http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150119-the-21st-centurys-12-best-novels
1. Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2. Edward P. Jones, The Known World
3. Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
4. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
5. Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
6. Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
7. Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
8. Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
9. Ian McEwan, Atonement
10. Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun
11. Zadie Smith, White Teeth
12. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
I've read three of them: numbers 3, 9 and 11. Two others (5 and 6) have been in the TBR pile for a while - they're long novels I suspect I'll have to take on holiday sometime. Two of these (2 and 8) I have to admit are new to me. Others I know about and would like to read sometime, but don't have copies to hand.
1. Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2. Edward P. Jones, The Known World
3. Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
4. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
5. Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
6. Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
7. Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
8. Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
9. Ian McEwan, Atonement
10. Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun
11. Zadie Smith, White Teeth
12. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
I've read three of them: numbers 3, 9 and 11. Two others (5 and 6) have been in the TBR pile for a while - they're long novels I suspect I'll have to take on holiday sometime. Two of these (2 and 8) I have to admit are new to me. Others I know about and would like to read sometime, but don't have copies to hand.
I only read about half of The Corrections.
