Spotted Reading In Public: The Classics We Saw You Reading (PHOTOS)

People seem to be reverting to the comfort of reading classics in the cold weather. We spotted lots of them out there, among the breezy reads. What we see people reading as opposed to what's written about in the usual literary sources always produces a rather interesting list.

What have you been reading in public? Let us know in the comments!

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"Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger

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That person should have been more discreet I'd like to be spotted reading that in public!

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[NolaUptownGirl]

02:05 PM on 02/25/2011

In what world are these classics?? Charlaine Harris? Dragon Tattoo? What?!

[steve sauthoff]

05:02 AM on 02/16/2011

Welcome to snootyville, peopke judging people about what their reading,
What's next, people judging what level of Angry Birds they have achieved?

[avery t]

04:20 PM on 02/14/2011

it's not as if people are reading henry james, proust, or john searle. or even delillo or shakespeare.

i love franny and zooey and PP, but the 'dragon tattoo' series just seems like voyeuristic pulp. actually, i've never read the books. just seen the movies (half of each of the last two). so, i shouldn't say anything. still, the movies are just like the last house on the left but with a bit of journalism intrigue.

[cheo]

04:27 AM on 02/17/2011

I'm a big fan of all kinds of books from Jennifer Crusie to Junot Diaz to Don Delillo to Ian McEwen.
Not everyone does, but I absolutely love the Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy, and the Swedish made movies from them. The movies are just one movie divided in thirds. Seeing parts of the last two can't really get you into what is one long story.

[aparant]

04:42 AM on 02/14/2011

The Goldilocks Enigma - Paul Davies Gives a lucid account of just why the Earth is suited for life. Requires not more than a high school level of understanding of science and presents an excellent account of just what are the elements that go into the creation of conditions to sustain life
http://signaturesnark.blogspot.com

[ESerafina42]

11:38 PM on 02/13/2011

Once again, this should be titled "Spotted reading in public in NEW YORK CITY (with a brief detour to Detroit)."

[1kraut-mick]

03:16 PM on 02/13/2011

With all the ebook readers about we'll soon not be able to tell what anyone is reading. Crap or otherwise.

[whataday65]

01:41 PM on 02/13/2011

Not only does HuffPost spot people reading in public, Murray Browne, the author of The Book Shopper, does as well. Here's a link to his cool blog:

http://thebookshopper.typepad.com/the_book_shopper_atlantad/2011/02/marta-book-club-12-tunnel-of-readers.html

[jmcaninch68]

01:02 PM on 02/13/2011

Who wrote this piece? HP, we know you know what a classic is, right? Then where are they in this article? I saw two at most.

[trnimmo]

07:51 AM on 02/13/2011

Why all the hatin' on Harris? Can't I like Austen AND Harris?

[ESerafina42]

11:40 PM on 02/13/2011

Sure, but only one of them is a classic. The other is light reading that probably won't last 20 years, let alone 200.

[cheo]

04:12 AM on 02/17/2011

The "follow back" button won't work on my home page so I grabbed a comment off your page in order to fan you back.
And BTW, Don't know Harris, but I love Charlie Huston, Philip Kerr, Laurie R. King and Michael Chabon as much as Don DeLillo, Ian McEwen, Cormac McCarthy, Edith Wharton and Jane Austen. I'm all over the map. Heavy Metal Mag. one day (back when it was good) to Shakespeare the next.
I agree; what's wrong with that?

[Blues02]

02:50 AM on 02/13/2011

Charlaine Harris? Is this list serious?

[dutchdragonfly]

08:00 PM on 02/12/2011

Is this AOL's definition of "Classics"? .

[rickthaluddite]

01:50 PM on 02/12/2011

I spotted a woman reading Vanity Fair (the novel not the magazine) on the bus.

[Brett Tonaille]

04:58 PM on 02/11/2011

Here's a dilemma for the modern flirt - how can you strike up a conversation with someone about the book they're reading when... it's on an eReader.
The very premise of this article may soon be a rarity - no one will know what anyone else is reading in public.

[PiperSniper]

03:34 PM on 02/11/2011

Using this logic my 2000 Ford Focus isn't such a bad possession! Just finished rereading the Three Muskateers. Still holds up even if originally a serial.

[briarus42]

07:48 PM on 02/11/2011

I just finished eating one . Ivanhoe is good too.

[Klytemnestra]

03:13 PM on 02/11/2011

When I saw "classics," I got excited and thought people would be reading things like the Iliad, Odyssey, or the Aeneid. Or maybe the Oresteia, Medea, Oedipus, or Prometheus Bound. Shucks...

[naschkatze]

03:59 PM on 02/11/2011

Only a couple of books worthy of that term in the whole lot.