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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Certainly people who read books on the best seller are not as good as you are; I would never claim that these people are in any way as sophisticated or independent as you are. And of course it's easy for you to use your superior intellect to foresee which books you might enjoy.
For the rest of us, the bestseller lists can alert us to new books that we may not have heard of and that may be interesting. Especially if a book has been on a best seller list for months.
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Nice job of psychoanalysis on a total stranger. Too bad you couldn't be more wrong about me. Elitist I am not (IMO that would be those who smugly proclaim that they ONLY read best-sellers), I just don't think dreck like the Twilight series or anything by James Frey magically becomes worthwhile reading based on sales numbers or Queen Oprah bestowing her blessing on it. I'll go on plot summaries, samples, etc., and make up my own mind rather than taking the best-seller list as my TBR list.