Thank god there are other people who loathe Dickens. Many of my friends look askance at me when I say that but... ugh. I hate Dreiser, too, for many of the same reasons. *shudder*

I can't believe The Lovely Bones is on there. I thought some of the writing was lovely, but oh god there's this thing that happens towards the end? It ruins the whole book. Gah. *stabs*

And I'm bitter that there's no Faulkner and no Gatsby, but that's just me. There are so many things missing and the things that are on there instead are just baffling.

I'm tempted to do a "the top 50 books victoria's LJ circle things you should read" poll. But it'd be way too much work.