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Originally Posted by issybird
Apparently these are the ten books in the lead heading into the final week of voting:
- Charlotte's Web
- The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)
- Gone with the Wind
- Harry Potter (Series)
- Jane Eyre
- Little Women
- The Lord of the Rings (Series)
- Outlander (Series)
- Pride and Prejudice
- To Kill a Mockingbird
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Originally Posted by issybird
Why so many children's books? Is it because most people don't read past their childhood, or else never read past childhood favorites?
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I would count only a few of those as children's books.
While Little Women is about young people (at least the first half) it's written at an adult reading level. I remember attempting it as a preteen but not being able to finish it. I think I got to the part where
before I gave up. (I know this is an old book but I figured I would be kind and use spoiler tags just in case someone hasn't read it yet.) I think I read it all the way through the first time during my high school years.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Outlander? Good grief!
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Well, I suppose that might be better than 50 Shades of Gray, which was on the original list.... though I haven't read either so I can't actually debate their merits (or lack thereof)....