A lot of it is just personal taste. I'm not into the Lovecraft style of writing at all, so I've never read some of the classics.
One book a lot of people raved about was Drood, by Dan Simmons. I got a couple of hundred pages into it and gave up...couldn't take it any more. I like almost everything else I've read by Simmons, but not that one!
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I never read the Phantom of the Opera. I've had a copy of that book sitting on my shelf since 1977, and I've started it a few times, but never finished it.
I have lot of Clive Barker paperbacks, but I've only read The Great and Secret Show, the Thief of Always, and the two Abarat volumes.
Most of the single author anthologies I got from CD were the first exposure i had to them.
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Unread Classics
After Dan was brave enough to admit that he had never read Stephen King before in one of these threads, it reminded me of a great article in #50 of the CD mag titled "Three Genre Books I'm Embarrased To Admit I've Never Read..."
So what "classics" have alluded you so far?
One of the top answers in the mag appears to be The Exorcist so I guess I will start there.
1. The Exorcist- Had I bought the CD version I may have finally been motivated to read it, alas my used paperback remains unread.
2. Dracula- Double Embarrasment, I have started/stopped this twice, why I can't finish I don't know.
3. Haunting of Hill House- Almost bought it but I thought the price was to high given the book is rather short, keep meaning to buy a used copy.
Tied for 3. Swansong- I add this because I do own it and have never heard any praise short of it being a true classic, so why have I never read it?
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