Comments on: Another 10 Books That Changed The World

By: JC SANTOS

JC SANTOS — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:41:08 +0000

Touch Me Not or Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal should’ve been on the top.

By: Null

Null — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:51:44 +0000

I don’t know if my copy of “Survival in Auschwitz” by Primo Levi was poorly translated or what, but it was so poorly written that I couldn’t finish reading it.

By: urlordmandy

urlordmandy — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:29:24 +0000

Why isn’t the holy bible on this list? It certainly changed the world.

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:09:18 +0000

A Study in Scarlet??? Nah, man. As you say yourself, it wasn’t even that popular in its day and it’s not that good, even when compared to other Sherlock Holmes stories. If all of the other Sherlock Holmes stories don’t subsequently appear, A Study in Scarlet disappears without a trace and rightfully so. Sherlock Holmes is a very influential character to be sure, but not that book.

I think most people give credit to Edgar Allan Poe for inventing the detective mystery as we know it in stories like The Murders of the Rue Morgue and the Gold Bug.

Shouldn’t Macchiavelli’s The Prince have appeared by now? (Would definitely take out and A Study in Scarlet and replace it with The Prince.)

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:04:49 +0000

Jay I agree with you on Moby Dick. My father is an avid reader (he’s one of those “book of the day” club kind of person). A few years ago he took the plunge and began to read it. He lumbered through the first few pages, put the book down and said he had to go to the bookstore. What he bought was a pamphlet (sort of like Cliff Notes) that had a definition of every whaling term from that book. So it was a back and forth ordeal and needless to say, he did not finish it in one day. He said that it was one of the most difficult books that he ever read, but loved the story. Maybe he’ll try to read “Finnegan’s Wake” by James Joyce and try to translate that !! All I can say to that is…………GOOD LUCK !!!

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:52:24 +0000

I have thought about this for many years, but doesn’t it seem odd that there are similarities to “Moby Dick” and the movie “Jaws”. Captain Ahab wants revenge against the White Whale in “Moby Dick” and Quint the fisherman in “Jaws” is bent on capturing and killing the Great White Shark. Ahab is killed by the whale at the end of “Moby Dick” and Quint the fisherman is eaten alive by the great white shark at the end of “Jaws” as well. I would never claim it to be plagarism, but the similarities seem rather obvious.

By: Ben wolstenholme

Ben wolstenholme — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:58:15 +0000

“There is no doubt that America now dominates the world of modern literature” Im sorry but america does NOT dominate the worlds modern lit. are you absolutely insane? I have never heard such a spurious, inane statement in my life. Your talking *****.

By: Wasabi

Wasabi — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:53:23 +0000

I doubt that American literature leads the world; I think that litariture cannot lead or be led

By: Fountainhead

Fountainhead — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:26:40 +0000

Great collection… did we miss Das Kapital by Karl Marx

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:09:47 +0000

What, no Huckleberry Finn? Hemingway said that all great American literature for the last fifty yeas came from one book and that book was Huckleberry Finn. For effects on America alone, I agree with plow 22, The Jungle should b in there. It led to a lot of new laws in this country. Drop Moby Dick, great book but it had NO effect on literature or law or opinion for many decades. Substitute Dana's Two Years Before the Mast which led to new laws regarding the treatment and rights of sailors.

Mostly a good list but there are literally thousands of books that could go one here.