David Copperfield

Two (at least) were on that list. Bridges of Madison County was one. The only thing less convincing than the reaction of two grown children reading through their mother's things, discovering she had an affair while they were off on a camping trip with their father (go mom!?) was the phrase Francesca thought up to describe her cheesy photographer fling's love-making: "...like a panther riding a comet. There is not other way to describe it." . That may not be a precise quote but it's almost precise. It has been seared into my brain as a crime against literature and women both. I can't claim to know how women think or course but I *can* say that I am quite certain that the panther/comet thing isn't it. . Next up was The DaVinci Code. I wanted to like it, I really did. But you can hear the gears grind every time the author shifts from Lecturing Hero to Man of a Modicum of Action Hero. It is obvious that Brown likes the whole Grail thing and he went out of his way to suggest that it is kinda sorta real. Makes for good reading. . Too bad we have one of the least convincing romantic relationships we have ever seen. The book was so bad that one of the most wonderful casts I've ever seen couldn't make the movie work. . Dereliction of Duty, a purported tell-all by an Air Force General whose job it was to carry the infamous 'Nuclear Football' around wherever President Clinton went was a whine-fest by someone who clearly didn't like the then-President. He complains because he has to caddy (yeah, dude, you have a security clearance - do you really think we need a government-paid First Caddy cabinet position?) and he complains because he watched Clinton not react to some crisis or other - Clinton went golfing and waited for intelligence to come. When it did he didn't do anything...um, yeah. That happens all the time. It's his call 'Cuz he's the president. And you're not. Next time run for president instead of going for the General Bell-hop position. Maybe then you'll be in on the information that Clinton had that he made his choice from. . These will have to do for now. Maybe I'll think of another two later. . I would like to add that I have read several of the other books on the list (none of the political ones and none of the Rand btw) and liked them quite a bit. So if I've trashed your favorite...well, my turn's coming.

Wynper, I will get to my answer but I first must address that I am shocked at more than several of the books on that list in the link - -a person can 'not like' a book but I highly doubt that the following books from the list could be the "worst" in anyone's "book, ( pun intended )" other than the voters who ( I believe ) chose to "trash an author you don't care for," as in Ann Coulter ( though I would never bother to read or listen to anything that woman wrote or said; yet, since I haven't read anything by her, perhaps I might find her among the 'worst,' too ) So, all of the following books are on that worst list but to me, all of the following are wondrous and happen to be all favorites of mine: The Catcher in the Rye The Lovely Bones Lord of the Flies Atlas Shrugged Great Expectations A Confederacy of Dunces - seeing this on the list floored me, it's an hysterically funny book to me! "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men" -- to me, anyone who voted these two works as "worst" books they've read simply have no taste and should not have been allowed to vote. Go Ask Alice Fahrenheit 451 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - - again, WHO are these people who voted? Anyway, if I had to pick some of the worst books I've read, it'd be difficult. Most books I've read have had some sort of redeeming qualities ,which would prevent me from declaring them 'worst.' The following come to mind but these are still pushing it to call them the worst "Coma" by Michael Crichton - it bogs down with excessive medical 'lingo' for me - - I find the movie much more successful "The American Plague : The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic that Shaped our History" [ Molly Caldwell Crosby -- the book reads like a high school sophomore's attempt at a research article -- I didn't finish it; I may go back to it, though. ] "The Atheist Manifesto" [ I forget the author -- to me, the author almost resorts to 'name-calling' and unnecessary exaggeration to browbeat his argument. His seemingly 'angry' outlook on religions almost defeats his purpose to me, though, his anger is valid to him. The name calling and anger did not work for me as a reader, but it is an intelligently written work. ] I hope this made sense - - it surely took me long enough to write! :) +5