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"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":

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

२८ टिप्पण्या:

Johanna Lapp म्हणाले...

They left off one:

49. 50 Shades of Earl Grey by Jane Austen

Johanna Lapp म्हणाले...

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.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Wuthering Heights was left off the lists. Both men and women are afraid of it.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

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.

Rocketeer म्हणाले...

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."

Jaq म्हणाले...

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.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Seems like Moby Dick should be on that list.

MayBee म्हणाले...

I love this person.

Jaq म्हणाले...

I think a list of ten for both sexes and maybe ten each for each of the genders.. ;) would be a better list.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Hast seen the white whale, Tim?

Jaq म्हणाले...

Hast seen the white whale?

See what I mean! ;)

We should make an Althouse commenters list.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

For the men's list I've read 9, and own maybe 5.

DrMaturin म्हणाले...

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?

Sebastian म्हणाले...

White men own books?

Mitch H. म्हणाले...

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.

Shanna म्हणाले...

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.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I suspect the lists requires multiple clicks, something I can't stand, so I never looked at it.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

DrMaturin said...

The original article actually says that there are men who own Catcher in the Rye. Is this true?

Yes

Smilin' Jack म्हणाले...

Also left off the list: "He's Just Not That Into You", by Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

I had no idea that Jane Austen was quite so prolific.

Johanna Lapp म्हणाले...

MadisonMan: Whole list on one page. Interesting choices. Interesting omissions.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

really? Okay, I'll succumb to clickbait.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...

I've read almost everything on the men's list but Lucky Jim is the only one I've kept.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

Nothing by Richard Feynman.

I'm disappointed, but not surprised.

अनामित म्हणाले...

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.

Michael K म्हणाले...

I've read a lot of the books for men but they got one wrong: "The Da Vinci Code," Jane Austin.

Definite chick lit.

Mary Beth म्हणाले...

hing by Richard Feynman.

I'm disappointed, but not surprised.

5/13/15, 1:13 PM


Surely, you're joking.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

@Mary Beth, you win the thread in a walkoff home run.