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Description: The books that are good, the books that are bad, the books so f—ing awful you wish you never had read them at all, 'cause a novel can ruin your life… The books that J and Collision and guests have discussed on the podcast I Don't Even Own a Television.

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You've Been Warned

by James Patterson

2,775 members

58 reviews

3.1

2 Members: dara85, false-knight

2

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

21,504 members

493 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

3

Me and Mr. Cigar

by Gibby Haynes

35 members

2 reviews

3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

4

by Guy N. Smith

78 members

5 reviews

3.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

5

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

18,583 members

1,284 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

6

by Stephen King

14,274 members

231 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

7

by Carla Cassidy

30 members

1 review

2.8

Member: false-knight

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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

11,007 members

158 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

9

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,357 members

1,752 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

10

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony

5,008 members

91 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

11

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach

11,653 members

212 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

12

Valley of the Dolls

by Jacqueline Susann

3,779 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

13

by Michael Crichton

13,550 members

183 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

14

675 members

12 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

15

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon

587 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

16

by Ernest Cline

3,377 members

242 reviews

3.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

17

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis

5,709 members

89 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

18

List of the Lost

81 members

3 reviews

2.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

19

The Da Vinci Code

70,503 members

1,311 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

20

by Neal Stephenson

20,255 members

401 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

21

Night of the Crabs

by Guy N. Smith

122 members

14 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, false-knight

22

10,650 members

207 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

23

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

by Mötley Crüe

1,568 members

41 reviews

4

Member: false-knight

24

The Rules According to JWOWW: Shore-Tested Secrets on Landing a Mint Guy, Staying Fresh to Death, and Kicking the Competition to the Curb

by Jenni "jwoww" Farley

33 members

1 review

½ 2.4

Member: false-knight

25

A Princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

4,233 members

160 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

26

Michelle Remembers

by Michelle Smith

156 members

4 reviews

½ 2.4

Member: false-knight

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Let Me Tell You Something: Life as a Real Housewife, Tough-Love Mother, and Street-Smart Businesswoman

by Caroline Manzo

21 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

28

Backward Masking Unmasked

by Jacob Aranza

52 members

1 review

½ 2.3

Member: false-knight

29

Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

238 members

9 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: false-knight

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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days

7,374 members

122 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: false-knight

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Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad!: How to Get (Both of You) Through the Next 9 Months

by John Pfeiffer

78 members

1 review

2.9

Member: false-knight

32

Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Murder and Television

by Bill O'Reilly

153 members

3 reviews

3

Member: false-knight

33

Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past

by Erich von Däniken

2,484 members

53 reviews

2.8

Member: false-knight

34

Covert Conception

by Delores Fossen

17 members

½ 2.5

Member: false-knight

35

Super Sad True Love Story

by Gary Shteyngart

2,978 members

134 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

36

Nicolas Cage & Weston Cage's Voodoo Child, Issue 1

2 members

3

Member: false-knight

37

by Brian Lumley

1,675 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

38

The Eye of Argon

68 members

7 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: false-knight

39

Real Men Don't Eat Quiche

by Bruce Feirstein

232 members

2 reviews

2.8

Member: false-knight

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by Anthony Kiedis

1,852 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

41

Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager

by Beatrice Sparks

131 members

1 review

2.9

Member: false-knight

42

The Actuator: Fractured Earth

by James Wymore

20 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

43

On the Brink: A Novel

by Benjamin J. Stein

22 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

44

by Joseph Finder

1,525 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: false-knight

45

by Blake Crouch

2,073 members

140 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: false-knight

46

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

18,871 members

288 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

47

The Curse of Jezebel

by Frank G. Slaughter

86 members

3.8

Member: false-knight

48

8,732 members

296 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

49

by Arthur Hailey

1,442 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

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by Rich Shapero

760 members

19 reviews

½ 1.5

Member: false-knight

51

1,030 members

68 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

52

Knee-Deep In The Dead

by Dafydd ab Hugh

245 members

6 reviews

3

Member: false-knight

53

Flowers In The Attic

by V. C. Andrews

6,387 members

188 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

54

862 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

55

by Chris Claremont

962 members

11 reviews

2.9

Member: false-knight

56

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

10,147 members

274 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

57

by Daniel Falatko

5 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: false-knight

58

6,370 members

253 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

59

by Paulo Coelho

39,404 members

1,043 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

60

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

by Spider Robinson

1,476 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

61

395 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

62

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach

4,690 members

77 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

63

The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story

22 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: false-knight

64

by Judith Krantz

832 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

65

New Game : The Geek's Guide to Love, Sex, & Dating

by Harris O'Malley

4 members

4

Member: false-knight

66

If They Only Knew

by Darren Daulton

3 members

3

Member: false-knight

67

Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga

by Stephen Davis

859 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

68

by John Steakley

1,745 members

48 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

69

Money Pizza Respect

8 members

1 review

3

Member: false-knight

70

Big Apple Takedown

by Rudy Josephs

16 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: false-knight

71

by Imari Imarea

1 member

Member: false-knight

72

War against the Mafia

by Don Pendleton

286 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

73

Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

by Corey Taylor

124 members

1 review

3.8

Member: false-knight

74

Level 26: Dark Origins

by Anthony E. Zuiker

527 members

28 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

75

by Helena Hunting

99 members

6 reviews

4

Member: false-knight

76

by James Herbert

1,003 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

77

Tori Amos: Piece by Piece

622 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: false-knight

78

Clockwork Angels

by Kevin J. Anderson

344 members

23 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: false-knight

79

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

17,948 members

1,121 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

80

by Orson Scott Card

41,370 members

1,051 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: false-knight

81

No One Here Gets Out Alive

by Jerry Hopkins

1,806 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: false-knight

82

Monday Night Jihad

172 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

83

ICP: Behind the Paint

25 members

½ 4.3

Member: false-knight

84

by Robert B. Parker

1,187 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

85

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

by Pamela Des Barres

870 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

86

God's Debris: A Thought Experiment

946 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: false-knight

87

20 members

Member: false-knight

88

by Mickey Spillane

712 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

89

Rush Revere and the American Revolution

by Rush Limbaugh

633 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

90

by William Shatner

315 members

3 reviews

3.2

Member: false-knight

91

Worlds of Power: Blaster Master

66 members

2 reviews

2.8

Member: false-knight

92

A Million Little Pieces

9,745 members

230 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: false-knight

93

A Shot of Whiskey and a Kiss You'll Regret in the Morning

1 member

Member: false-knight

94

Myth Conceptions

by Robert Asprin

1,939 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: false-knight

95

by Shaun Hutson

131 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: false-knight

96

The Boz: Confessions of a Modern Anti-Hero

by Brian Bosworth

50 members

3.8

Member: false-knight

97

Love Monkey: A Novel (P.S.)

213 members

3 reviews

3.2

Member: false-knight

98

Hollywood Wives

by Jackie Collins

622 members

5 reviews

3.2

Member: false-knight

99

5,552 members

121 reviews

4

Member: false-knight

100

19 members

½ 4.5

Member: false-knight

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