# You're on a READ poster;What book are you holding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399 "2008-03-31T16:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/41 "2008-03-31T23:09:04Z")
The _Odyssey._ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/42 "2008-03-31T23:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=detop] _To Serve Man_ by Damon Knight 😃 [/QUOTE] Please tell me you’ll be in a kitchen for this shot. Please! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/43 "2008-03-31T23:12:44Z")
_The Chronicles of Narnia_, with myself pointing to _The Lion…_ and a caption saying “READ… this one first.” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/44 "2008-03-31T23:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Please tell me you’ll be in a kitchen for this shot. Please! [/QUOTE] Will in front of the fridge do ? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/45 "2008-03-31T23:20:10Z")
Depending on my mood that day, either [Catfantastic](http://www.amazon.com/Catfantastic-Andre-Norton/dp/1567311539/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207005053&sr=8-1), (I love the take on the portrait of Shakespeare on the cover!) [The Hound of the Baskervilles](http://www.amazon.com/Hound-Baskervilles-Aladdin-Classics-Arthur/dp/068983571X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207005281&sr=8-2), or [The Decameron](http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Penguin-Classics-Giovanni-Boccaccio/dp/0140449302/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207005302&sr=8-2). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/46 "2008-03-31T23:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=detop] Will in front of the fridge do ? [/QUOTE] I was thinking in front of the knife rack, actually… :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/47 "2008-04-01T00:01:59Z")
_The Awakening_, by Kate Chopin. Or, you know, _Winny de Puh_ (I’m practicing my Spanish by reading children’s books, and I love that this one calls heffalumps “pelifantes”). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/48 "2008-04-01T00:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Josephine Tey’s [The Daughter of Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time). [/QUOTE] I like you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/49 "2008-04-01T02:15:53Z")
Either _Cat’s Cradle_ or _Cryptonomicon_. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/50 "2008-04-01T02:20:55Z")
The Necronomicon 😃 Canticle for Liebowitz is a good idea, as is Farenheit 451 Brian ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/51 "2008-04-01T02:54:25Z")
_The John Varley Reader_ by, ummmm John Varley of course! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/52 "2008-04-01T03:00:06Z")
Either _The Dragonbone Chair_, or _Maskerade_. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/53 "2008-04-01T04:08:49Z")
_Beat To Quarters/The Happy Return_ by CS Forester 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/54 "2008-04-01T04:12:09Z")
One of the _Young Wizards_ series by Diane Duane. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/55 "2008-04-01T04:13:49Z")
Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/56 "2008-04-01T11:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] _The Chronicles of Narnia_, with myself pointing to _The Lion…_ and a caption saying “READ… this one first.” [/QUOTE] I almost went with something like that myself. Good idea! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/57 "2008-04-01T11:52:53Z")
Probably _King Solomon’s Mines_ by H. Rider Haggard. Naturally I’d be wearing a Pith Helmet and dressed like a 19th century explorer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/58 "2008-04-01T13:54:05Z")
[_The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy._](http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Doctor-Eszterhazy-Avram-Davidson/dp/0913896284) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/59 "2008-04-01T15:30:01Z")
_Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women._ First, because it’s a truly great book, and it deserves more love; and second, because the title gets a WTF? second look. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/60 "2008-04-01T15:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] _Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women._ First, because it’s a truly great book, and it deserves more love; and second, because the title gets a WTF? second look. [/QUOTE] Agreed. Ricky Jay is a national treasure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399.md?page=4)