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Any books that you guys feel you shouldn't like, but you do? It's okay, this is a watchlist a safe place. 

The Harry Potter books. They're ridiculous, filled with plot holes/inconsistencies, had obvious 'twists', repeated euphemisms that got tired after a while (Harry's head feeling like it was splitting open happened like every other paragraph at one point), and have a very conceited fanbase; but they were fun to read when I was younger, so hey. Good on Rowling for exploiting that market, even if she can't write herself out of a paper bag.

Edit: Oh wait, I've got one! Ender's Game. Card is an anti-gay bigot, and frankly, the average quality of his writing is such that I'm perfectly happy to never buy anything by him ever again. But I can't quite bear to part with my battered copy of Ender's Game. :P

Space Marine Battles novels. They're campy, poorly-written, and are basically a slightly more gothic version of space-adventure stories but I enjoy them nonetheless. 

I thought Starship Troopers was well done. I've been avoiding the movie for that reason XD

EDIT: Whoops. Didn't know there was an actual series called 'Space Marine Battles' :P

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marine_Battles_(Novel_Series)http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marine_Battles_(Novel_Series)

Florp. 

I'll let you know if anything comes to mind. I tend not to feel guilt about reading.

Two words: Marvel Noir.

... Actually, I don't know if it should be a guilty pleasure, because it's not bad so much as it is polarizing, particularly regarding Wolverine/Daredevil. My truly guilty pleasure would either be the Bible or Flan, but I think Flan is truly good and its content is the only thing making me call it a guilty pleasure because I don't want to come off as a homicidal maniac...

I don't really have any guilty pleasures, I don't think. If I like a book, I like it, imho.

War of the Spider Queen, because I enjoyed shitty characters getting smutted.