tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post4254352294125256433..comments2008-01-31T21:58:50.584-06:00Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845310999741739328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-38529009533048659512008-01-31T21:58:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:58:00.000-06:00I think another reason for these rankings are that the lists are based on what people list as their favorite books on Facebook, so very popular mainstream books would likely be listed by people who don't read very much overall.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639207617561248454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-36380285729954282862008-01-30T20:53:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:53:00.000-06:00I couldn't put Crime and Punishment down when I read it. Such a good book. Of course, sometimes it's hard to understand which character is which. Their names are all the same, I swear.Finruinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931146828507977319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-48303795688603887392008-01-30T14:30:00.000-06:002008-01-30T14:30:00.000-06:00I have to say that I doubt even the correlation of what books people "choose to read" and test scores. I'm willing to bet that the only reason some of the classics are on there are because of all the high schoolers who don't read a thing. Facebook asks for books and the only things they have read are the assigned English class books so that is what they put down. The more rare the book, the higher it is on the chart and obviously only more intelligent people would seek it out. <BR/><BR/>Interesting comparision, but like you noted, definitely does not show causality and if you account for assigned readings, this chart may not even really show correlation. <BR/><BR/>I'd be more interested to see a this chart when it has been corrected for "forced readings."<BR/><BR/>Fun to look at though.Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502335814572111388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-27048625144312435242008-01-29T22:30:00.000-06:002008-01-29T22:30:00.000-06:00Heh. That thought occurred to me too. It makes you want to see the results more, though.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845310999741739328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-28226357632276520692008-01-29T22:24:00.000-06:002008-01-29T22:24:00.000-06:00Oh, and aren't you the pessimist. Why couldn't you title it "Books that make you smart"? :)Mrs. Olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13994009966911268083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-63622521455582872382008-01-29T22:21:00.000-06:002008-01-29T22:21:00.000-06:00That's a really interesting graph. I'm mostly a middle of the roader. My "highest" book is "The Alchemist" and the close second, "Ender's Game". I think it makes perfect sense that some of the classics are ranked low. Everyone reads those sometime in school. I think the same is true of "The Holy Bible". Although, I bet that the people who listed it haven't really read it all. In fact, I bet they listed it because they didn't have another book to list. That's not to be rude, I just think it's probably true.Mrs. Olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13994009966911268083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-76145172996374705302008-01-29T18:45:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:45:00.000-06:00Sorry, than the *Holy* Bible.Katyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11771780464356547742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-73602589061319913162008-01-29T18:44:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:44:00.000-06:00Interesting that The Book of Mormon ranks so much higher than the Bible.Katyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11771780464356547742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-64716951435459314152008-01-29T17:39:00.000-06:002008-01-29T17:39:00.000-06:00I agreed that dystopian was a bit forced. Sensible call on <I>Fahrenheit 451</I>, though.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, <I>The (Holy) Bible</I> is interesting. Likewise Dan Brown vs. <I>Da Vinci Code</I> and C.S. Lewis vs. <I>Mere Christianity</I>. I suspect people who list authors are less likely to have actually finished one of the author's books.bawbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561613173295281689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-78863041175275537242008-01-29T13:59:00.000-06:002008-01-29T13:59:00.000-06:00Interesting that calling it "The <B>Holy</B> Bible" drops you about 150 points. And thatSorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127721889533199793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820750.post-20933717057009509212008-01-29T13:35:00.000-06:002008-01-29T13:35:00.000-06:00weird. if some of the "classics" are so great, why are they at the end of the list?erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860289405281972875noreply@blogger.com