Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 15 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Haven't read many of these. Suicide by Edouard Leve is a pretty striking one - author writes a 'novel' entitled Suicide, about a 'friend' who commits suicide, then three days after it's accepted for publication, author commits suicide, leaving a note to say he still wants the novel published.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 15 November 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
Interesting piece about the author here: https://www.frieze.com/article/last-things
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 15 November 2021 00:32 (two years ago) link
3BP
― flopson, Monday, 15 November 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
I've read six - Home, Olive Kitteridge, Visitation, Matter, Anathem, The Three Body Problem. No regrets about any of them though I do prefer Gilead's open hearted protagonist to Home's over anxious and somewhat less generous Glory. Olive Kitteridge is abother not so sympathetic character but I warmed to her contradictions and moments of self awareness. I'm voting for Visitation which is monumental, and devastating where it touches on the holocaust. Anathem is my favourite Stephenson, love the idea of the monasteries only open once every year, decade, century, or millennium. Matter is one of the more fun Culture novels and The Three Body Problem is bonkers but memorable.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 15 November 2021 08:43 (two years ago) link
Oh, Visitation has a thread: 'may and must, and may, and must, and may, and must': a thread for jenny erpenbeck's novel 'visitation'
2x 3bp novels in the list, neither of them short (i'm guessing this was the translation into english rather than initial publication).
just those two and Matter for me (and House Of Suns, not listed). can't choose between them.
― koogs, Monday, 15 November 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
I think this would be a write-in for Joseph O'Neill's Netherland for me.
Only because I don't think I've ready anything else on this list.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Monday, 15 November 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
Home's Glory is youngest daughter/sister, back to take care of their father and for private reasons, then lifelong outlier prodigal brother finally returns, she's cooped up in old weird family home w them, no room for laidback Rev. John reveries, though she has her own at the end---think it works on its own terms, like the others in this cycle. But it's also the only one in this poll that I've read, as usual; otherwise, I might vote for something else.
― dow, Monday, 15 November 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Least popular year since 2003 which also had 13 votes.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 08:38 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2009
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
Only top tie so far!?
― dow, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
Oh no, theer were tons of those in the early 20th century polls.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link