There are some real gems in this book, including the odd running gag (in particular, I flag the books by Newton and Einstein). But there are also some that are cheap shots, either at the author, the characters, or the readers. As with any such collection, I felt there were some that didn't warrant inclusion, and some that I would have liked to see presented in the haiku format.

Entertaining (somewhat), enjoyable (somewhat), but in the end, a bit meh. ( )

An orange penguin
Reviews great books in haiku
Third lines, a mixed bag ( )

My friends and I were in stitches reading through this hilarious book. And, judging from the haiku about the books that I have read, it has a surprising knack of managing to get the gist of these books in 17 syllables! ( )

A gem. Reducing a book down to only seventeen syllables is quite a feat, but Bader does a fantastic job. Some laugh out loud haikus. Some of the included books seemed odd choices. Very entertaining. ( )

Dust-covered large tome
reduced to three clever lines.
Perhaps i'll read it.

Bad haiku aside, shortening some of the world's weightiest tomes to 17 syllables isn't easy, and making it humorous is even harder - but David Bader manages it. While I found having read the book in question made the haiku more entertaining, the snippets you get in One Hundred Great Books in Haiku encouraged me to look at books I had never considered before. ( )