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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I don't have that experience. The list is, to me, only a way to find out what others are reading. But your post mystifies me. If you actually like the #1 bestsellers (or, at least, those authors), then it would seem to me that the list not only is news for you, but also gives an idea of what you like.
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I don't go by any best seller lists when buying books. I go by recommendations from others, or by using
The Literature Map. Sometimes, I buy a book or a series on a whim, because I like the blurb.
It's very seldom that the book doesn't have the line "#1 NYT Best Seller" on the cover.