Smoke Monsters, Polar Bears and Books -- Oh, My!

For those of you who've been hiding in a cave (or perhaps had the sense to avoid watching it), there is (or was, actually) this show called Lost about a bunch of people who survived a plane crash on an island in the middle of an unidentified ocean somewhere between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, California.

Strange things happened on this island, most of which were completely unexplained. The survivors all had secrets and odd connections to each other and what-not. The plot twisted in many directions, only to end up in a tangle of contradiction and confusion (as others have also noted).

But none of that matters for purposes of this blog. The point is that many books made cameo appearances on the show. These books were apparently supposed to be clues as to what was going on. Yeah, right. Anyhow ...

It seems people created whole book clubs and blogs because of the aforesaid books. This article purports to give you the whole Lost reading list.

Now, these are fine books, I'm sure. But if you're reading them just because of a (now defunct) TV show that made no sense, I implore you to get a life.