Monday, June 23, 2014

The 9 Best-Selling Books You REALLY Misunderstood



Capital by Thomas Piketty - This anti-grammar screed by Los Angeles 4th grader Thomas "tommy" Piketty rails against his teacher's attempts to get him to capitalize letters even though "lower-case is a lot cooler."



Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly - This shocking book-length confession details O'Reilly's participation in the death of his long-time gardener.




Insurgent by Veronica Roth - A memoir by former female Jihadi Veronica al-Hamza that details her journey from Iraqi terrorist to wife of celebrity novelist Philip Roth.



Looking for Alaska by John Green - This acclaimed memoir details Green's lifelong struggle with the little understood, and extraordinarily rare, Geographic Illiteracy Syndrome. Readers will get a birds-eye view of his doctors' race to find a cure.



Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert Gates - This catty tell-all by Bill Gates' older brother, and personal secretary, reveals the secrets behind the battles between corporate office-staff at Microsoft in the heady dot.com boom times of the late 1990s



The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - A look back at the 2009 effort by President Obama to create a better health care system.



Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton - A shocking piece of erotica by the former First Lady...it details one woman's struggle to decide between two virile lovers.



Orange Is The New Black by Piper Kerman - This book details the rise of the Wichita Wings in the 1980s.

And finally...

The Fault in Our Lars by James Hetfield - This tell-all memoir details the trials and tribulations of Metallica's lead singer...and his long-standing feud with drummer Lars Ulrich.

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