"But before the debate national media were criticizing Romney for saying during an interview that Battlefield Earth, a science fiction novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard was his favorite.

“I think it’s strange, you think he’d pick a better book to be his favorites," says supporter Craig Thorne.

Slate magazine said, “no one trying to look like a common Joe would pick this book. You simply need a deep level of weird to like Battlefield Earth.”

Even some supporters say the book about aliens enslaving humans seems an odd choice.

“It’s almost as bad as him saying the Book of Mormon was his favorite book. It would work for Mormons but scare a lot of the non-Mormons," said Craig Thorne.

Romney later clarified, Battlefield Earth is his favorite novel, the Bible is his favorite book."

Okay...

My favorite novel would be "The Brothers Karamazov."

My favorite "book" would be...hmmm...can't be a novel...let's say..."Indian Cooking" by Madhur Jaffrey???