1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
2. Emma, Jane Austen
3. Jane Eyre, Jane Austen
4. Skinny Bitch, Jane Austen
5. Delta of Venus, Jane Austen
8. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, Jane Austen
16. Play It As It Lays, Jane Austen
33. Twilight, Jane Austen
42. To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Austen
56. Middlemarch, Jane Austen
66. The Bell Jar, Jane Austen
67. Interview with the Vampire, Jane Austen
68. Captain America fanfic, Emily Bronte
69. Bridget Jones's Diary, Jane Austen
May 13, 2015
"Books That Literally All White Women Own: The Definitive List."
A hilarious list, put together by a Metafilter commenter in response to a post about an annoyingly clickbait-y thing at The Toast titled "Books That Literally All White Men Own: The Definitive List":
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They left off one:
49. 50 Shades of Earl Grey by Jane Austen
I own a higher percentage of the men's list than the women's, but you might expect that from a lesbian.
Weirdly, I've read and traded in far more of the fun books on the men's list, but own and will probably never read almost all of the pretentious prestige books.
Wuthering Heights was left off the lists. Both men and women are afraid of it.
If treated as books I've read rather than books I own, I've read 19 of them. I've never even heard of about 10 or 15 of them.
If nothing else, this post provides me an opportunity to repeat one of my favorite Mark Twain quotes:
"Jane Austen? Why I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen. Even if it contains no other book."
The Men's list is great! Portnoy's Complaint
Mark Twain never won the Nobel Prize for literature, even though he was eligible, and Philip Roth hasn't either. At this point I think not having won it puts Roth in the rarefied air in which he belongs.
I have read a lot of them, but many I have never heard of.
Seems like Moby Dick should be on that list.
I love this person.
I think a list of ten for both sexes and maybe ten each for each of the genders.. ;) would be a better list.
Hast seen the white whale, Tim?
Hast seen the white whale?
See what I mean! ;)
We should make an Althouse commenters list.
For the men's list I've read 9, and own maybe 5.
The original article actually says that there are men who own Catcher in the Rye. Is this true? I mean, I get that a lot of us were forced to read it in high school but are there actually grown men who pay money to own it?
White men own books?
I have a used copy of Catcher in the Rye sitting around somewhere. It's a passable bildungsroman, certainly not worth pestering every English-reading sophomore on the planet like they do, but passable.
68. Captain America fanfic, Emily Bronte
Hee.
I have all of the real jane austen books but only a few of the fake jane austen books.
1. Shogun, James Clavell
A (female) friend tried to give me a huge stack of this series a while back! I told her let me try the first one (Shogun) first. So it's sitting on the table but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
I suspect the lists requires multiple clicks, something I can't stand, so I never looked at it.
DrMaturin said...
The original article actually says that there are men who own Catcher in the Rye. Is this true?
Yes
Also left off the list: "He's Just Not That Into You", by Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison.
I had no idea that Jane Austen was quite so prolific.
MadisonMan: Whole list on one page. Interesting choices. Interesting omissions.
really? Okay, I'll succumb to clickbait.
I've read almost everything on the men's list but Lucky Jim is the only one I've kept.
Nothing by Richard Feynman.
I'm disappointed, but not surprised.
I've only read four of the books for men.
On the other hand, I've seen about 10 of the movie adaptations. Maybe more.
I've read a lot of the books for men but they got one wrong: "The Da Vinci Code," Jane Austin.
Definite chick lit.
hing by Richard Feynman.
I'm disappointed, but not surprised.
5/13/15, 1:13 PM
Surely, you're joking.
@Mary Beth, you win the thread in a walkoff home run.
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