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mk  ·  4483 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

    Then there is J.D. Salinger who I argue has no good books but since popular culture escapes me at every turn (catcher in the rye.)

Oh, come now, I'm a fan of Franny and Zooey.

IMO Catcher in the Rye is a good book that suffers from its popularity. If it was obscure, I think it would read much better.

Catch-22 was likely Heller's pinnacle, but I haven't read all of his works.