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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. The Plot Against America

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat May 29, 2021, 10:16 AM

May 2021

by Philip Roth is another. It's a poorly written alternate history, and all the people who'd never read an alternate history book before were blown away, and have no idea how bad this one is.

Alternate history is another huge sub-genre in science fiction.

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What are the books everybody loved but you just didn't get? [View all] bif May 2021 OP

Cold Mountain. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #1

I think I would have liked the Da Vinci Code a lot better if it were not for all the hype around it. Scrivener7 May 2021 #3

I really want to emphasize that I've read similar books. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #9

I love those "secret history" books yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #27

So long as you understand they are fiction. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #29

Absolutely. I am amazed at these people who are so outdone by yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #30

There's a whole genre that I call "housewife literature" that I don't get. (I am a woman.) Scrivener7 May 2021 #2

These are sometimes called "domestic thrillers," but they are seldom thrilling. Ocelot II May 2021 #13

Didn't "get," or didn't like? 3catwoman3 May 2021 #4

I agree about Garp. Most anything bu Irving, really, IMHO. rsdsharp May 2021 #18

I thought Huxley's "A Brave New World," gab13by13 May 2021 #5

Anything by Danielle Steel. babylonsister May 2021 #6

I personally loved PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #31

Thank you kindly!! babylonsister Sep 2021 #33

I got a kindle right before my Hawaii cruise in March, 2020. I wound up not using it on the cruise, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #34

my mother HATED Danielle Steele. yellowdogintexas Oct 2021 #37

Gone With the Wind luvs2sing May 2021 #7

I first read Gone With the Wind when I was PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #35

Amen to that! luvs2sing Sep 2021 #36

The Bible Bayard May 2021 #8

Conversely "Catcher in the Rye" underpants May 2021 #10

The Plot Against America PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #11

I read free novels from Amazon a good bit. Haggard Celine May 2021 #12

I should clarify... bif May 2021 #14

Harry Potter. CrispyQ May 2021 #15

For what it's worth, when the series first came out PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #32

Rich Dad, Poor Dad XanaDUer2 May 2021 #16

I love Gore Vidal's history series and some others, but ... Myra Breckinridge, I could not read, and ShazamIam May 2021 #17

Fifty Shades of Grey sucks Ziggysmom May 2021 #19

Totally agree. Man, that thing was awful. Scrivener7 May 2021 #25

"Dune" by Frank Herbert. TexLaProgressive May 2021 #20

Gravity's Rainbow & Joyce's Ulysses bif May 2021 #21

Anything by James Patterson. Midnight Writer May 2021 #22

This! Scrivener7 May 2021 #23

In all honesty The King of Prussia May 2021 #24

I agree. The exceptions being Mark Twain and some Dickens. bif Jun 2021 #26

The French Lieutenant's Woman yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #28