# HuffPo Link: Nine Books that Make You Undateable

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huffpo-link-nine-books-that-make-you-undateable/628733 "2012-07-19T16:14:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huffpo-link-nine-books-that-make-you-undateable/628733/121 "2012-09-10T15:53:12Z")

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> [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](#):
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> _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge,_ or anything by Carlos Castaneda.

Thank you. Along with the oft-derided _Atlas Shrugged_ and any of the Kevin Trudeau/Jenny McCarthy drek, this would be a deal-breaker for me. I don’t care how hot she is, I don’t care if she can suck as golf ball through a garden hose.

> [@Don\_Draper](#):
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> “On the Road” was a book I loved as a teenager. I re-read that about a year ago and distinctly loathed it. When I first read it, the wild, reckless hedonistic abandon appealed to my stifled, suburban miserable teenaged self. Now as a somewhat mature, much more grounded adult, I found all the characters to be nasty, self-absorbed misogynistic, alcoholic pricks.

But that’s the fun part! Who said that a work should have likable characters to be a good book?

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