Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
Everyone's Read It But Me
Popular books you just haven't/don't want to read. And if "Everyone" is reading it, they should have 10,000 ratings at least. If it's just your friends reading it but no one else has heard of it, then it doesn't really belong here. (But you could start your own "I wish people would quit bugging me to read ..." list!)
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 301 |
|
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 186,517 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 302 |
|
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
by
4.27 avg rating — 240,513 ratings
score: 508,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 303 |
|
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
by
Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 483,931 ratings
score: 503,
and
9 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 304 |
|
Fangirl
by
Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 774,590 ratings
score: 501,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 305 |
|
The Casual Vacancy
by
3.31 avg rating — 335,929 ratings
score: 499,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 306 |
|
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,662,452 ratings
score: 483,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 307 |
|
The Prince
by
3.84 avg rating — 374,602 ratings
score: 479,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 308 |
|
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
by
Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 163,633 ratings
score: 474,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 309 |
|
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
by
Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 408,438 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 310 |
|
Romeo and Juliet
by
3.74 avg rating — 2,782,001 ratings
score: 468,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 311 |
|
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by
Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 463,444 ratings
score: 466,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 312 |
|
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
by
Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 175,925 ratings
score: 460,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 313 |
|
The Outsiders
by
S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,554,276 ratings
score: 457,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 314 |
|
Eleanor & Park
by
Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,245,436 ratings
score: 444,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 315 |
|
The Satanic Verses
by
3.71 avg rating — 70,748 ratings
score: 442,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 315 |
|
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by
4.31 avg rating — 703,324 ratings
score: 442,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 317 |
|
A Scanner Darkly
by
4.03 avg rating — 108,751 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 318 |
|
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by
Garth Stein (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 548,058 ratings
score: 434,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 319 |
|
The Girl on the Train
by
Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 3,225,949 ratings
score: 432,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 320 |
|
Mansfield Park
by
3.86 avg rating — 374,075 ratings
score: 431,
and
9 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 321 |
|
11/22/63
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 621,679 ratings
score: 416,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 322 |
|
Candide
by
3.76 avg rating — 296,436 ratings
score: 415,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 323 |
|
The Zahir
by
Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 82,196 ratings
score: 407,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 324 |
|
Torment (Fallen, #2)
by
Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 243,754 ratings
score: 402,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 324 |
|
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
by
Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 494,402 ratings
score: 402,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 326 |
|
Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)
by
Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 335,550 ratings
score: 400,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 327 |
|
A Light in the Attic
by
4.36 avg rating — 472,210 ratings
score: 389,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 328 |
|
The Stranger
by
4.03 avg rating — 1,337,224 ratings
score: 384,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 329 |
|
The Kitchen House
by
Kathleen Grissom (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 297,516 ratings
score: 365,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 330 |
|
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by
Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 337,954 ratings
score: 362,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 331 |
|
Dark Places
by
Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 823,312 ratings
score: 361,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 332 |
|
The Liars' Club
by
3.94 avg rating — 71,347 ratings
score: 354,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 332 |
|
The Night Circus
by
Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,075,819 ratings
score: 354,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 334 |
|
Willow
by
3.90 avg rating — 32,776 ratings
score: 341,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 335 |
|
Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent, #0.1-0.4)
by
Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 251,925 ratings
score: 338,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 336 |
|
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by
Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,058,656 ratings
score: 325,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 337 |
|
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by
4.35 avg rating — 1,489,481 ratings
score: 324,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 338 |
|
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by
4.15 avg rating — 137,437 ratings
score: 320,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 339 |
|
Seriously... I'm Kidding
by
3.67 avg rating — 110,326 ratings
score: 319,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 340 |
|
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by
Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,275,457 ratings
score: 316,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 341 |
|
Veronika Decides to Die
by
Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 238,665 ratings
score: 308,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 341 |
|
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by
4.20 avg rating — 710,080 ratings
score: 308,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 343 |
|
Death Comes to Pemberley
by
3.30 avg rating — 103,390 ratings
score: 307,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 344 |
|
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by
Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 3,964,739 ratings
score: 303,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 345 |
|
A Man Called Ove
by
Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,177,491 ratings
score: 294,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 346 |
|
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
by
3.87 avg rating — 199,064 ratings
score: 293,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 347 |
|
The Plague
by
4.02 avg rating — 304,061 ratings
score: 292,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 348 |
|
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 917,720 ratings
score: 284,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 349 |
|
The Metamorphosis
by
3.90 avg rating — 1,361,102 ratings
score: 283,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 350 |
|
The Truth About Forever
by
Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 225,871 ratings
score: 282,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 351 |
|
Pretty Girls
by
Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 652,872 ratings
score: 281,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 352 |
|
Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3)
by
J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 187,939 ratings
score: 280,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 353 |
|
Again the Magic (Wallflowers, #0)
by
Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 46,630 ratings
score: 279,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 354 |
|
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by
4.08 avg rating — 168,585 ratings
score: 278,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 355 |
|
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
by
Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 127,838 ratings
score: 277,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 356 |
|
The Phantom Tollbooth
by
4.20 avg rating — 303,233 ratings
score: 276,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 357 |
|
Love in the Time of Cholera
by
3.94 avg rating — 538,968 ratings
score: 273,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 358 |
|
Macbeth
by
3.89 avg rating — 999,029 ratings
score: 272,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 359 |
|
Matched (Matched, #1)
by
Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 811,082 ratings
score: 271,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 360 |
|
The God Delusion
by
Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 280,414 ratings
score: 270,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 361 |
|
Ficciones
by
4.40 avg rating — 76,789 ratings
score: 269,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 361 |
|
State of Wonder
by
3.90 avg rating — 198,458 ratings
score: 269,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 363 |
|
The Haunted (The Hollow, #2)
by
4.14 avg rating — 15,358 ratings
score: 261,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 364 |
|
Naked
by
4.10 avg rating — 271,639 ratings
score: 260,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 364 |
|
Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)
by
3.85 avg rating — 24,597 ratings
score: 260,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 366 |
|
Between Shades of Gray
by
Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 270,564 ratings
score: 258,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 366 |
|
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
by
4.14 avg rating — 475,871 ratings
score: 258,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 368 |
|
A Reliable Wife
by
3.28 avg rating — 80,109 ratings
score: 254,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 369 |
|
In His Steps
by
4.18 avg rating — 27,168 ratings
score: 247,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 370 |
|
This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)
by
Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 51,546 ratings
score: 245,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 371 |
|
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
by
Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 221,074 ratings
score: 241,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 372 |
|
Sharp Objects
by
Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,191,143 ratings
score: 240,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 373 |
|
Stray (Shifters, #1)
by
Rachel Vincent (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 37,376 ratings
score: 239,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 374 |
|
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)
by
Melissa Marr (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 165,991 ratings
score: 238,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 375 |
|
Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)
by
Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 43,218 ratings
score: 234,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 376 |
|
The Love Hypothesis
by
Ali Hazelwood (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 1,761,817 ratings
score: 233,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 377 |
|
Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)
by
Sylvain Reynard (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 160,868 ratings
score: 232,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 377 |
|
A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-2)
by
4.54 avg rating — 27,929 ratings
score: 232,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 377 |
|
Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
by
Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 105,221 ratings
score: 232,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 380 |
|
Shantaram
by
Gregory David Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 234,956 ratings
score: 229,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 380 |
|
White Oleander
by
Janet Fitch (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 364,267 ratings
score: 229,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 382 |
|
These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
by
Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 71,353 ratings
score: 226,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 383 |
|
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by
3.75 avg rating — 115,166 ratings
score: 225,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 384 |
|
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by
4.12 avg rating — 297,441 ratings
score: 223,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 385 |
|
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
by
4.30 avg rating — 4,374,364 ratings
score: 222,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 386 |
|
Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)
by
4.28 avg rating — 46,526 ratings
score: 221,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 387 |
|
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by
3.66 avg rating — 104,553 ratings
score: 217,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 388 |
|
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by
John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 410,331 ratings
score: 213,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 389 |
|
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 1,267,964 ratings
score: 212,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 390 |
|
Cranford
by
3.83 avg rating — 47,159 ratings
score: 206,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 391 |
|
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
by
Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 262,958 ratings
score: 202,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 392 |
|
The Mane Squeeze (Pride, #4)
by
4.35 avg rating — 14,802 ratings
score: 200,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 393 |
|
Kafka on the Shore
by
4.12 avg rating — 534,139 ratings
score: 199,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 394 |
|
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
by
Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 108,006 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 394 |
|
Hopscotch
by
4.20 avg rating — 47,833 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 394 |
|
Push
by
Sapphire (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 58,436 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 397 |
|
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by
Helen Simonson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 144,661 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 398 |
|
The Lying Game (The Lying Game, #1)
by
Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 45,612 ratings
score: 195,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 399 |
|
Pet Sematary
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 676,061 ratings
score: 194,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 399 |
|
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
by
Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 217,844 ratings
score: 194,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
Comments Showing 1-50 of 51 (51 new)
Oh yeah, for us geezers there is Everybody USED to read it but today nobody cares one way or another.
I take the list descriptions seriously and vote exactly as instructed (usually). So my list is mostly popular books I won't ever read, but includes some I might read but just haven't gotten around to. Like A Tale of Two Cities - maybe I'll get around to reading that some day. And Liar's Poker is on my to-read list and I most definitely will read it, when I get around to it. So it's kind of an inconsistent list.And yes, for the hell of it I threw on there a few books from the 70s that were once on bestseller lists but no one reads now.
Thom wrote: "Oh yeah, for us geezers there is Everybody USED to read it but today nobody cares one way or another. "
LOL! I sure like that as so many books are fads of the moment.
LOL! I sure like that as so many books are fads of the moment.
haha i like that EVERYBODY USED TO READ IT ! - i voted for the ones i will never read.
also have they made a movie out of anything Nicholas sparks has written????????/
And the Geezer asks....Who's Nicholas Sparks ? Lovetoall, T.
Thom wrote: "And the Geezer asks....Who's Nicholas Sparks ? Lovetoall, T."A really, really bad writer of very bad, extremely terrible schlock novels.
Thom wrote: "And the Geezer asks....Who's Nicholas Sparks ? Lovetoall, T."
The only thing I read by Sparks was Message in a Bottle and it was somehow too "formula". As someone put it on one of the many goodreads groups it was like he bought a computer program and it writes his "romance" novels for him. You aren't missing anything. In ten years he will be forgotten!
The only thing I read by Sparks was Message in a Bottle and it was somehow too "formula". As someone put it on one of the many goodreads groups it was like he bought a computer program and it writes his "romance" novels for him. You aren't missing anything. In ten years he will be forgotten!
You guys really don't know who nicholas sparks is?These are some of his most famous books taht were made into movies:
The Notebook
The Guardian
A Walk To Remember
At First Sight
Message in a Bottle
I personally didn't like his writing,but I guess girls like the whole romance thing. I figure... what's the point if everyone dies? (Which with Sparks-they do)
I voted for the books everybody except me has read and won't shut up about. Please, great romance novels have been written long before Stephenie Meyer was born!
Kazima wrote: "I voted for the books everybody except me has read and won't shut up about. Please, great romance novels have been written long before Stephenie Meyer was born! "WE NEED A TAXONOMY OF ROMANCE NOVELS.
Just added 10 titles I got from "movie was BETTER than the book". Each had over 30 votes, and I've never read a line.
lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true.
Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true."
Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in a Bottle and think I quit with that one but maybe I read another one of Nicholas Sparks. I also read one James Patterson and that was it for me. I also think I may have read The Name of the Rose but not sure about that one either. Its so hard losing ones short term memory! LOL!
Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in a Bottle and think I quit with that one but maybe I read another one of Nicholas Sparks. I also read one James Patterson and that was it for me. I also think I may have read The Name of the Rose but not sure about that one either. Its so hard losing ones short term memory! LOL!
Canary wrote: "Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true."Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in a Bottle and th..."
Understand you completely Canary!
:O)
Canary wrote: "Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true."Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in a Bottle and th..."
If romance novels tend to be formulaic, even more so do the COVERS of romance novels.
Bettie wrote: "Canary wrote: "Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true."
Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in ..."
Hi Bettie, so glad not to be alone on that.
Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in ..."
Hi Bettie, so glad not to be alone on that.
All the time. That's why I prefer to purchase my books. Then I know I've read them.
Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "All the time. That's why I prefer to purchase my books. Then I know I've read them."
I prefer to purchase them too but the house is getting too full of books! We have no more room for more bookcases. We need a bigger house. I heard my ex has to have a storage rental to keep all his in. I am going to donate some more to Goodwill..I hope.
I prefer to purchase them too but the house is getting too full of books! We have no more room for more bookcases. We need a bigger house. I heard my ex has to have a storage rental to keep all his in. I am going to donate some more to Goodwill..I hope.
It would be nice if owning a book were an indication I had read it. My problem is I go into a bookstore, something catches my eye, and I have no idea whether I own it or not.
i voted ones i haven't read and probably never WILL read. There is something that offends me about stephenie meyer. as if she shouldn't be writing about vampires... what with her religious beliefs and all.
why i haven't read most of this books? i'm too upset and sad.
Thom wrote: "Canary wrote: "Hollywoodsmile78 wrote: "lol, I like the "I don't like the cover" one, it's so true."Do you ever look at a title and you think you read it but not sure? I know I read Message in a ..."
that's not necessarily true. I think that each genre of novels has a formulaic approach to covers. All thrillers are typically dark and forboding in cover design, for example.
I understand that you might not LIKE romance novels, but please respect the fact that some of us out here DO like them. I don't like thrillers, but I respect the fact that other people read them.
If you're an "old geezer" (as you call yourself), you've been around the block and understand this concept. If you can't play nicely in the sandbox, clean up your toys and GO HOME.
I just clicked through to the first hundred I haven't read. Most of them, I have no intention of ever reading, regardless of how many "everyone else"s there are.
Wow....seems I tend not to read Nicholas Sparks or Stephanie Meyers. lol
u need to read the Harry Potter books you are seriously missing out they are amazing. (and if u like the movies) they are so much better then the movies (and the movies are amazing!)
heh, I reached the 100 vote max halfway though the second page.
LoL, I liked the list . The books i voted for the ones that ppl read and recommend them for me but I will never read tmhe , because i know i am gonna hate them. Especially Nicholas sparks novels though I just saw the movies
Kind of embarrassed that I can't vote for a lot of these...
well, most of the books i voted for, it's because I already saw the movies. and that's enough. why read something when you already know what's going to happen? unless it's a story you really really love. so, yeah. i won't be reading these books.
I would like to suggest that books are not ones "Everyone's Read" unless they hit a minimum of 10,000 ratings. These need to be popular books that don't appeal to you. I'll leave this for now, but then I'm going to start paring the list down to books that are truly "popular".
What about box sets where the set doesn't have that number of ratings, but the individual novels in it do?
Changed my mind about box sets - I'd say leave those off. List books individually.
I'm a teacher, so I've read many of these books with my students. Any books by Jane Austen......I will definitely read and any book about my life, I will read like "The Help." My mother did this type of work.I loved the DaVinci Code! All mystery books are my favorites. Lawrence Sanders is a favorite author, but now deceased. I read every one of his "Deadly Sins" books. For the mystery lover.....his books are excellent!
i thought i already read a lot of books.. now i know there are more books that i'm missing on..
there is no any fix number of reading a book,,,,,,,, if you are a real lover of reader of book....
Another geezer who loves books that nobody bothers to read. There are books on the list that I own but have never read, and some I started and never finished.Then there are books that Ihave read over and over again. Don't try to put a number on books read. It is so misleading.
Some of these books I plan to get to...and some there is no chance in hell that I will ever read them...
There are A LOT of books on this list with less than 10,000 ratings.
SOME I HAVE READ YEARS AGO . THEY ARE SO GOOD I WOULD GLADLY READ THEM AGAIN GIVEN THE CHANCE. I LOST A LOT OF A LIBRARY I HAD ,AUCTIONED OFF IN STORAGE. BREAKS MY HEART TOO! SANDY CARL
Where's The Fault In Our Stars? I've never read that nor do I intend to
i truly wish people who make lists would stop allowing folks to add to them after it reaches 100 titles. after 100 titles folks are not adding to the list properly. or if we could vote down a title on a list and then after so many votes it disappeared off the list. that would be even better. Goodreads- get on that!
Kimberle wrote: "i truly wish people who make lists would stop allowing folks to add to them after it reaches 100 titles. after 100 titles folks are not adding to the list properly. or if we could vote down a title..." It only takes one devoted person to destroy a list by adding 100 books that don't meet the criteria. And a few of them voting up books that don't meet the criteria. But unlike most lists, this list has an easy to measure criteria - that of a minimum number of ratings of 10,000.
i think you listed the wrong The Hobbit
I know they exist. But I'm not going to read them. How about that.(I only read like 10 from this list. so).
I have read 8 of these books. Many of the books here seem to be the "flavor of the month" books. Most of these books I would never read. Of the ones I have read: 1.were read as a child 2.book club 3.some retro binge I was on 4. read for school. I am not sure any qualify as must reads or a must haves in your library. That may be controversial to say RE: Salinger, but I liked his other published works better than, The Catcher in the Rye.
There are a lot of books that I read and liked, and a lot more that never interested me in the first place. I voted for the 40 books that either I started and abandoned, or bought but haven't gotten around to yet and probably never will.
This list is a great way to FIND books you want to read! I marked those books for myself. Worked for me. The voting...if I vote for a book, does that mean I never want to read it?
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
Whaddeva, T.