Any novel that has the missing chunk of a Hepworth sculpture as a central character gets my vote.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 12:45 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 6 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
I've only read Elinor Oliphant from this year's list, and while it was okay I can't call it a favorite.
― Jaq, Thursday, 6 January 2022 00:26 (two years ago) link
Need to read The Idiot…loved both Pachinko and The Sparsholt Affair
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:35 (two years ago) link
At the risk of being belatedly tiresome, I pounced on the first copy of Conversations with Friends because Kazuo Ishiguro praised it to the skies in the NYT Book Review. I…could not for the life of me understand the big whoop and am still sort of mad at Ishiguro about it. Like Austen praising some YA author or something.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:38 (two years ago) link
*first copy of Conversations with Friends I could find
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
Really enjoyed The Stone Sky, too
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
WHAT THE HELL, KAZUO ISHIGURO
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:41 (two years ago) link
tbh that’s been my reaction to Ishiguro about 75% of the time.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
But he has my eternal gratitude for The Remains of the Day
― horseshoe, Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:45 (two years ago) link
I've read three and I'll be damned if I'm voting for Rooney. The Magnus Mills was one of the last books I read last year and my local pub has a vinyl night that I am desperate to attend as a result. Not his best, but full of his characteristically matter-of-fact uncanny, and a cuddly satire of stubborn music listeners.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Thursday, 6 January 2022 11:19 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 7 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2018
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 7 January 2022 10:53 (two years ago) link