Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Bad books everybody reads

Anthony Esolen at Mere Comments makes a list:
...[T]his is not a list of the ten worst books ever. It's a list of the ten books that are most undeservedly popular. [the list]
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Top Ten Bad Books Everybody Reads

2 comments:

  1. Well, not everybody reads them. I haven't read a single one on the list!

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  2. Catcher in the Rye used to be inflicted on high school students, and Ulysses and Sister Carrie in American Lit. classes. Kahlil Gibran may have been standard only for the '60s generation.

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