Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2001

I’ve read 0 of these.

also, shit me at American Gods being 20 years old

Voting Austerlitz, but the only other one I've read is American Gods, which I didn't like.

austerlitz without a second thought, though i've only read one other of these ("the corrections," i remember it being very sanctimonious?). spinning so much beauty out of trauma is unreal.

the problem with "the great american novel" is that america as a subject blows imo

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I've been in a book club for 20+ years. We read and then discuss about 6-8 books a year, all fiction.

I remember At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill as one of my favorites

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Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2002

s/o to the other Cercas voter

I think I forgot to vote in this but would've voted "Austerlitz" as well. The only other one I've read is "Atonement" which was pretty good, but not good enough to compete with the melancholy, mysterious mood of the Sebald.

i shuffled between austerlitz and cercas and ended up voting for the latter (s/o to you too Daniel_Rf). Soldiers of Salamis was a great read, made even more enjoyable by Bolano's cameo, as i read this right after finishing the savage detectives