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

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