![]() ![]() Grace Metalious’s 1956 classic of love, sex, and domestic violence in a tiny New England Hamlet was so scandalous that it was banned in Rhode Island. ![]() These books aren’t perfect, but each has some kind of hook - either unexpectedly good construction, entertainingly inventive salaciousness, or historical import in and of itself. ![]() Here are 40 of the greatest trashy books written in the last hundred years that, if you’re not looking for perfect prose, will surely decrease muscle tension over a weekend, or on vacation. Relaxation is one keeping up with what everyone else is reading is another. But there are a lot of reasons to read other than intellectual elevation. First things first: the history of the novel is already tangled up with the notion of “trash.” Peruse the great 19th-century realist novels - particularly Jane Austen’s, say - and you’ll catch characters insulting each other’s reading habits. ![]()
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