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

Descripción
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.
Basado en etiqueta
Status - Will Not Read
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Atlas Shrugged
por Ayn Rand
22,384 miembros
396 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 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 ,
Explicaciones
SFF1928-1973: What bankers read when they get tired of fleecing honest citizens.
2
El manantial
por Ayn Rand
19,179 miembros
261 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 40
12 Members
hipdeep, eromsted, mlfhlibrarian, KimarieBee, aulsmith, jasmaynard, elkiedee, Dilara86, MissJessie, Lyn5r, chwiggy, ManWithAnAgenda, ,Morphidae ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 ,
3
El código Da Vinci
por Dan Brown
70,193 miembros
1,305 reseñas
½ 3.5
Ranking Global 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
Explicaciones
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
Liderazgo Con Proposito (Spanish Edition)
por Rick Warren
13,938 miembros
131 reseñas
½ 3.5
Ranking Global 18
15 Members
bookwoman84, pammab, eromsted, ghilbrae, lahochstetler, Mithalogica, AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, merrystar, SylviaC, Percevan, susiesharp, souloftherose, rretzler, chwiggy,sundancer ,ncgraham ,eclecticdodo , ,ahef1963 ,annus_sanctus
Explicaciones
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
por James Joyce
5,321 miembros
57 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 48
9 Members
thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Explicaciones
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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El Cinéfilo
por Walker Percy
4,685 miembros
93 reseñas
½ 3.6
Ranking Global 150
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Gilead
por Marilynne Robinson
10,806 miembros
363 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 161
Member
eclecticdodo,timspalding ,eromsted ,cpg , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,Dilara86
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La edad de la inocencia
por Edith Wharton
13,892 miembros
300 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 197
Explicaciones
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
por al-Qur'an
670 miembros
15 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 142
4 Members
gilroy, aulsmith, susiesharp, annus_sanctus,Edward ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire , ,merrystar ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Explicaciones
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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El corazón es un cazador soilitario
por Carson McCullers
10,701 miembros
243 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 160
3 Members
smcwl, aulsmith, susiesharp,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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Middlemarch
por George Eliot
17,703 miembros
330 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 188
Member
SylviaC,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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La cultura del Renacimiento en Italia
por Jacob Burckhardt
2,453 miembros
17 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 158
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La sombra del viento
por Carlos Ruiz Zafón
27,849 miembros
1,038 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 182
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Lolita
por Vladimir Nabokov
31,712 miembros
557 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 167
7 Members
countrylife, aulsmith, SylviaC, ncgraham, cej1027, chwiggy, annus_sanctus,gilroy , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , , ,EmScape ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
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La señora Dalloway
por Virginia Woolf
20,593 miembros
329 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 176
3 Members
SylviaC, ncgraham, mspixieears,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,thorold , ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
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El color púrpura
por Alice Walker
19,685 miembros
334 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 170
2 Members
John_Vaughan, annus_sanctus, ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
Morphidae : Really? Wow. It's one of my all time favorites.
annus_sanctus: The reason being Oprah Winfrey .....
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Guerra y paz
por Leo Tolstoy
28,735 miembros
455 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 198
2 Members
SylviaC, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,marq ,kceccato ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
Morphidae : Still trying to get this started.
aulsmith : On my TBR list.
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Metamorfosis
por Ovid
13,165 miembros
102 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 189
2 Members
MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,marq ,kceccato ,chwiggy
Explicaciones
Morphidae : I was pleasantly surprised with how good this was.
aulsmith : On my backlog.
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Zen y el arte del mantenimiento de la motocicleta
por Robert M. Pirsig
18,767 miembros
283 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 148
3 Members
dara85, Dehinde, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , , ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,
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Cumbres borrascosas
por Emily Brontë
51,885 miembros
698 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 199
2 Members
gilroy, aulsmith,Edward ,eromsted , ,cpg ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aulsmith: Once was enough.
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Pigmalión
por George Bernard Shaw
6,726 miembros
78 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 195
Member
John_Vaughan,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Explicaciones
aulsmith : I like Shaw. I hope to read all of him before I die.
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En el camino
por Jack Kerouac
27,918 miembros
385 reseñas
½ 3.6
Ranking Global 179
2 Members
bookwoman84, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,EmScape ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears
Explicaciones
aulsmith : Not the great American novel, but a fun read.
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Ulises
por James Joyce
24,069 miembros
376 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 155
7 Members
dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Explicaciones
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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Un dia en la vida de Ivan Denisovich
por Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,920 miembros
201 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 153
3 Members
SylviaC, MissJessie, mspixieears,Edward , ,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1
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El cuento de la criada
por Margaret Atwood
42,200 miembros
1,135 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 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
Explicaciones
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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Todos los hombres del rey
por Robert Penn Warren
7,304 miembros
129 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 154
2 Members
SylviaC, saintjamesluther,hipdeep ,eromsted ,liamfoley ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,ncgraham ,kceccato
Explicaciones
aulsmith : I'm intrigued.
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Vietnam: A History
por Stanley Karnow
2,313 miembros
16 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 123
Member
MissJessie,eromsted ,Bretzky1
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Los Hermosos vencidos
por Leonard Cohen
1,759 miembros
21 reseñas
½ 3.4
Ranking Global 140
Explicaciones
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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The Best and the Brightest
por David Halberstam
2,075 miembros
30 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 124
Member
Dehinde,eromsted ,aulsmith
Explicaciones
aulsmith : I'm still thinking it might be worth reading.
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The First Days of School
por Harry K. Wong
1,728 miembros
14 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 96
2 Members
justablondemoment, MissJessie,eromsted
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Cómo vive la otra mitad : estudios entre las casas de vecindad de Nueva York
por Jacob A. Riis
1,419 miembros
9 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 166
Member
MissJessie,Edward ,eromsted ,LolaWalser ,smcwl ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith ,cej1027
Explicaciones
aulsmith : Supposed to a great book.
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Las partículas elementales
por Michel Houellebecq
5,501 miembros
86 reseñas
½ 3.6
Ranking Global 105
2 Members
countrylife, Dilara86,eromsted ,SilentInAWay
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Viento en los sauces
por Kenneth Grahame
23,659 miembros
329 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 190
3 Members
SylviaC, auntSteelbreaker, mspixieears,hipdeep ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl , ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,eclecticdodo ,kceccato ,cej1027 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
: Aw, c'mon, they're adorable
aulsmith : I like Mole and Water-Rat.
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El señor de las moscas
por William Golding
49,518 miembros
744 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 180
4 Members
smcwl, merrystar, SylviaC, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,bookwoman84 ,eromsted ,liamfoley ,Morphidae , ,aulsmith , ,EmScape ,elkiedee ,marq ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Explicaciones
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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El hobbit
por J. R. R. Tolkien
94,166 miembros
1,186 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 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
Explicaciones
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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El caballero de la piel de tigre
por Shota Rustaveli
257 miembros
5 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 134
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Casa desolada
por Charles Dickens
13,674 miembros
247 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 193
3 Members
SylviaC, eclecticdodo, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,LolaWalser ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aulsmith : My best friend thinks this is the best Dickens, so it's on my TBR list.
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Cántico a San Leibowitz
por Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,725 miembros
306 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 171
Member
EmScape,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae , ,aulsmith , , , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
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.