The People's Book

Friends,

Yahoo! has a story that says that America's favorite book is The Bible. Real shocker there. Well, maybe to the Ghost of Nostradamustache hearing that is like taking some fingers in the butt, but that's neither here nor there.

They had various number 2s on the list and it varied from gender. Ladies like Gone with the Wind, fellers liked Lord of the Rings or Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.

What hope that could be found in that list is the To Kill A Mockingbird was somewhere in the top ten, as was The Catcher in the Rye. (how long as Catcher in the Rye been this literary force...has it just been since that douche killed Lennon, or has it always been hugely popular?)

Anyway, here's my question. Clearly America is having some taste issues with their books. So, if deciding America's favorite book was up to you, what do you choose?

This book would have to speak to everybody. And, for the fun of it, let's say that this book has to currently be available and not, say, sometime after March 2009, which I'm sure would change at least one person's answer to this. Remember that this thing has got to be able to get into the hearts, souls and minds of the most common of man. Not just we MFAs, but also, the mailman, the guy at the Wonderbread store, the guy who works at the gas station, the gal who wants to date the gas station man but can't because she has self-esteem issues, the old man who leers at the girl who wants to date the gas station man because she reminds the old man of a nanny he had when he was growing up in Albania during WW2...you know, everybody.

Okay...what do ya got?

viva el mustache