So some guy collected ten random books from a Facebook profile and compared that to the median SAT score at the college to produce a map of books that make you dumb. Click to enlarge, or here for the original site.I did some investigation, my points are below. Interesting though that people who read Harry Potter are smarter than people who read the Bible. Also who knew I would get more points for Ender's Game than for Shakespeare.
I think the real reason is the popularity of books--as more people read books, the average intelligence of the readers approaches that of the general college population. The average SAT score in 2007 was 1017 (from the College Board).
Books I have read:
| Fahrenheit 451 | 893 |
| Bible | 909 |
| A Time to Kill | 960 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | 999 |
| Of Mice and Men | 1007 |
| Wuthering Heights | 1012 |
| Gone With the Wind | 1022 |
| Hamlet | 1022 |
| John Grisham | 1027 |
| Chronicles of Narnia | 1032 |
| Animal Farm | 1048 |
| Lord of the Flies | 1049 |
| The Giver | 1064 |
| A Farewell to Arms | 1079 |
| The Book of Mormon | 1083 |
| Harry Poter | 1089 |
| To Kill A Mockingbird | 1096 |
| Shakespeare | 1101 |
| Lord of the Rings | 1102 |
| Anna Kernina | 1113 |
| 1984 | 1120 |
| The Kite Runner | 1123 |
| The Great Gatsby | 1124 |
| East of Eden | 1136 |
| Enders Game | 1167 |
| Catch 22 | 1233 |
| Total | 1061.923 |
i'm sure you will scoff at my ignorance, but how did you determine how many points each book got? they graph has them spread over a span.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed that I've read a few of them
I can't believe they categorized Lolita, only one of the smartest and best written books EVER, as 'Erotica.' I think that says something about the SAT level of whoever compiled the chart.
ReplyDeleteSweet, I am reading Crime and Punishment right now. That means I are smrt, right?
ReplyDeleteKarl You edged me out again ... I have read 6 books on your list for an average of 1057.8333. FYI I used the average point value for each book.
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