Reading 1001 discussion

Authors for March are from Kennedy Toole to LeFanu. Voting will be open today, January 15 through January 23rd. Winners will be announced on the 24th. Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post. Comment, give your opinions, and don't forget to vote. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points. See the thread on participation points on how to earn them.

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Excluded books this month
Sometimes a Great Notion >600 pages
The Shining, >600 pages
The Flamethrowers, BOTM 2020
Land, >600 pgs
Sons and Lovers >600 pages

John Kennedy Toole US author
1. A Confederacy of Dunces, 1980, 341 pages

Jack Kerouac, US
2. On the Road, 1957, 307 pages, 2009 botm

Imre Kertész, Hungary
3. Fatelessness, 1975, 262 pgs

Ken Kesey, US author
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1962, 281 pgs

Jamaica Kincaid, in St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda
5. Annie John, 1985, 160 pages

Charles Kingsley, England
6. The Water Babies, 1863, 224 pages

Barbara Kingsolver, US
7. The Poisonwood Bible, 1998, 546 pages

Rudyard Kipling, British (India)
8. Kim, 1901, 366 pages

Danilo Kiš, Serbia
9. Garden, Ashes, 1965, 170 pages

Ivan Klíma, Czech republic
10. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light, 1993, 234 pages

Wolfgang Koeppen, Germany
11. Death In Rome, 1954, 224 pages
12. The Hothouse, 1953, 221 pages

George Konrád, Hungary
13. The Case Worker, 1969, 192 pgs

Ciril Kosmač, Slovenia
14. A Day in Spring 1953, 204 pgs

Geur der droefenis, I don't believe this is translated from the Dutch, but if you no different, please submit, ISBN number please and I will redo. Author Alfred Kossmann, Smell of Sadness.

William Kotzwinkle US
15. The Fan Man, 1974, 191 pgs
The Midnight Examiner, 1989, 320 pages

László Krasznahorkai, Hungary
17. The Melancholy of Resistance, 1989, 314 pgs

Karl Kraus, Czech
18. The Last Days of Mankind,

Nicole Krauss, US
19. The History of Love, 2005, 255 pgs 2013 botm

Miroslav Krleža, Croatia
20. On the Edge of Reason, 1922, 192 pgs
21. The Return of Philip Latinowicz, 1932, 232

Jaan Kross, Estonia
22. Professor Martens' Departure, 1984, 304 pgs

Milan Kundera, Czech
23. The Joke, 1967, 371 pages
24. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, 1979, 313 pgs
25, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984, 320 pages 2009 botm
26. Ignorance, 2000, 195 pgs

Hanif Kureishi UK
27. The Buddha of Suburbia, 1990, 288 pgs
28. Intimacy, 1998, 252 pgs
29. Gabriel's Gift, 2001, 224 pg

Carmen Laforet, Spain
30. Nada, 1944, 244 pgs

Pär Lagerkvist, Sweden
31. Barabbas, 1950, 144 pgs

Selma Lagerlöf, Sweden
32. Gösta Berling's Saga, 1891, 368 pgs

Jhumpa Lahiri UK
33. The Namesake, 2003, 291 pgs 2013 botm

Nella Larsen
34. Quicksand, 1928, 192 pgs
35. Passing, 1928, 141 pgs, 2018 BOTM

Margaret Laurence, Canada
36. The Diviners, 1974, 390 pgs

D.H. Lawrence, England Sons and Lovers,
37. The Rainbow, 1915, 544 pgs
38. Women in Love, 1920, 416 2018 botm
39. The Fox 1922, 84 pgs
40. Aaron's Rod, 1922, 352
41. The Plumed Serpent, 1926, 464 pgs
42. Lady Chatterly's Lover, 1928, 376, 2010 botm

Halldór Laxness, Iceland
43. Independent People, 1986, 482 pgs

Camara Laye, Guinea
44. The Dark Child, 1954, 192 pgs 2016 botm

John le Carré, UK
45. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, 1963, 224 pgs
46. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 1974, 381 pgs 2011, 2016 botm
47. Smiley's People, 1979, 387 pgs 2010 botm

J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Ireland
48.Uncle Silas, 1864, 477 pgs
49. In a Glass Darkly, 1872, 384 pgs

That's our March list, don't forget to vote.

I've read 25 of these counting the excluded. I own a few but I left them at home. What was I thinking? I tried to bring all the books that had potential to be botm with me. Oh well. I would like to read Hanif Kureishi because I have Intimacy and Gabriel's gift on my kindle.

I have read 12 of these. I have not read any DH Lawrence.

Surprisingly, I've read 15 (and that's without counting Lady Chatterley, which I read in high school.... ie. a long long time ago).

I am interested in Gabriel's Gift, and if it has any traction I can see if I can get it via ILLO (which is still not completely up to speed here in Ontario bc of Covid.).

Other than that, the ones I am interested in and I can get from the library:
Gosta Berling's Saga
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (maybe this will be the Kundera that I like more than a 'meh')
The History of Love
and they have a selection of D H Lawrence, so one of those may be a possibility.

There's only nine I haven't read, and out of what has been mentioned here already the only ones I haven't read are:

2 DH Lawrence's: The plumed serpent, and Aaron's Rod

other ones are:
-Confederacy of Dunces
-Waiting for the light, Waiting for the Dark
-The hothouse
-The melancholy of resistance
-The Last Days of Mankind
-The Return of Philip Latinowicz
-The Joke

There are 5 I have not read. I will be happy to get behind Aaron's Rod, as others have mentioned D.H. Lawrence.

I have also not read:

The Hothouse
Death in Rome
The Fan Man
Gabriel's Gift

I have read only 12 of these and would be happy to go with Gabriel’s Gift but am also open to other options

I have read 24 including the excluded. I have a few lingering on the old TBR:

- The Hothouse (Koeppen)
- Gosta Berling's Saga (Lagerlof)
- Independent People (Laxness)

If I can convince a few others to back The Hothouse, I'll back it too. Otherwise, I will probably read Sons and Lovers from my TBR, but unavailable this time around.

I have read 22 and own none of the others but would be interested in Confederacy of Dunces, the Book of Laughter and Forgetting because I haven’t read Kundera for years, or Uncle Silas, all of which are on Audible.

I actually own The Hothouse but left it in Minnesota. So if I can find a way to get it, that would work for me. But I think it would be hard to locate otherwise.

The Hothouse is available on Open Library. I'm not sure if this website is available worldwide.

I believe The Midnight Examiner should also be excluded as this was BOTM in 2020

Only one excluded from the randomiser and that is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy if you want to read this one you will have to vote for it.

I have not read many of these. I'd be game to read hothouse or Gabriel's gift.

I would vote for Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light

Book wrote: "I believe The Midnight Examiner should also be excluded as this was BOTM in 2020

Only one excluded from the randomiser and that is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy if you want to read this one you will h..."

Yes, you're right. I removed it as an option. I even knew it was suppose to be excluded.

Well I'm down for Hothouse since it's available and a bunch of other ppl have mentioned it

I'm in for Hothouse, as well.

Diane wrote: "The Hothouse is available on Open Library. I'm not sure if this website is available worldwide."

I had a look and it is listed as "not in library". Don't know if that just means it's not available in my region or what.

It is available (at least where I live) at this link https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Hoth...

If you wanted to test whether it is your area or not.

Amanda wrote: "It is available (at least where I live) at this link https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Hoth...

If you wanted to test whether it is your area or not."

I think it was just a search fail on my part. It only showed me one edition, which was not available, but going through your link I can find multiple editions. I've signed up now. I had no idea that the open library was a thing.

I've read 17, my usual 1/3. I actually have a copy of The Dark Child (which I got from Paperbackswap) waiting for me to read it, but no one else has mentioned it.
I read Confederancy of Dunces when in high school so very long ago and would like to read it again.
I would go for Lawrence's Women in Love, it's on lots of "best" lists (incl Novel 100, Guardian 1000), but probably not any other Lawrences. Would also be up for The Caseworker or Barabbas.

WINNERS:
Popular vote: The Hothouse, 1953, 221 pages
Randomizer: Professor Martens' Departure, 1984, 304 pgs

Hothouse was hot and ran away with the votes, second place was Gabriel's Gift, 2 selections had 2 votes and the rest one vote each. Total books voted for 9.

What will you be reading in March?

I have just ordered a copy of Professor Martens' Departure but the library does not have The Hothouse so might give that a miss.

I read Professor Martens' Departure recently and have a copy that I would be willing to send on to someone in the U.S. if anyone is interested.

My copy of The Hothouse arrived in today's mail.
No e-book available, so I will stick with Hothouse.

Our library has The Hothouse. I thought Professor Martens' Departure might be difficult to get when I saw no copies in the library or on Amazon UK, but I found it quite cheaply on eBay.

Thank goodness for Open Library! I hope it works because the only copy I can find of Professor Martens Departure costs over $90 second hand.