but my write-in vote would be for "The First Bad Man" by Miranda July. Was already thinking this! Should be on list! STOP THE STEAL
― dow, Friday, 10 December 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
The First Bad Man by Miranda July. So much of it's stayed with me. So good.
― kraudive, Friday, 10 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
first bad man is excellent made me change my mind about miranda july
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
the sympathizer looked good but i have yet to read it
the hyped stuff from this year is godawful lol
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
> I read Seveneves. It was a waste of time.
i enjoyed the first cataclysmic 1/3 and the second spacebound 1/3
only one i've read
― koogs, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
oh, Slade House as well. first book i've read in about 20 years that i couldn't read before bed.
― koogs, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro - as an Ishiguro stan I thought this was really bad, unsuccessful as fantasy and as whatever allegory or metaphor he was going for. Giving his protagonists amnesia effectively reduced them to complete ciphers.A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - ludicrousAurora by Kim Stanley Robinson - voting for this, my first KSR and it made me into an instant fan.Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee - disappointingThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - ok but not really my cup of teaBased On A True Story by Delphine de Vigan - her previous book was a celebrated and controversial memoir disguised as a novel, this is a thriller narrated by an author who has recently published a celebrated and controversial memoir disguised as a novel. it's pretty clear when it starts to diverge from reality though.Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie - a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
Also very much enjoyed Slade House.
― kraudive, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
This was of course the year Morrissey's "List of the Lost" was published, a shocking and dare I say it deliberate omission from the poll.
― the fifth housemate (Matt #2), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
Only read The Sellout but I'm skeptical anything here would beat it.
― Chris L, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
lol, guilty as charged!
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 11 December 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 13 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Not voting because I've read none of these yet.
― Jaq, Monday, 13 December 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
loved the sellout
― flopson, Monday, 13 December 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
yeah i’d like to change my vote to The First Bad Man
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 13 December 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
read the Ottessa Moshfegh bcs of reviews; didn't like it, doubt I'll ever read anything else by her.
Ha, this was my exact experience with “my year of rest and relaxation”.
Have only read the sympathizer and the sellout (“the sympathizer and the sellout” sounds like it could be the title of a pretty good novel itself), but loved the former so bored for that.
― ed.b, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
^ Very good autocorrect
― jmm, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
I've heard a bot about the actual Field of the Cloth of Gold so wonder if the novel is a good narrative of it . Caught a few webinars on it last year, Tudor era revival of the kind of jousting competition from a couple of centuries earlier.
wow this i really recent and still I've only toucheda couple. I remember the announcement and news coverage of the Harper Lee novel being rife.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
lol, Mills is definitely using it as a metaphor, the thought of him writing straight historical fiction is quite funny
― imago, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
2016?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
In the New Year, busy with covid right now
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 23 December 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
!
I didn’t know.
Feel better soon, Daniel!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 23 December 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels Of 2016
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 31 December 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
I liked A Little Life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
The Sellout is a worthy successor to Invisible Man, also it's funny af.
― jimbeaux, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link