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message 1: by Kitty (new)

Kitty Great list! I wish I'd thought of it.


message 2: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Phyllis wrote: "Great list! I wish I'd thought of it." Thanks! It's hardly complete, though, so please feel free to add any you can think of and vote up ones you've read and liked.


message 3: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Haider There are a couple of other lists on goodreads about books featured on The Daily Show. See here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/th...


message 4: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Jessica wrote: "There are a couple of other lists on goodreads about books featured on The Daily Show. See here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/th..."
Thanks! I'll definitely check them out. But I'm actually maxed on the number of books I can add at the moment - no more than 100. As people are voting for their favorites, I'm removing my votes so that they can stand on their own, and using my own votes to bring other books into the list. So for new books to go in, people need to vote for the ones they like. Or add them themselves.


message 5: by Brian (new)

Brian @lauren took a few more votes off your hands. i love lists like these!


message 6: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Brian wrote: "@lauren took a few more votes off your hands. i love lists like these!"

Thanks so much!


message 7: by Tiny Octopus (new)

Tiny Octopus This might be helpful as well.

http://www.dailyshowbooklist.com/


message 8: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Sean wrote: "Judith Miller's "The Story" was definitely *not* recommended by The Daily Show. Are you kidding me? Jon Stewart trashed it more emphatically than I have ever seen him trash another book, by far:

..."


I add the books if they've been promoted on the show. You'll note that there are a few others here that were on and disputed by Jon, but they were still promoted on the show, and so they are included.


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