera wrote: "I skimmed through this list and there are some very horribly written books on it. Like Twilight and the Bible for instance."
ok