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A comment on Random House's 100 Best Nonfiction Books: A Lesson on Internet Polls. Parent comment

Re:Random House's 100 Best Nonfiction Books: A Lesson on Int... by tewks on Sunday May 23, 2010 @04:19PM (#1372915)
I agree. The fact that Joyce only comes in at number 11 is absurd.

edit: On second look, if you exclude the top ten as extraneous, explainable due to the internet poll effect, the remainder of the reader's list isn't that bad.

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Re:Random House's 100 Best Nonfiction Books: A Lesson on Int... by ebneter on Monday May 24, 2010 @09:45PM (#1376202)
Yep. Throw out the Rand and Hubbard, and the list is actually pretty good. (Although, "The Hunt for Red October?" Really? :-) )
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