# "Great Books" that no one seems to like...what are we missing?

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**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-books-that-no-one-seems-to-like-what-are-we-missing/947575 "2021-07-29T06:26:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-books-that-no-one-seems-to-like-what-are-we-missing/947575/224 "2021-08-03T01:39:37Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> Since you mention such gender analyses— that is an interesting question; how do all the other epic works mentioned in this thread fare ( Mahabharatam, Odyssey, Kalevala, Paradise Lost, etc etc etc)

Tolkien was writing in the what? 1940s? A lot different than 2000BC or whenever.

People on r/fantasy always like to babble that Tolkien was writing before females were major characters in fantasy, writing it, etc. To which I always reply: do Jirel of Joiry and the Oz books ring a bell?

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