The Lord of the Rings–Read (multiple times) and Loved
Gone With the Wind–Read (multiple times) and Loved
The Harry Potter Books–Read most of 'em. Liked 'em okay.
The Stand–Read (multiple times) and Loved
To Kill A Mockingbird–Not read.
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown–Read and enjoyed.
The DaVinci Code Read–meh
Atlas Shrugged–not read
Catcher in the Rye–not read
I agree that it would be cool. The question is methodology and who to do it.
Methodology - either:
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People rank their books and each is assigned points = 10 for #1 all the way down to 1 for #10. All books and scores are totaled and the top 10 are skimmed off the top of the list.
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People are given a set number of points - perhaps 55, since 1 thru 10 totaled up equals that - and they can assign however many points they want to up to 55 books. So if someone loves The Da Vinci Code far above all other books (Og help us) they could give it 55 points and only submit the one title. Someone else could submit 55 titles, 1 point each. This would force a weighting - you could like 1 or 2 books a WHOLE LOT more vs. the others you want to include. From there, point totals are added up across all submitting Dopers and the Top 10 skimmed off.
Who - who can volunteer? I would love to, but given my job and other obligations, there is NO way I could do it.
I just thought
[Aunt Pittypat]Uncle Peter, fetch my smelling salts![/Aunt Pittypat]
It was the bestselling novel of the 1930s. The anticipation for the movie was HUGE and the casting search of Scarlett was probably the biggest story of the late 1930s.
The others I’ve read:
The Lord of the Rings- I read Fellowship, could not get into it at all, but bow to its hyperpopularity among others.
Gone With the Wind- better than the movie (and I love the movie)
The Harry Potter Books- love 'em
The Stand- loved it up til the ending, which I thought was one of the great cop-outs of pop-literary history
To Kill A Mockingbird- love it
The DaVinci Code- most overrated piece of pulp of the past quarter century
Atlas Shrugged- about as subtle as a bull on Viagra in a pasture full of cows in estrus
Catcher in the Rye- read it, thought it was just okay, don’t understand its cult
I’m glad they made the distinction between popular and good.
The Lord of the Rings–Read several times
Gone With the Wind–Read - never
The Harry Potter Books-- never
The Stand–never
To Kill A Mockingbird–read
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown–never
The DaVinci Code Read–read, wasted a few hours.
Atlas Shrugged-- read, wasted more hours
Catcher in the Rye–read