Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1960

Just now read that, last night and this afternoon: 148 non-breezy, perfectly paced pages in the '64 mass market Signet pb Three By Flannery O'Connor,, in with Wise Blood and A Good Man Is Hard To Find.

He makes his way to Rayber's house in the city, with his five-year-old son Of course I mean Tarwater makes his way to the house in the city where Rayber lives with *his* five-year son [Bishop, same as his missing mother's maiden name], dammit, sorry.

"Violent Bear it Away" is the only one of these that I've read, at least that I can remember. I think I may have read "To Kill a Mockingbird" at some point long ago.

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I've read Mockingbird and Liebowitz and Peckham Rye and Weirdstone but I don't feel strongly about any of them.

I've only read Mockingbird and Canticle. Both have good parts but I'm not voting.

Of the few I've read, nothing stands out as a favorite. I'll abstain, too.

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i figured mockingbird would've stormed this. was it too obvious a choice?

Yeah, I'm shocked by this too - haven't read Updike but he sounds very unappealing.

Don't think we've been afraid of obvious picks in these before - On The Road, Animal Farm, the two Kafkas.

I didn’t vote in this but maybe a lot of people associate it with being a school book, which can sometimes go against it?

Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1961