You Couldn't Pay Me to Read That (Take 2)

Descrizione
List books you never intend to read. Thumb down books you've read or that you intend to read someday. (Books you read but would never read again are you're choice. I've added them to my list). Add books as you see fit.
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Status - Will Not Read
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Atlas Shrugged
di Ayn Rand
22,417 utenti
397 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 10
18 Members
hipdeep, pammab, eromsted, mlfhlibrarian, KimarieBee, aulsmith, sundancer, auntSteelbreaker, susiesharp, elkiedee, Dilara86, Dehinde, MissJessie, Lyn5r, saintjamesluther, chwiggy, SFF1928-1973, ManWithAnAgenda, ,Morphidae , ,EmScape ,merrystar ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 ,ahef1963 ,
Spiegazioni
SFF1928-1973: What bankers read when they get tired of fleecing honest citizens.
2
La fonte meravigliosa
di Ayn Rand
19,198 utenti
261 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 40
12 Members
hipdeep, eromsted, mlfhlibrarian, KimarieBee, aulsmith, jasmaynard, elkiedee, Dilara86, MissJessie, Lyn5r, chwiggy, ManWithAnAgenda, ,Morphidae ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 ,
3
Il codice Da Vinci
di Dan Brown
70,252 utenti
1,307 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 139
17 Members
eromsted, liamfoley, foggidawn, rajukv, ghilbrae, smcwl, thorold, countrylife, aulsmith, Cecrow, sundancer, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, cej1027, MissJessie, saintjamesluther, annus_sanctus,bookwoman84 ,gilroy , , ,schmootc , ,dara85 ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,Percevan ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 , , ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,SFF1928-1973 ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
AnnaClaire : I won't pretend I'd recommend reading it, but it was painless enough.
aulsmith: I already read the book he used as his starting place and that was a bad enough time waster.
annus_sanctus: Never understood people believing all the lies in that book
-pilgrim- : It is fun to read in the "so bad it's hilarious" category
5
The Purpose Driven Life
di Rick Warren
13,964 utenti
131 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 18
15 Members
bookwoman84, pammab, eromsted, ghilbrae, lahochstetler, Mithalogica, AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, merrystar, SylviaC, Percevan, susiesharp, souloftherose, rretzler, chwiggy,sundancer ,ncgraham ,eclecticdodo , ,ahef1963 ,annus_sanctus
Spiegazioni
annus_sanctus: Though I have my doubts about Warren, this book helped me to put certain things in the right perspective
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Finnegans Wake
di James Joyce
5,333 utenti
58 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 48
9 Members
thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: I admit to liking to hear bits and pieces of this read by Sioban McKenna, but I'll never read it myself.
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L' uomo che andava al cinema
di Walker Percy
4,694 utenti
93 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 150
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Gilead
di Marilynne Robinson
10,821 utenti
363 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 161
Member
eclecticdodo,timspalding ,eromsted ,cpg , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,Dilara86
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L'età dell'innocenza
di Edith Wharton
13,892 utenti
300 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 197
Spiegazioni
AnnaClaire : I read this one, and without the incentive of cash and/or assignment. (Oh, and I don't normally read a lot of fiction, either.)
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The Koran
di al-Qur'an
672 utenti
15 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 142
4 Members
gilroy, aulsmith, susiesharp, annus_sanctus,Edward ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire , ,merrystar ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni
annus_sanctus: Worst religious book in the world (by the way, there is not just one Arabic translation, there are at least 14 variations!)
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Il cuore è un cacciatore solitario
di Carson McCullers
10,717 utenti
243 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 160
3 Members
smcwl, aulsmith, susiesharp,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Middlemarch
di George Eliot
17,707 utenti
330 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 188
Member
SylviaC,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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La civiltà del Rinascimento in Italia
di Jacob Burckhardt
2,458 utenti
17 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 158
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L'ombra del vento
di Carlos Ruiz Zafón
27,873 utenti
1,039 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 182
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Lolita
di Vladimir Nabokov
31,698 utenti
563 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 167
7 Members
countrylife, aulsmith, SylviaC, ncgraham, cej1027, chwiggy, annus_sanctus,gilroy , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , , ,EmScape ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
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La signora Dalloway
di Virginia Woolf
20,622 utenti
329 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 176
3 Members
SylviaC, ncgraham, mspixieears,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,thorold , ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Il colore viola
di Alice Walker
19,714 utenti
335 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 170
2 Members
John_Vaughan, annus_sanctus, ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
Morphidae : Really? Wow. It's one of my all time favorites.
annus_sanctus: The reason being Oprah Winfrey .....
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Guerra e pace
di Leo Tolstoy
28,836 utenti
457 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 198
2 Members
SylviaC, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,marq ,kceccato ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
Morphidae : Still trying to get this started.
aulsmith : On my TBR list.
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Metamorfosi
di Ovid
13,187 utenti
102 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 189
2 Members
MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,marq ,kceccato ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni
Morphidae : I was pleasantly surprised with how good this was.
aulsmith : On my backlog.
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Lo zen e l'arte della manutenzione della motocicletta
di Robert M. Pirsig
18,787 utenti
283 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 148
3 Members
dara85, Dehinde, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , , ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,
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Cime tempestose
di Emily Brontë
51,947 utenti
703 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 199
2 Members
gilroy, aulsmith,Edward ,eromsted , ,cpg ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: Once was enough.
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Pigmalione
di George Bernard Shaw
6,736 utenti
78 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 195
Member
John_Vaughan,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I like Shaw. I hope to read all of him before I die.
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Sulla strada
di Jack Kerouac
27,925 utenti
386 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 179
2 Members
bookwoman84, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,EmScape ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Not the great American novel, but a fun read.
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Ulisse
di James Joyce
24,069 utenti
377 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 155
7 Members
dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Much better than Finnegin's Wake. I'm not a big fan, but I do re-read parts from time-to-time.
kceccato: I don't dispute Joyce's importance to literature, but his style is not to my taste. If I have to read him, I'll read his short stories.
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Una giornata di Ivan Denisovič
di Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,935 utenti
201 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 153
3 Members
SylviaC, MissJessie, mspixieears,Edward , ,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1
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Il racconto dell'ancella
di Margaret Atwood
42,254 utenti
1,138 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 201
3 Members
liamfoley, aulsmith, MissJessie, ,bookwoman84 , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,AnnaClaire , ,EmScape , ,SylviaC ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,eclecticdodo ,Jarandel ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 ,chwiggy ,annus_sanctus ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith: Once was enough.
annus_sanctus : Though the hype from democrats and woke people is unbelievable, I did read it and it was not a bad book at all.
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Tutti gli uomini del re
di Robert Penn Warren
7,312 utenti
129 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 154
2 Members
SylviaC, saintjamesluther,hipdeep ,eromsted ,liamfoley ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,ncgraham ,kceccato
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I'm intrigued.
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Storia della guerra del Vietnam : Da Dinbienphu alla caduta di Saigon, una fondamentale ricorstruzione storica
di Stanley Karnow
2,317 utenti
16 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 123
Member
MissJessie,eromsted ,Bretzky1
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Beautiful Losers
di Leonard Cohen
1,761 utenti
21 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 140
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Haven't given Cohen's prose a try yet. If you were paying me, I'd definitely pick it up.
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Le teste d'uovo
di David Halberstam
2,075 utenti
30 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 124
Member
Dehinde,eromsted ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I'm still thinking it might be worth reading.
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The First Days of School
di Harry K. Wong
1,731 utenti
14 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 96
2 Members
justablondemoment, MissJessie,eromsted
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How the Other Half Lives
di Jacob A. Riis
1,421 utenti
9 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 166
Member
MissJessie,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,smcwl ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith ,cej1027
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Supposed to a great book.
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Le particelle elementari
di Michel Houellebecq
5,505 utenti
86 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 105
2 Members
countrylife, Dilara86,eromsted ,SilentInAWay
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Il vento nei salici
di Kenneth Grahame
23,705 utenti
330 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 190
3 Members
SylviaC, auntSteelbreaker, mspixieears,hipdeep ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl , ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,eclecticdodo ,kceccato ,cej1027 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
: Aw, c'mon, they're adorable
aulsmith : I like Mole and Water-Rat.
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Il signore delle mosche
di William Golding
49,571 utenti
745 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 180
4 Members
smcwl, merrystar, SylviaC, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,bookwoman84 ,eromsted ,liamfoley ,Morphidae , ,aulsmith , ,EmScape ,elkiedee ,marq ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This was a pretty interesting read. Of all the books about messed-up adolescents I was forced to read, this one I actually got something out of.
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Lo Hobbit
di J. R. R. Tolkien
94,315 utenti
1,189 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 202
2 Members
dara85, martensgirl,Edward ,gilroy ,eromsted ,cpg ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire , ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,Percevan ,elkiedee ,marq ,eclecticdodo ,rretzler ,kceccato ,cej1027 , ,MissJessie ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,annus_sanctus , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : It was okay. Not a favorite, but worth a try.
annus_sanctus: One of the best books ever, read it at least 10 times or more
: This has been on my to-read list for a long time.
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Pelle di Leopardo
di Shota Rustaveli
258 utenti
5 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 134
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Casa Desolata
di Charles Dickens
13,690 utenti
248 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 193
3 Members
SylviaC, eclecticdodo, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : My best friend thinks this is the best Dickens, so it's on my TBR list.
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Un cantico per Leibowitz
di Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,741 utenti
308 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 171
Member
EmScape,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae , ,aulsmith , , , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
Morphidae : How about you couldn't pay me to read it again?
aulsmith : I liked this.
: I've already read it twice. Will likely read again.