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Aren't popular books usually crap? http://www2.oprah.com/obc/pastbooks/obc_pastdate.jhtml#2008 http://www2.oprah.com/obc/pastbooks/obc_pastdate.jhtml#2008

• edw519 18y ago
  Usually, except for Elie Wiesel's "Night". Even broken clocks are right twice a day.
  • dangoldin 18y ago
    I also see some Faulkner, Márquez, Tolstoy and Steinbeck.
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  • Prrometheus 18y ago
    Most "popular" books that are recognized as literary classics are good. A few may be crap, but I don't feel competent to judge them. A good rule is that any book that people are still reading several decades after it was published is worth your time. Please note that the inverse is not necessarily true.
    • cglee 18y ago
      I don't feel competent to judge them - I guess it's a testament to your self awareness, but why let others choose what's good to you? Your experience is just as valid as anyone else's.