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My adjusted weightings method (with penalty points as per best of 2018):
Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places
1 Milkman by Anna Burns, 7.9, 19.9, 23, 5
2 Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith, 8.5, 24.9, 22, 2
3 Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 10.8, 30.8, 16, 2
4 HHhH by Laurent Binet, 14.6, 32.9, 11, 0
5 Human Acts by Han Kang, 13.4, 35.0, 12, 1
6 Murmur by Will Eaves, 17.4, 36.0, 14, 1
7 Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt, 18.3, 36.5, 6, 0
8 Playing Possum by Kevin Davey, 16.4, 36.7, 7, 0
9 Orfeo by Richard Powers, 15.4, 36.8, 11, 0
10 How to be Both by Ali Smith, 15.3, 36.9, 18, 0
11 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt, 15.5, 38.3, 13, 0
12 Lucia by Alex Pheby, 18.2, 38.6, 13, 1
13 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, 14.0, 39.3, 5, 0
14 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor, 14.2, 39.8, 20, 0
15 The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici, 17.1, 39.9, 13, 0
16 The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy, 18.8, 40.1, 14, 0
17 Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty, 21.1, 41.5, 7, 0
18 River by Esther Kinsky, 21.5, 42.5, 8, 0
19 Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai, 6.0, 42.5, 2, 0
20 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, 17.0, 43.0, 11, 0
21 Harvest by Jim Crace, 16.5, 43.1, 12, 0
22 The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, 16.2, 44.0, 5, 0
23 Lanny by Max Porter, 15.8, 44.5, 25, 0
24 Middle C by William H. Gass, 1.0, 45.8, 1, 1
25 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, 20.7, 47.0, 13, 2
26 Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk, 20.4, 47.6, 16, 1
27 A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, 23.3, 47.7, 12, 0
28 The Overstory by Richard Powers, 20.5, 48.1, 18, 0
29 Moonglow by Michael Chabon, 24.7, 48.2, 6, 0
30 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, 18.6, 49.5, 17, 0
31 Doc by Mary Doria Russell, 4.0, 50.6, 1, 0
32 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, 22.6, 51.1, 15, 1
33 Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett, 20.6, 51.4, 9, 0
34 Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 22.8, 51.7, 14, 1
35 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, 22.7, 51.7, 7, 0
36 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, 21.5, 52.1, 15, 1
37 The Son by Philipp Meyer, 26.8, 52.2, 5, 0
38 Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder, 2.0, 52.7, 1, 0
39 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, 24.6, 52.9, 12, 0
40 The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber, 24.2, 53.3, 6, 0
41 Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift, 20.8, 53.8, 10, 0
42 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, 21.3, 54.9, 21, 2
43 Night Film by Marisha Pessl, 25.9, 54.9, 7, 0
44 Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, 26.2, 55.1, 6, 0
45 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, 18.8, 56.0, 18, 0
46 Sweetland by Michael Crummey, 20.5, 56.2, 4, 0
47 A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 23.5, 56.5, 12, 0
48 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra, 24.9, 56.5, 7, 0
49 Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, 28.5, 56.8, 6, 0
50 Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 24.1, 57.0, 7, 0
51 Nourishment by Gerard Woodward, 6.0, 57.0, 1, 0
52 Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn, 26.9, 57.1, 11, 0
53 Juanita Wildrose: My True Life by Susan Downe, 5.0, 57.1, 1, 0
54 Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes, 28.2, 57.8, 13, 1
55 Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor, 22.0, 57.9, 6, 0
56 Swimming Home by Deborah Levy, 26.6, 58.1, 9, 0
57 Inland by Téa Obreht, 17.3, 58.8, 3, 0
58 The Ace of Lightning by Stephen-Paul Martin, 3.0, 59.1, 1, 0
59 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, 23.8, 60.3, 17, 0
60 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, 28.5, 61.4, 13, 0
61 My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, 27.6, 61.8, 15, 1
62 News of the World by Paulette Jiles, 14.0, 61.9, 4, 0
63 The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan, 31.6, 62.0, 9, 0
64 The Break by Katherena Vermette, 8.0, 63.0, 1, 0
65 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, 27.5, 63.3, 12, 0
66 Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, 25.7, 63.3, 16, 0
67 Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 25.3, 63.5, 18, 0
68 Gillespie and I by Jane Harris, 25.3, 63.5, 4, 0
69 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, 26.8, 63.6, 14, 0
70 The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie, 8.0, 66.5, 1, 0
71 His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet, 27.0, 66.5, 13, 0
72 Frontier by Can Xue, 25.3, 67.2, 3, 0
73 The Sellout by Paul Beatty, 32.3, 67.3, 16, 0
74 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 27.1, 67.6, 17, 0
75 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, 25.1, 67.7, 24, 0
76 The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma, 33.0, 68.3, 12, 0
77 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, 28.4, 68.3, 8, 0
78 Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy, 21.0, 68.6, 2, 1
79 All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, 25.8, 69.2, 13, 0
80 The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner, 9.0, 69.6, 1, 0
81 Tenth of December by George Saunders, 27.0, 69.6, 11, 0
82 Normal People by Sally Rooney, 30.1, 69.9, 20, 1
83 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, 25.6, 70.0, 22, 0
84 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster, 31.6, 70.4, 14, 0
85 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, 20.8, 70.6, 9, 0
86 The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 4.0, 72.4, 1, 0
87 The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara, 23.0, 72.8, 3, 0
88 There There by Tommy Orange, 31.8, 73.6, 16, 0
89 Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter, 30.9, 74.0, 13, 0
90 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, 35.6, 74.1, 13, 0
91 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, 27.1, 75.3, 20, 0
92 Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt, 11.0, 77.5, 2, 0
93 The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, 30.9, 77.9, 9, 1
94 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, 36.1, 80.9, 11, 0
95 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, 38.9, 81.9, 7, 0
96 Christodora by Tim Murphy, 33.0, 82.2, 3, 0
97 The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, 33.5, 83.3, 4, 0
98 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, 42.6, 86.3, 7, 0
99 Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile, 20.5, 86.8, 2, 0
100 The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner, 14.5, 87.3, 2, 1
101 Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić, 37.3, 90.1, 3, 0
102 Red or Dead by David Peace, 28.0, 98.6, 1, 0
103 The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk, 42.7, 100.3, 3, 0
104 Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, 35.0, 101.0, 2, 0
105 Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park, 41.0, 108.8, 2, 0
106 The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung, 43.0, 121.6, 1, 0
Paul-style aggregate of comparisons
Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1 Milkman by Anna Burns, 7.9, 577, 23, 5
2 Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith, 8.5, 567, 22, 2
3 Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 10.8, 351, 16, 2
4 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor, 14.2, 313, 20, 0
5 How to be Both by Ali Smith, 15.3, 286, 18, 0
6 Murmur by Will Eaves, 17.4, 234, 14, 1
7 The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici, 17.1, 218, 13, 0
8 Lanny by Max Porter, 15.8, 203, 25, 0
9 Orfeo by Richard Powers, 15.4, 201, 11, 0
10 Lucia by Alex Pheby, 18.2, 196, 13, 1
11 HHhH by Laurent Binet, 14.6, 190, 11, 0
12 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt, 15.5, 179, 13, 0
13 Human Acts by Han Kang, 13.4, 172, 12, 1
14 Harvest by Jim Crace, 16.5, 151, 12, 0
15 The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy, 18.8, 147, 14, 0
16 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, 17.0, 136, 11, 0
17 Playing Possum by Kevin Davey, 16.4, 123, 7, 0
18 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, 18.6, 113, 17, 0
19 Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt, 18.3, 102, 6, 0
20 River by Esther Kinsky, 21.5, 101, 8, 0
21 Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai, 6.0, 91, 2, 0
22 A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, 23.3, 88, 12, 0
22 Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk, 20.4, 88, 16, 1
24 Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty, 21.1, 81, 7, 0
25 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson, 14.0, 59, 5, 0
26 The Overstory by Richard Powers, 20.5, 56, 18, 0
27 The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, 16.2, 51, 5, 0
28 News of the World by Paulette Jiles, 14.0, 45, 4, 0
29 Doc by Mary Doria Russell, 4.0, 44, 1, 0
30 Inland by Téa Obreht, 17.3, 40, 3, 0
30 Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett, 20.6, 40, 9, 0
32 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, 24.6, 34, 12, 0
33 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, 20.7, 33, 13, 2
34 Nourishment by Gerard Woodward, 6.0, 32, 1, 0
35 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, 22.6, 28, 15, 1
36 Juanita Wildrose: My True Life by Susan Downe, 5.0, 26, 1, 0
36 The Break by Katherena Vermette, 8.0, 26, 1, 0
36 Sweetland by Michael Crummey, 20.5, 26, 4, 0
36 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, 22.7, 26, 7, 0
40 The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie, 8.0, 20, 1, 0
41 Middle C by William H. Gass, 1.0, 19, 1, 1
42 The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner, 9.0, 18, 1, 0
43 Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy, 21.0, 15, 2, 1
44 Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder, 2.0, 14, 1, 0
45 Frontier by Can Xue, 25.3, 13, 3, 0
46 The Ace of Lightning by Stephen-Paul Martin, 3.0, 12, 1, 0
47 Moonglow by Michael Chabon, 24.7, 7, 6, 0
48 The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 4.0, 6, 1, 0
49 The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara, 23.0, 4, 3, 0
50 Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt, 11.0, 3, 2, 0
50 Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 22.8, 3, 14, 1
52 A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 23.5, 2, 12, 0
53 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, 18.8, 0, 18, 0
54 Red or Dead by David Peace, 28.0, -1, 1, 0
54 Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift, 20.8, -1, 10, 0
56 Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile, 20.5, -2, 2, 0
57 Gillespie and I by Jane Harris, 25.3, -4, 4, 0
58 Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor, 22.0, -6, 6, 0
59 The Son by Philipp Meyer, 26.8, -9, 5, 0
59 Night Film by Marisha Pessl, 25.9, -9, 7, 0
61 The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner, 14.5, -11, 2, 1
62 The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber, 24.2, -15, 6, 0
63 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, 21.3, -18, 21, 2
64 Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, 28.5, -20, 6, 0
65 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, 21.5, -22, 15, 1
66 Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 24.1, -23, 7, 0
67 Christodora by Tim Murphy, 33.0, -25, 3, 0
68 The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung, 43.0, -26, 1, 0
69 Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn, 26.9, -32, 11, 0
70 Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, 35.0, -38, 2, 0
71 Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, 26.2, -39, 6, 0
72 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra, 24.9, -41, 7, 0
73 Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park, 41.0, -46, 2, 0
73 Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić, 37.3, -46, 3, 0
75 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, 20.8, -57, 9, 0
76 The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, 33.5, -58, 4, 0
76 Swimming Home by Deborah Levy, 26.6, -58, 9, 0
78 The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan, 31.6, -74, 9, 0
79 The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk, 42.7, -79, 3, 0
80 My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, 27.6, -87, 15, 1
81 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, 27.5, -91, 12, 0
82 Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes, 28.2, -100, 13, 1
82 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, 23.8, -100, 17, 0
84 Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 25.3, -110, 18, 0
85 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, 28.4, -111, 8, 0
86 His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet, 27.0, -114, 13, 0
87 Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, 25.7, -117, 16, 0
88 Tenth of December by George Saunders, 27.0, -118, 11, 0
89 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, 28.5, -127, 13, 0
90 All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, 25.8, -140, 13, 0
91 The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, 30.9, -141, 9, 1
92 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 27.1, -151, 17, 0
93 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, 26.8, -154, 14, 0
94 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, 38.9, -187, 7, 0
95 The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma, 33.0, -192, 12, 0
96 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, 25.6, -203, 22, 0
97 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, 42.6, -219, 7, 0
98 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster, 31.6, -240, 14, 0
98 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, 25.1, -240, 24, 0
100 Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter, 30.9, -243, 13, 0
101 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, 36.1, -256, 11, 0
102 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, 27.1, -264, 20, 0
103 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, 35.6, -269, 13, 0
104 The Sellout by Paul Beatty, 32.3, -290, 16, 0
105 There There by Tommy Orange, 31.8, -293, 16, 0
106 Normal People by Sally Rooney, 30.1, -326, 20, 1
Mod
The Blazing World
Autumn/Winter/Spring
Ducks, Newburyport
Reservoir 13
The Memory of Love
Human Acts
Laurus
Lucia
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Memories of the Future
Solar Bones
Orfeo
The Cemetery in Barnes
Pond
Swimming Home
Lanny
Everything Under
Lost Children Archive
Outline/Transit/Kudos
Girl, Woman, Other
His Bloody Project
Playing Possum
A Brief History of Seven Killings
My Name is Lucy Barton
Mothering Sunday
Hot Milk
Midwinter Break
The Overstory
4 3 2 1
Murmur
How to be Both
Life After Life
Americanah
Vernon Subutex (1 to 3)
The Sense of an Ending
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Harvest
Bottled Goods
River
There There
The Red-Haired Woman
The Man Who Saw Everything
Tenth of December
The Flamethrowers
Tram 83
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Homegoing
The Sport of Kings
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Even the Dogs
Lincoln in the Bardo
Normal People
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
The Song of Achilles
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Sellout
The Buried Giant
Exit West
Pachinko
The Goldfinch
The first 50 or so are at least 4 stars, so being low in this list is not a criticism.
Here's my first effort:Rank Title
1 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (2010, Karen Michele,Kathy)
2 A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (2014, Karen Michele)
3 All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014, Karen Michele)
4 Doc by Mary Doria Russell (2011, Karen Michele)
5 HHhH by Laurent Binet (2010, Karen Michele)
6 Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith (2016-2019, Tracy)
7 The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan (2016, Linda)
8 Orfeo by Richard Powers (2014, Neil)
9 Night Film by Marisha Pessl (2013, Val)
10 Milkman by Anna Burns (2018, Hugh)
11 Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (2011, Amanda)
12 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (2013, Robert,Kathy)
13 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015, Jonathan)
14 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013, Jonathan)
15 How to be Both by Ali Smith (2014, Sam)
16 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017, Debra,Kathy)
17 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (2013, Louise,Kathy)
18 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (2019, Tom)
19 Murmur by Will Eaves (2018, Neil)
20 Moonglow by Michael Chabon (2016, Jonathan)
21 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (2011-2014, Sam,Jen)
22 News of the World by Paulette Jiles (2016, Linda)
23 The Overstory by Richard Powers (2018, Tom,Kathy)
24 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (2017, Debra)
25 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011, Amanda)
26 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (2014, Tom)
27 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (2013, Amanda)
28 There There by Tommy Orange (2018, Tom)
29 The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (2015, Cordelia)
30 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016, Debra)
31 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2016, Amanda)
32 Inland by Téa Obreht (2019, Linda)
33 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (2017, Hugh)
34 Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018, Gumble's Yard)
35 The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015, Antonomasia)
36 The Son by Philipp Meyer (2012, Michele)
37 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (2011, June)
38 Sweetland by Michael Crummey (2014, Jen)
39 Tenth of December by George Saunders (2013, Sam)
40 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (2014, Debra)
41 Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (2018, Kristian)
42 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2017, Jibran)
43 Lanny by Max Porter (2019, Cordelia)
44 Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter (2015, Emily)
45 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt (2014, Neil, Louise)
46 The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (2013, Linda)
47 A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride (2013, Hugh)
48 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (2014, Michele)
49 My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (2016, Ang)
50 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (2010, Hugh)
51 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010, Cordelia)
1 Lost Children Archive2 The Overstory
3 Station Eleven
4 The Way of Kings
5 Lanny
6 There There
7 Lincoln in the Bardo
8 Ducks, Newburyport
9 Everything Under
10 Girl, Woman, Other
11 Tenth of December
12 Exit West
13 Annihilation
Here are my Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith (I haven't read the others yet - so my ranking is based on Autumn ;-)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Human Acts by Han Kang
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
HHhH by Laurent Binet
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Bottled Goods
Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes (only read the first)
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (only read the first, didn't like it enough to prioritize reading more in this series)
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Normal People by Sally Rooney
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
1. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner2. Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder
3. The Ace of Lightning by Stephen-Paul Martin
4. Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
5. Moonglow by Michael Chabon
6. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
7. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
8. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
9. Normal People by Sally Rooney
10. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
11. Tenth of December by George Saunders
12. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
13. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
14. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
15. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
16. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
17. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
1 Human Acts2 Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming (provisional as not finished)
3 Outline/Transit/Kudos
4 Reservoir 13
5 Pond
6 Milkman
7 The Cemetery in Barnes
8 Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
9 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
10 Lost Children Archive
11 Lanny
12 Solar Bones
13 The Buried Giant
14 Lucia
15 How to be Both
16 Harvest
17 Bottled Goods
18 Exit West
19 Hot Milk
20 A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
21 Murmur
22 Playing Possum
23 River
24 The Sense of an Ending
25 Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
26 A Brief History of Seven Killings
27 Grief is the Thing with Feathers
28 Red or Dead
29 The Man Who Saw Everything
30 Fox
31 Girl, Woman, Other
32 Laurus
33 Life After Life
34 Midwinter Break
35 The Red-Haired Woman
36 The Book of Strange New Things
37 Lincoln in the Bardo
38 Everything Under
39 Americanah
40 The Overstory
41 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
42 A Little Life
43 Tram 83
44 Swimming Home
45 Fish Have No Feet
46 The Fishermen
47 His Bloody Project
48 There There
49 Normal People
50 Ducks, Newburyport
51 The Goldfinch
52 Vernon Subutex (1 to 3)
53 The Sellout
54 4 3 2 1
Any of first 9 would be a fitting book of the decade. Generally a strong list - books I really like even into the 40s. Although the last 6 on this list would all be contenders for my least favourite book.
18% read5 stars:
1. William H. Gass: Middle C (2013)
2. Deborah Levy: Hot Milk (2016)
3. Lucy Ellmann: Ducks, Newburyport (2019)
4. Deborah Levy: The Man Who Saw Everything (2019)
5. Daisy Johnson: Everything Under (2018)
6. Donna Tartt: The Goldfinch (2013)
4 stars:
7. Deborah Levy: Swimming Home (2011)
8. Anna Burns: Milkman (2018)
9. Sally Rooney: Normal People (2018)
10. Max Porter: Lanny (2019)
11. Mike McCormack: Solar Bones (2016)
12. Ali Smith: Autumn/Winter/Spring (2016-2019)
13. Richard Powers: The Overstory (2018)
3 stars:
14. Jon McGregor: Reservoir 13 (2017)
15. Ali Smith: How to be Both (2014)
16. Julian Barnes: The Sense of an Ending (2011)
17. Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
18. Valeria Luiselli: Lost Children Archive (2019)
19. Mohsin Hamid: Exit West (2017)
2 stars:
20. George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)
1. Milkman2. Autumn / Winter / Spring
3. Lanny
4. Vernum Subutex (1-3)
5. Reservoir 13
6. A Visit from the Goon Squad
7. The Fishermen
8. Lucia
9. The Memory of Love
10. Memories of the Future
11. HHhH
12. The Overstory
13. The Goldfinch
14. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
15. Murmur
16. The Sense of an Ending
17. Sing Unburied Sing
18. Girl Woman Other
19. River
20. Annihilation
21. Human Acts
22. Everything Under
23. Bottled Goods
24. Harvest
25. There There
26. Fish have No Feet
27. Lost Children Archive
28. Normal People
29. Lincoln in the Bardo
30. The Buried Giant
31. The Broken Earth Trilogy
I seem to have a several others from the list in my TBR pile. So I will probably slot in others as I read them.
Edited 14 Nov 20191. Milkman by Anna Burns
2. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
3. Human Acts by Han Kang
4. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
5. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
6. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
7. Lanny by Max Porter
8. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
9. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
10. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
11. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
12. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
13. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
14. Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
15. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
16. News of the World by Paulette Jiles
17. There There by Tommy Orange
18. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
19. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
20. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
21. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
**Added Human Acts and moved up Autumn/Winter/Spring after finally reading Spring. Rearranged a couple other books toward the top.
5*1. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
2. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
3. Normal People by Sally Rooney
4. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
5. Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
6. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
7. Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
8. Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
9. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
4*
10. Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
11. Milkman by Anna Burns
12. The Overstory by Richard Powers
13. Lanny by Max Porter
14. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
15. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
16. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
17. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
3*
18. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
19. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
The trouble with this list is that it could look completely different if I did it again tomorrow...1. Murmur by Will Eaves
2. Playing Possum by Kevin Davey
3. Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
4. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
5. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
6. The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
7. Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt
8. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
9. The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
10. Orfeo by Richard Powers
11. How to be Both by Ali Smith
12. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
13. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
14. River by Esther Kinsky
15. The Overstory by Richard Powers
16. Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
17. Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
18. Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes
19. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
20. Milkman by Anna Burns
21. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
22. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
23. Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
24. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
25. Lucia by Alex Pheby
26. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
27. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
28. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
29. Harvest by Jim Crace
30. Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
31. There There by Tommy Orange
32. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
33. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
34. The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
35. Tenth of December by George Saunders
36. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
37. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
38. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
39. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
40. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
41. Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
42. Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
43. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
44. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
45. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
46. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
47. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
48. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
49. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
50. Normal People by Sally Rooney
51. Lanny by Max Porter
52. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
53. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
54. Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park
55. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
56. Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
57. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
PS I have include Vernon Subutex even though I have only read the first two. Waiting for the third instalment to be available in English.
1. Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy2. The Overstory by Richard Powers
3. How to be Both by Ali Smith
4. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
5. Juanita Wildrose: My True Life by Susan Downe
6. Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
7. Normal People by Sally Rooney
8. The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie
9. The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner
10. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
11. Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
12. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
13. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
14. Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile
15. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
16. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
17. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
18. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
19. Sweetland by Michael Crummey
20. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
21. Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
22. Lanny by Max Porter
23. Autumn/Winter (haven't read Spring yet) by Ali Smith
24. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
25. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
26. The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
27. Harvest by Jim Crace
28. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
29. All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
30. There There by Tommy Orange
31. Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
32. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
33. Tenth of December by George Saunders
34. Outline by Rachel Cusk (I didn't read the other two books)
35. (or 109.) The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
My top and bottom five are pretty set, but the middle could easily swap around for me. 1. Milkman by Anna Burns (2018, Hugh)
2. Human Acts by Han Kang
3. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
4. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
5. Lanny by Max Porter
6. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
7. Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
8. Normal People by Sally Rooney
9. Murmur by Will Eaves
10. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
11. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
12. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
13. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
14. How to be Both by Ali Smith
15. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
16. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
17. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
18. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
19. The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
20. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
21. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
22. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
23. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
24. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
25. All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hugh - not numbered as you suggested it was not needed? To my surprise I have read 59. As with other comments I could easily change the ordering of many of the books. The breaks indicate groups of book I find hard to distinguish (so may re-order in future). Obviously had to back my only nomination.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Milkman by Anna Burns
Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Lanny by Max Porter
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Murmur by Will Eaves
Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
Human Acts by Han Kang
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
Harvest by Jim Crace
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Lucia by Alex Pheby
Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Playing Possum by Kevin Davey
Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park
There There by Tommy Orange
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
How to be Both by Ali Smith
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
HHhH by Laurent Binet
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
River by Esther Kinsky
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Christodora by Tim Murphy
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes
Generally a very strong list - the last 8 I really did not like and the 5 before that I found flawed but otherwise all at least 4*.
Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk Milkman by Anna Burns
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Lanny by Max Porter
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
1, Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith, 2, The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt,
3, Playing Possum by Kevin Davey,
4, Moonglow by Michael Chabon,
5, The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan,
6, The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro,
7, Lucia by Alex Pheby,
8, Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel,
9, Milkman by Anna Burns,
10, Lanny by Max Porter,
11, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid,
12, The Overstory by Richard Powers,
13, A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James,
14, Christodora by Tim Murphy,
15, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara,
16, Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty,
17, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
18, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo,
19, Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor,
20, My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout,
21, The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici,
22, 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster,
23, His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet,
24, Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt,
25, Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes,
26, The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma,
27, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack,
28, The Sellout by Paul Beatty,
29, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee,
30, How to be Both by Ali Smith,
31, Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann,
32, Outline by Rachel Cusk,
33, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson,
34, Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter,
35, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride,
36, Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan,
37, Murmur by Will Eaves,
38, Hot Milk by Deborah Levy,
39, Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli,
40, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward,
41 Human Acts by Han Kang,
42, Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett,
43, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders,
44, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt,
45, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes,
46, Normal People by Sally Rooney,
47, The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy,
48, The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante,
49, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles,
Milkman by Anna BurnsThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Human Acts by Han Kang
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Murmur by Will Eaves
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Frontier by Can Xue
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
The Son by Philipp Meyer
How to be Both by Ali Smith
HHhH by Laurent Binet
Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Lucia by Alex Pheby
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Man who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Lanny by Max Porter
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Normal People by Sally Rooney
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Tenth of December by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
1) Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli2) Milkman - Anna Burns
3) The Book Of Strange New Things - michel faber
4) A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena - Anthony Marra
5) Human acts - Han Kang
6) HHhH - Laurent Binet
7) A Visit from The Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
8) Thousand Autumns Of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
9) Autumn/Spring/Summer - Ali Smith
10) Lincoln In the Bardo - George Saunders
11) A Cemetery In Barnes - Gabriel Josipovici
12) Playing Possum - Kevin Davey
13) Vernon Subutex - Virginie Despentes
14) Lucia - Alex Pheby
15) Lanny - Max Porter
16) Annhiliation - Jeff Vandermeer
17) Exit West -Moshin Hamed
18) Outline - rachel cusk
19) Pond - Claire Louise Bennett
20) Brief History of 7 Killings - Marlon james
21) Solar Bones - Mike McCormack
108) 4-3-2-1 paul Auster
109) Even The Dogs - Jon McGregor
Excited to find out there's a Ugresic I haven't read. Off to track down a copy. Thx
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel JosipoviciSolar Bones by Mike McCormack
River by Esther Kinsky
Harvest by Jim Crace
HHhH by Laurent Binet
How to be Both by Ali Smith
Milkman by Anna Burns
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Lanny by Max Porter
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Murmur by Will Eaves
Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Lucia by Alex Pheby
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Vernon Subutex (1 only) by Virginie Despentes
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
There There by Tommy Orange
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
Did not like:
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
1. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout2. Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
3. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
4. Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
5. Harvest by Jim Crace
6. Nourishment by Gerard Woodward
7. Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
8. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
9. Milkman by Anna Burns
10. Orfeo by Richard Powers
11. The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
12. Murmur by Will Eaves
13. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
14. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
15. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
16. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
17. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
18. Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
19. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
20. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
21. Lanny by Max Porter
22. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
23. Lucia by Alex Pheby
24. The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
25. The Overstory by Richard Powers
26. Playing Possum by Kevin Davey
27. Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile
28. The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
29. Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
30. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
31. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
32. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
33. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
34. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
35. How to be Both by Ali Smith
36. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
37. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
38. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
39. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
40. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
41. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
42. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
43. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Mod
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
Harvest by Jim Crace
How to be Both by Ali Smith
Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
Milkman by Anna Burns
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
This is a cruel undertaking.
1 Ducks, Newburyport
2 Milkman by Anna Burns
3 The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
4 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
5 Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
6 Inland by Téa Obreht
7 The Sellout by Paul Beatty
8 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
9 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
10 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
11 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
12 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
13 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
14 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
15 Normal People by Sally Rooney
16 There There by Tommy Orange
17 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
18 Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
19 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
20 The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
21 Lanny by Max Porter
22 The Overstory by Richard Powers
23 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
24 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
25 The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
26 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
27 Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
28 His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
12/16/2019 - Edited to add The Blazing World, Ducks and numbering.
1 Ducks, Newburyport
2 Milkman by Anna Burns
3 The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
4 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
5 Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
6 Inland by Téa Obreht
7 The Sellout by Paul Beatty
8 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
9 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
10 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
11 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
12 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
13 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
14 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
15 Normal People by Sally Rooney
16 There There by Tommy Orange
17 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
18 Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
19 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
20 The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
21 Lanny by Max Porter
22 The Overstory by Richard Powers
23 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
24 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
25 The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
26 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
27 Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
28 His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
12/16/2019 - Edited to add The Blazing World, Ducks and numbering.
1. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet2. The Goldfinch
3. The Overstory
4. There There
5. Lanny
6. Life After Life
7. All The Light We Cannot See
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
9. Lincoln in the Bardo
10. Night Film
11. Orfeo
12. Pachinko
13. News of the World
14. Station Eleven
15. Harvest
16. The Neapolitan Novels
17. The Sense of an Ending
18. Annihilation
19. Autumn/Winter/Spring
1. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson2. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
3. The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
4. Milkman by Anna Burns
5. How to be Both by Ali Smith
6. HHhH by Laurent Binet
7. Lanny by Max Porter
8. The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
9. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
10. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
11. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
12. The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
13. Tenth of December by George Saunders
14. Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
15. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
16. Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
17. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
18. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
19. Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
20. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
21. The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
22. Human Acts by Han Kang
23. All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
24. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
25. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
26. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
27. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
28. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner
AmericanahAsymmetry
Autumn/Winter/Spring
Dept. of Speculation
Euphoria
Florida
The Gloaming
The Golden State
Home Fire
The Friend
Killing Commendatore
Life after Life
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lost Children Archive
The Lowland
The Luminaries
Manhattan Beach
The Mars Room
Milkman
The Ninth Hour
NW
Outline/Transit/Kudos
Overstory
Sparsholt Affair
Sport of Kings
Washington Black
White Houses
1. The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante2. Sweetland by Michael Crummey
3. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
4. Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
5. Milkman by Anna Burns
6. How to be Both by Ali Smith
7. The Son by Philipp Meyer
8. The Break by Katherena Vermette
9. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
10. Harvest by Jim Crace
11. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
12. Tenth of December by George Saunders
13. Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
14. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
15. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
16. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
17. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
18. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
19. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
20. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
21. The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
22. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
23. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
24. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
25. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
26. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
27. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
28. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
29. The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
30. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
31. Lanny by Max Porter
32. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
33. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
34. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
35. Normal People by Sally Rooney
36. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
37. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
38. All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
39. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
40. There There by Tommy Orange
41. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
1) Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (5*)2) The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici (5*)
3) Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith (5*)
4) River by Esther Kinsky (5*)
5) How to be Both by Ali Smith (5*)
6) Lanny by Max Porter (5*)
7) Harvest by Jim Crace (5*)
8) The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (5*)
9) HHhH by Laurent Binet (5*)
10) A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (5*)
11) Milkman by Anna Burns (5*)
12) Murmur by Will Eaves (5*)
13) Night Film by Marisha Pessl (5*)
14) His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet (5*)
15) The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (5*)
16) Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn (5*)
17) Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (5*)
18) Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin (4*)
19) A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride (4*)
20) Lucia by Alex Pheby (4*)
21) Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson (4*)
22) The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (4*)
23) Orfeo by Richard Powers (4*)
24) The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (4*)
25) Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (4*)
26) Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty (4*)
27) Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (4*)
28) Vernon Subutex (1 only) by Virginie Despentes (4*)
29) Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (4*)
30) Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (4*)
31) The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (4*)
32) Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (4*)
33) Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (4*)
34) All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (4*)
35) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4*)
36) Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (4*)
37) Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (4*)
38) The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (4*)
39) Gillespie and I by Jane Harris (4*)
40) The Sellout by Paul Beatty (4*)
41) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (4*)
42) Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk (3/4*)
43) The Overstory by Richard Powers (3*)
44) The Neapolitan Novels (only 4th) by Elena Ferrante (3*)
45) My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (3*)
46) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (3*)
47) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (3*)
48) Hot Milk by Deborah Levy (3*)
49) There There by Tommy Orange (3*)
50) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (3*)
51) Normal People by Sally Rooney (3*)
52) Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (3*)
53) 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster (3*)
54) Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (not rated)
55) Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (2*)
56) A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (2*)
57) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2*)
58) The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan (2*)
Mod
Asymmetry
Autumn/Winter/Spring
Dept. of Speculation
Euphoria
Florida
The Gloaming
The Golden State
Home Fire
The Friend
Killing Commendatore
Life after Life
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lost Chi..."
Did you really mean to list these in alphabetical order? A number of these were not nominated either - this thread is a vote on the 109 books listed in the first comment above. I will leave your list out of the league tables for now...
5* READS (from a personal enjoyment point)1. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
2. The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
3. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
4. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
5. News of the World by Paulette Jiles
6. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
8. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
9. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
10. Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
11. The Overstory by Richard Powers
12. Orfeo by Richard Powers
13. How to be Both by Ali Smith
14. Inland by Téa Obreht
15. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
16. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
17. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
18. HHhH by Laurent Binet
19. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20. Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
21. The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
22. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
23. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
24. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
25. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
26. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
27. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
4* READS
28. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
29. The Son by Philipp Meyer
30 Christodora by Tim Murphy
31. Doc
32. Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić
33 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
34. Bottled Goods
35. Tenth of December by George Saunders
36. Moonglow by Michael Chabon
37. Lanny by Max Porter
38. There There by Tommy Orange
39. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
40. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
41. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
42. Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
43. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
44. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
45. All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3* READS
46. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
47. The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
48. The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
49. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
50. The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
51. Normal People by Sally Rooney
52. Milkman by Anna Burns
53. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
54. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
55. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
56. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
57. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
58. The Argonauts
2* READS
59. Lucia by Alex Pheby
60. Murmur by Will Eaves
1* READS
61. Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
62. Frontier by Can Xue
63. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
64. Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes
1 All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr2 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
3 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
4 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
5 The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
6 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
7 News of the World by Paulette Jiles
8 Inland by Téa Obreht
9 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
10 Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
11 Normal People by Sally Rooney
12 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
13 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
14 The Son by Philipp Meyer
15 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
16 Milkman by Anna Burns
17 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
18 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
19 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
20 Lanny by Max Porter
21 Doc by Mary Doria Russell
22 Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
23 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
24 Human Acts by Han Kang
25 The Overstory by Richard Powers
26 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
27 Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
28 The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
29 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
30 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
31 There There by Tommy Orange
32 Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
33 Orfeo by Richard Powers
34 Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
35 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
36 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
37 The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
38 Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
39 My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
40 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
41 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
42 The Sellout by Paul Beatty
43 The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
44 Moonglow by Michael Chabon
45 Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Please do not post general chat here - it may be deleted to keep this tidy!
This is the very long longlist of 109 nominations (I have removed the book and author links in case this helps with the App).
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder
The Ace of Lightning by Stephen-Paul Martin
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew
Autumn/Winter/Spring by Ali Smith
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
The Break by Katherena Vermette
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici
Christodora by Tim Murphy
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie
The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
Fish Have No Feet by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić
Frontier by Can Xue
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Harvest by Jim Crace
HHhH by Laurent Binet
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
How to be Both by Ali Smith
Human Acts by Han Kang
Inland by Téa Obreht
Juanita Wildrose: My True Life by Susan Downe
Lanny by Max Porter
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Lucia by Alex Pheby
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Middle C by William H. Gass
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Milkman by Anna Burns
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Murmur by Will Eaves
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Nourishment by Gerard Woodward
Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Outline/Transit/Kudos by Rachel Cusk
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Playing Possum by Kevin Davey
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Red or Dead by David Peace
The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk
Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
River by Esther Kinsky
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
The Son by Philipp Meyer
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner
Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Sweetland by Michael Crummey
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
Tenth of December by George Saunders
There There by Tommy Orange
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park
Vernon Subutex (1 to 3) by Virginie Despentes
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson