I'm not sure about "The Mists of Avalon" and "Lolita". Sure the incestual scene in the Mists is central but it isn't the main theme in my eyes. The main theme is a world going to be lost.
As for "Lolita" - there it is'nt really incest, because Lolita and HH aren't really blood relatives. For me, it is more about pedophily.

Where is the incest in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (#7)? She is under age, but he is not a blood relation of her, so in my book there's no incest... (And two of the voters didn't rate it, neither have they marked the book as 'read', which makes me wonder...).

Another book that makes me wonder, and I've read it more than once, is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (#48). Incest? Where? And a main theme at that... Tsk... Seems I really need to reread it again.

Please, enlighten me voters.

I agree, but some people might see the incest in the fact, that HH is by law (through the marriage to her mother) the father of Lo?

Jane wrote: "I agree, but some people might see the incest in the fact, that HH is by law (through the marriage to her mother) the father of Lo?"

Well, he's her stepfather but that doesn't make him a blood relation... I'm aware different countries have different rules, but still... Incest? There are a few other titles on this list I have my doubts about but as it is a long time ago, I'm not 100% sure [99.9% though :-)]

I noticed another one of which I'm pretty sure incest is not present, let alone it being the main theme of the book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (#108).

Again, can the voter please enlighten me, because I really, really seem to have missed something...

Pride and Prejudice? Did we read the same book?

Gone with the Wind? The only possible example is Ashley and Melanie being cousins, but it's hardly a "major theme".

To Kill a Mockingbird? Yes, there's a brief indication that Mayella Ewell was abused by her father ("what her Pa do to her don't count") but again it's not a major theme.

Fiona wrote: "Pride and Prejudice? Did we read the same book?

Gone with the Wind? The only possible example is Ashley and Melanie being cousins, but it's hardly a "major theme".

To Kill a Mockingbird? Yes, the..."

Oh so true....

Deleted:
- "Pride and Prejudice"
- "Gone with the Wind"
- "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- "Harry Potter"
- "Importance of being Earnest"

What about any of Robert A Heinlein's world as myth books? thats heavily incest themed?

I guess in "Frankenstein" Victor is technically Elizabeth's brother.. but as a central theme? plus, they're not related by blood?

Can I request that my books, Quid Pro Quo and Sine Qua Non, be removed from this list? The relationship is between two stepsiblings and they are not blood-related.