![]() ![]() 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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