# What book would you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356 "2003-02-02T20:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![irishajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@irishajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishajo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/1 "2003-02-02T20:56:05Z")
Having just read Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ and having just seen the movie adaptation, I was wondering: What book would you choose to ‘be’, and why? ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/2 "2003-02-02T21:07:44Z")
[God Save The Sweet Potato Queens](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/060980619X/qid=1044219979/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-7636532-8536817?v=glance&s=books) because it made me laugh and cry - plus I’d be a _Queen_. It doesn’t get much better than that. And there are some sinfully good recipes inside - everything I need. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/3 "2003-02-02T21:12:55Z")
15-30 = Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 30-35 = Some outdoor book with a lot of winter stuff and whitewater rafting 35-38 = Some book about love found, lost, found, lost 38-? = Bridget Jones Diary ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/4 "2003-02-02T21:25:58Z")
_ **Dune** _ Gotta have The Spice! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/5 "2003-02-02T21:30:29Z")
Wow, depends on the day. Some days it would be _War and Peace_. Other days it would be _Where’s Waldo_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/6 "2003-02-02T22:08:16Z")
I’d be a pop-up book. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/7 "2003-02-02T22:17:45Z")
Atlas Shrugged ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/8 "2003-02-03T03:16:02Z")
Either Darwin’s "A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (1851), or else _Batman_ #188 (Dec 1966). ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/9 "2003-02-03T03:25:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*_ **Dune** _ > > Gotta have The Spice! \*\* :dubious: This one is taken. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/10 "2003-02-03T03:33:04Z")
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran and then i’d want to be A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and I’m also digging being the love interest of Legolis if that existed which I dont think it did, but he was cute in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/11 "2003-02-03T03:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*:dubious: > > This one is taken. > > 🆒 \*\* Then I shall be _Glory Road_ for I am a beautiful man (Star thinks so…) and I slay virgins and deflower dragons stop… rewind… reverse that ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-be/152356/12 "2003-02-03T04:37:18Z")
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck.