ManBookering discussion

Hi all, now that the International Prize for 2016 is all over--congrats to those who picked The Vegetarian to win!--it's back to our usual schedule for June & July. (The 2016 Man Booker Prize longlist will come out at the end of July this year, so I figured we can still squeeze in a regular read for that month).

As usual, you nominate 1 book and second any 2 books that others have nominated. Please do not nominate a book if it has already been nominated, just give it one of your seconds. That makes it easier for me to keep track of everything. And of course your nomination has to be a previous Man Booker prize winner (not just a nominee).

Voting will close in 1 week, on May 23rd, so that we give everyone enough time to pick up a copy of the book before June.

And for a reminder, we have already read: The God of Small Things, The Blind Assassin, The Line of Beauty, and The Luminaries. So do not include those in your nominations. Thanks!

Can't wait to see what we end up with for June!

My nomination: The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (Winner, 1995)

I would like to nominate Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, winner in 1981.

The Inheritance of Loss (2006)

I second Midnight's Children

Schindler's Ark 1982

I second The Ghost Road

I nominate Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998)

I would like to nominate The Gathering by Anne Enright (2007)

I would like to second The Inheritance of loss and The Ghost Road

I second Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally (1982)

I nominate A Tale for the Time Being. I second Amsterdam.

I'll nominate The Sea by John Banville and second The Inheritance of Loss!

I nominate Moon Tiger

I second Midnight's Children
I second second Schindler's Ark

I second Schildler's Ark
I second Midnights children
I nominate the famished Road by Ben Okri (1991)

I second Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.

I nominate The Bone People by Keri Hulme
I second The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
I second The Gathering by Anne Enright

I nominate Disgrace, winner in 1999.

I second The Inheritance of Loss and Moon Tiger

I nominate Possession by A.S. Byatt.
My seconds:
Inheritance of Loss
The Sea.

I second the Narrow Road to the Deep North

I second the Narrow Road to the Deep North

Looks like you have more than enough nominations - I'll second two of the few I have not yet read - The Famished Road and The Bone People

I second Possession.

I second Midnight's Children! :)

I second The Narrow Road To the Deep North

I second The Ghost Road

I second Moon Tiger and Midnight's Children.

I second The Narrow Road to the Deep North

I second The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Disgrace.

I second Possession.

I second The Sea and Disgrace.

I second Midnight Children and Possession.

Don't forget to cast your vote by midnight PST on Monday, 5/23. Thanks!

I second Schindler's Ark and Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Thanks, Maxwell.

I nominate Offshore and second The Narrow Road to the Deep End and Disgrace.

Predictive text, eh? Although I like the sound of The Narrow Road to the Deep End!

I second the narrow road to the deep north and a tale for the time being

Just FYI to people nominating and seconding A Tale for the Time Being. It was not a Man Booker winner and is not eligible for this group. Sorry!

Second The Bone People and Moon Tiger!

Oh, and I also want to second Disgrace