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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroMan Booker Prize Nominee (2005), Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2006), ALA Alex Award (2006)
I don't know if short story collections are acceptable but Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman is stunningly brilliant.
Ellie wrote: "I don't know if short story collections are acceptable but Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman is stunningly brilliant."That looks very interesting.
I nominate
by Steve Toltz. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is a very interesting read.
I nominate Solo by Rana Dasgupta. The book won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best book. Published in 2009.
This is my nomination for July 2012. Thanks.
Sophia, that looks amazing, but it won the Man Booker in 1992..so the good news is, you get another pick!
I would like to nominate "The Healing" by Jonathan Odell.
The Bridge by Doug Marlette won the 2002 SIBA award.The Bridge
This cartoonist/author wrote two incredible novels before he was tragically killed in a car accident. His friend Pat Conroy said at his funeral, "The first person to cry, when he heard about Doug's death, was God."
Will wrote: "Sophia, that looks amazing, but it won the Man Booker in 1992..so the good news is, you get another pick!"Oh dear, what was I thinking about!
I'd like to nominate The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
It's been nominated three times in 9 posts. All may safely consider Sense of an Ending nominated as hell.
Will wrote: "It's been nominated three times in 9 posts. All may safely consider Sense of an Ending nominated as hell."It's nominated in both polls, if I remember correctly, is that going to hurt the chances of it getting picked in either poll? I actually am wanting to read the book, so I was just curious how that would work out.
I think we'll probably only allow it in one poll for exactly that reason, because some vote, then check and change their vote as the poll gets along (like me), and others vote once, and never change their votes, leading to some odd results. So I'll leave it in the moderators poll, as it was nominated there first, I believe.
Will wrote: "It's been nominated three times in 9 posts. All may safely consider Sense of an Ending nominated as hell."I'm the oddball I guess. I didn't like the book. :-)
Not at all Julie. I didn't like it either!
Allen wrote: "I nominate by Steve Toltz. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is a very interesting read."I second this - hilarious book.
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead - Noirish, post-modern, features warring factions of elevator inspectors. Great book - let's do this one.
@Genevieve - That looks like a really interesting book, and I've added it to my to-read list, but it was published in 1998, and is thus outside the scope of the group. You do, however, get to pick again!
Sadly Barry Unsworth just died - a great loss to modern literature. Sacred Hunger suggested earlier doesn't qualify but the sequel "the Quality of Mercy" does or if we'd rather a standalone perhaps I'll nominate Land of Marvels?
If you'd like to nominate something, just link it! You didn't really nominate something yet, and even if you did, you can always change it.
Julie wrote: "Will wrote: "It's been nominated three times in 9 posts. All may safely consider Sense of an Ending nominated as hell."I'm the oddball I guess. I didn't like the book. :-)"
I must be equally odd because I didn't like it either!
is an interesting look at the world from a non-human perspective.
Genevieve wrote: "The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead - Noirish, post-modern, features warring factions of elevator inspectors. Great book - let's do this one."Love this book! It would definitely be a good choice, shame that it was published before the turn of the century.
Genevieve wrote: "The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead - Noirish, post-modern, features warring factions of elevator inspectors. Great book - let's do this one."One of my favorite books ever! Not an easy read, especially at first but as smart an allegory with as good a sense of mood as a person could ever hope for.
Julie wrote: "Will wrote: "It's been nominated three times in 9 posts. All may safely consider Sense of an Ending nominated as hell."I'm the oddball I guess. I didn't like the book. :-)"
How come?
Nominations are now closed, and voting open!Open group pick: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/67...
Mod pick (ALL MEMBERS please vote too!): http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/67...
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21st Century Literature
Books mentioned in this topic
Land of Marvels (other topics)Under the Skin (other topics)
The Intuitionist (other topics)
A Fraction of the Whole (other topics)
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Colson Whitehead (other topics)Sam Lipsyte (other topics)
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Like the title says, nominations are now open for the July open group read. Nominations must be for fiction, first published/written in the year 2000 or later, and should be something you consider a work of literature.*snip*Scroll to the bottom, nominations are closed, voting is open, links below.