Library of Congress asks for profound books, gets Dune and The Cat in the Hat

Public poll shuns giants such as Toni Morrison and William Faulkner, but Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Stephen King’s The Stand are in

Frank Herbert, Robert M Pirsig and Dr Seuss are in. Henry James, Norman Mailer and Edgar Allan Poe are out.

A public poll for the Library of Congress to choose 65 books by US authors that had a profound effect on American life has thrown up some surprises.

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