Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2015

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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

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.

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

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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


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