Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1990

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Option	Votes
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon	8
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald	5
The Buddha Of Suburbia by Hanif Kureischi	2
Use Of Weapons by Iain M. Banks	2
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy	2
Rabbit At Rest by John Updike	1
Kaddish For An Unborn Child by Imre Kertész	1
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman	1
Age Of Iron by J.M. Coetzee	1
Amongst Women by John McGahern	0
Circle Of Friends by Maeve Binchy	0
NP by Banana Yoshimoto	0
Rubber by B. Jeyamohan	0
Affiliate by Sergei Dovlatov	0
Lives Of The Saints by Nino Ricci	0
Bamboo In The Wind by Azucena Grajo Uranza	0
Wives And Concubines by Su Tong	0
When Adam Opens His Eyes by Jang Jung-il	0
The Stone Of Laughter by Hoda Barakat	0
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian	0
The Sorrow Of War by Bảo Ninh	0
Russian Beauty by Viktor Yerofeyev	0
Inshallah by Oriana Fallaci	0
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte	0
Fear by Anatoly Rybakov	0
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk	0
Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland	0
Possession by A.S. Byatt	0
Joy by Marsha Hunt	0
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut	0
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard	0
The Fall Of Hyperion by Dan Simmons	0
Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates	0
Bearheart by Gerald Vizenor	0
The South by Colm Tóibín	0
Redemption by Tariq Ali	0
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwall	0
The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love by Oscar Hijuelos	0
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan	0
The Music Of Chance by Paul Auster	0
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin	0
Lies Of Silence by Brian Moore	0
The Innocent by Ian McEwan	0
The Gate Of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald	0
The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling	0
Bones And Silence by Reginald Hill	0
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold	0
Through The Arc Of The Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita	0
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow	0
Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff	0

― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link

Buddah Of Suburbia for me, a funny, sexy and touching novel.

Final list might not reflect this but literary fiction now totally swamped by mysteries, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. novels in the wiki page. Genre fans just a lot more dilligent, or maybe literary fiction fans are less loyal towards their faves.

― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:04 (two years ago) link

Might vote for Possession

― i wish i had cuck feet (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:05 (two years ago) link

could vote for four or five here, but might have to go for Buddha of Suburbia too.

― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:11 (two years ago) link

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald

Vineland though I don't feel like voting. Quite like to read Soul Mountain one day

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link

It’s been ages since I read it but Through the Arc of the Rainforest was really cool.

― JoeStork, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link

I've only read "The Difference Engine", "Vineland" and "Vertigo", all of which I enjoyed to some extent, but none of which I remember extremely well. Not sure how I'd vote.

― o. nate, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link

vertigo is the least of sebald's major works and it's the only book on this list i've read lol

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link

Same, heh.

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link

Vineland

― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link

I should probably big up the Banks as I campaigned for his inclusion but I'm not sure I'm in the mood. I'll always <3 the culture and the interleaved forwards and backwards chapters structure works, but the big reveal and the stuff about the chair always struck me as a bit off, not really sure what Banks was going for in making his hero a war criminal. Good Omens is one of those kids/YA books I'd be tempted to reread just to see how it holds up (I didn't see the recent BBC version). The Innocent is the only other one I've read.

― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link

Good Omens is easily my favourite thing from either of the authors, still wouldn't vote for it but think it stands up ok.

― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link

Just finished Vineland last month, liked it a lot.

― Chris L, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link

Hm. After boosting Kitchen in one of the old threads, I think NP is the only one of these I've read, and iirc it's the weird incesty one that I didn't like much. Still say Yoshimoto is a good writer, but wouldn't recommend this one.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link

The big question I'm left with re this list is whether The Vor Game is in fact an early example of Vore.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link

Sebald by a country mile for this year

― Neil S, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 6 August 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link

Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1991

― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 6 August 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link

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