4chan Best Book Read Raid
![Rank Title Author Vote Mein Kam Adolf Hitler 24278 Mein Kampf [Special Banned Edition] (World Classics) Adolf Hitler MEIN 16865 2 Moot R J Seeley 15276 H---------- Yourself C. V. Hunt 15262 BOOK OF MORMON The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4 Book of Mormon 11080 L----- Vladimir Nabokov 5083 The Game 6 The Game Jack London 4166 7 Ten Little N------ Agatha Christie 3776 RAMPAGING F------ OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY Rampaging F------ of Everything on the Crazy S------- Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere: Three Novels 8 Mykle Hansen 3698 LARRY KRAMER Larry Kramer,Reynolds Price 10 F------ F------ 3482](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/739/130/afe.jpg)
![Rank Title Author Vote Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 17315 Mein Kampf [Special Banned Edition] (World Classics Adolf Hitler MEIN 14112 Moot RJ Seeley 10557 H---------- Yourself C. V. Hunt 9505 THE Boox OI MORMON The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4 Book of Mormon 9283 The Game The Game Jack London](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/739/099/35c.png)
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Overview
4chan Best Book Read Raid was a prank orchestrated by members of 4chan which targeted an online poll ranking life-changing books by the website Best Book Read.
Background
On April 7th, 2014, the website Best Book Read[1] published a promotional video for their online poll ranking books that "transformed your life forever."
On April 17th, 2014, a thread was submitted to 4chan which urged users to vote the 1925 autobiographical manifesto Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler to the top of the Best Book Read poll.
Notable Developments
The same day on April 17th, Redditor majorwtf submitted several screenshots of the Best Book Reads poll to the /r/4chan[2] subreddit, where it gained over 1,700 up votes and 230 comments in the first 24 hours. The images showed Mein Kampf topping the the poll at #1, with subsequent titles referencing Nazis, pedophilia, suicide, 4chan's founder moot and racial and homophobic slurs (shown below).
![Rank Title Author Vote Mein Kam Adolf Hitler 24278 Mein Kampf [Special Banned Edition] (World Classics) Adolf Hitler MEIN 16865 2 Moot R J Seeley 15276 H---------- Yourself C. V. Hunt 15262 BOOK OF MORMON The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4 Book of Mormon 11080 L----- Vladimir Nabokov 5083 The Game 6 The Game Jack London 4166 7 Ten Little N------ Agatha Christie 3776 RAMPAGING F------ OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY Rampaging F------ of Everything on the Crazy S------- Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere: Three Novels 8 Mykle Hansen 3698 LARRY KRAMER Larry Kramer,Reynolds Price 10 F------ F------ 3482](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/739/130/afe.jpg "Best Books")
The same day, Redditor majorwtf submitted the Best Book Read poll to the /r/offbeat[4] subreddit, where it gathered more than 1,700 up votes and 200 comments. Also on April 17th, the Internet news site The Daily Dot[3] published an article about the prank, comparing it to a raid on Mountain Dew's "Dub the Dew" contest in 2012. On April 18th, the Best Book Read website began forwarding to the Mindvalley Academy online university website.
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1] Best Book Read – Best Book Read
[2] Reddit – b votes Mein Kampf and other glorious books
[3] The Daily Dot – Hey Internet 4chan has some book recommendations for you
[4] Reddit – 4chan just hit bestbookread
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