Yeah I liked Gate at the Stairs but couldn't get past the extent to which it is not as good as classic LM
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
I gave up after about 50 pages of Brooklyn, it was like reading an album by The Lighthouse Family.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Was between Wolf Hall, City & the City, and Lacuna for me of the 7 I'd read. Voted Lacuna.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
I missed Brooklyn. I liked it a lot (and the film).
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
Huh. I would've guessed "My Struggle: Book One" would be the one to beat before reading this thread. Guess it's not as popular as I thought. It gets my vote over "The City & the City" which is the only other one I've read.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
“My Struggle” is definitely something I intend to read.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
I was going to suggest The Other City by Michal Ajvaz, and The Golden Age for 2010, but I guess they were written a while earlier and those were only the English publication years.
1Q84 basically made me lose interest in Murakami altogether, the first book was enjoyable enough but it was an utter slog by the end.
It’s kind of dumb but I loved Lethem’s Chronic City when I read it.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
I recall enjoying 1Q84 but can't remember why it needed to be almost 1000 pages long. On reflection it probably didn't. The City & The City, like most Miéville post The Scar, is a great idea in search of a point. Er, that's all I've read! Which is two more than the 2008 list so at least I get to vote this time.
― foley track out of sync (Matt #2), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
oh i’ve read my struggle book one and have never felt the need to read the rest. it was pretty good still
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead vs Wolf Hall with Plow just winning out.1Q84 is the only murakami book I don't like.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
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― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
My Struggle book one is really great - I have read most of the others, enjoyed them all, but the first is clearly the best
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
I finished My Struggle, is the best I can say about it.
The Fat Years is an interesting alternate history of China (post Tiananmen) which is very informative about the actual pre Tiananmen history.
I'm also dithering between Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead and Wolf Hall but going for the latter.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 10:33 (two years ago) link
that name again is Mr Plow...
only one i've read 8(
(and then only last year)
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 18 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 19 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Lots of voters this time, good.
― dow, Friday, 19 November 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
I love Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead, it's my favourite of his; a great book about music, food, adolescence. As I was reading it, it really reminded me of Richard Ford: it has that feel of a writer setting out to document in detail the everyday events of a few characters over a few weeks. I've since learned of the history between Whitehead and Ford, so the comparison is pretty screwed.
― fetter, Friday, 19 November 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2010
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link