Top 10 Books You’re Embarrassed to Admit You’ve Read

[officerripley]

From bookriot.com; I've read 2 on the list; not embarrassed about 'em but hated 'em both; read the list & article here:

http://bookriot.com/2013/08/28/top-10-books-youre-embarrassed-admit...

[Mandy Muffin]

I'll admit to:

Fifty Shades (all three) -- I had to pry them out of the hands of my daughter

DaVinci Code also the other Dan Brown books

Hunger Games (all three) A great fantacy

Bridges of Madison County, a great love story, so what?

and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's classic has to be taken with a grain of salt, but continues her life-long fight against principles of communism which she escaped a a young lady.  

Here are a couple to add to the list:

--A Game of Thrones, which I am now reading

--Quotations from Chairman Mao, I got my edition in China. 

[Ursula]

I'll admit to reading The DaVinci Code and The Bridges of Madison County.  Not great literature, but enjoyed them both.  I'm puzzled why Atlas Shrugged is on the list; that's one book I've always meant to read, but haven't.

[rapa]

I've read #s 7-8-9 .  No problem with any of them.  THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY has always been a favorite of mine. 

Am surprised that Vatsyayana's KAMA SUTRA didn't make the list!!! 

I've never been embarrassed to admit reading any book except to say that I've found some a waste of my time while others have enjoyed the same book. Thank goodness we have eclectic tastes!

[Carolyn Tewell]

Flowers in the Attic? Embarrassed? I thought those books were gripping and creative...and not that far away from reality after the REAL horror here in Cleveland with 3 women held hostage for 10 years?

Bridges...loved it too?

Da Vinci Code...I listen and somehow faded out at the last disc...so watched the movie to bring closure...lol

Btw, Inferno ...started it last night. It seems engrossing..any critiques from members?

Geesch! How did I miss this thread? Fun, Ripley...thanks for the link!

[officerripley]

You're welcome.  I went ahead & subscribed to Bookriot's enewsletter; they have some pretty good articles sometimes.

[TeeBubbaDee]

Of the 10 listed I've read the DaVinci Code, and The Hunger Games.

I thought the DaVinci Code was pretty good, and The Hunger Games not so much. Although the Hunger Games wasn't really my thing, I finished it. I tend to finish most everything that doesn't outright stink. 

[tnbopeep]

Oh yeah, I've read several but not embarrassed about it. OK, maybe if I'd read 50 Shades........Heck, I figure, it's reading, may learn something - even if it's "never read anything by this author again." Oh, and I've read "Bridges" & "Atlas Shrugged" a couple of times!

[Mandy Muffin]

I remember sneaking a copy of "Lady Chatterley Lover" under the table in high school.  When I got to college it was required reading in my English Lit class.  In fact it is in this listing of the ten most influential books ever written.  http://listverse.com/2009/03/02/10-more-books-that-changed-the-world/

I also read "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, the infamous book that Oprah kicked off her list.  Like "Atlas Shrugged" witch is distasteful to many liberal thinkers.  Similarly,  "Quotations from Chairman Mao" could get you arrested in the McCarthy era.  I have the "little red book" on my shelf.  It is the second most read book in the history of the world, coming after the Bible.  http://www.squidoo.com/mostreadbooks

[Ioruach]

I don’t think there have been any books that I can say that I have been embarrassed to admit I have read, at least not in my adult life.  Of those on the list, I did read The DaVinci Code, but so did a few million other people.  Most critics didn’t seem to like it, but so what?  I’ll even admit to reading, and enjoying, Henry Miller’s two Tropic books. 

I suppose if I were to start reading those paperback romance novels (you know the ones I mean; those showing barely covered, large bosomed women on the cover) I might not want to say so here on Bookoholics.  I rather doubt that at my age that is going to happen, though. 

[Lip Service]

Not only did I read the DaVinci Code but I also enjoyed it very much. The attraction was the puzzles pieces in famous work or art and obscure hidden symbols. My guess was that this is a book which has very limited attraction since not too many will enjoy Fibonacci sequences and the like. I under estimated that the revisionist Christian history would raise a huge interest.

[Thomas William Farquhar vii BA]

I am currently reading "The Hunger Games" (I started it yesterday actually).  Normally I dislike dystopian books, but the first chapter was quite enjoyable and I shall continue to read it.  Ihave also read many of the books on that list, and I am not in the least ashamed to admit it.  A good story is a good story.  A story written, in say the 1920s might feature words or ideas that are no longer permitted but I accept that at the time it was written those attitudes and ideas were accepted.  No doubt in another 50-60 years our grandchildren would be shocked or dismayed by our attitudes but that`s life.