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Guess what? It's Banned Books Week! Which in means in addition to encouraging you young folks to get out there and read something scandalous (here's a list if you need some ideas), we'd also like to reflect on the titles that should've made the cut.

Without further adieu, our own personal list of books we'd ban if someone put us in charge:

1. "Eat, Pray, Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert. Glad you "found yourself" on your little spiritual journey, Liz, but it's hard not to feel, oh, a little annoyed that you had to do it while traveling to the most beautiful places in the world. What, no revelation settings in Detroit?

2. "The Game," by Neil Strauss. Heeeey dudes! If you can't pick up women to save your life, read this mess of an instruction novel which involves a "pick-up artist" named Mystery dishing advice that involves wearing boas and insulting the opposite sex. Woo-hoo!

3. "Twilight" series, by Stephenie Meyer. We know we might ruffle some feathers (or werewolf fur, for that matter) for saying this but c'mon, people. These books have nothing on the genius that is Harry Potter! The only good thing that came out of this series was Robert Pattinson. There, we said it.

4. "A Million Little Pieces," by James Frey. Nothing like writing a memoir that didn't actually happen. Ban.

5. "P.S. I Love You," by Cecelia Ahern. The movie wasn't that good, but if you can believe it, the book was even worse. Overrun with clichés, dull characters and just plain bad writing, we actually couldn't get through it. (Think the fact her dad was the Irish head of government had anything to do with this being published?)

6. "The Celestine Prophecy," by James Redfield. Mostly because every d-bag in art school we wish we hadn't dated was reading it.

7. Anything by Katie Price. Katie Price, or shall we call you "Jordan"? Shut up. You're not even a real celebrity worth one book, much less THREE. We guesstimate the amount of text you actually wrote on your own amounts to about ... five pages.

8. "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," by Tucker Max. Listen, the dude can write, no question about that. But we felt it necessary to include this book in the list for the sake of womankind.

9. "The Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown. We know it's a bestseller and that you're rakin' in the Benjamins, Dan Brown. But your complicated treasure hunt novel that throws in religion and deciphering codes and numerical sequences ... we call bulls--t on how fast Robert Langdon figures it all out.

10. "Multiple Blessings," by Jon & Kate Gosselin. Listen, there are a lot of people out there unfit to be dishing parenting advice; these are just two. Plus, was the book necessary? Can't we just watch your show (or pick up a tabloid) for all the info we need?.

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