In response to Mitt Romney’s bizarrely amazing assertion that L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth is his favorite book, Ken Jennings offers up a good primer for politicians likely to face the same question.

Best advice…If the questioner doesn’t say “favorite novel”, go non-fiction:

Because, in a way, talking to America about your novel-reading is a no-win scenario. Reading Barbara Tuchman in the Oval Office seems presidential. Barbara Kingsolver, not so much. You might as well be telling Jim Lehrer about your quilting circle.

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