ManBookering discussion

Hi all! Can you believe it's already time to vote on the December group read? I hope you all have been enjoying Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending. I know I did. Some really great discussions that you can catch up on here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

As always, you are able to nominate one book and up-vote two others. Please DO NOT nominate a book that you've seen someone already nominate in this thread. Instead, you can give it 1 of your 2 upvotes so I know that you are also interested in reading it. Of course you can only nominate past Man Booker winners (not books that were short or long-listed).

In the past we have read the following, so they are not eligible for December:
-The God of Small Things
-The Blind Assassin
-The Line of Beauty
-The Luminaries
-The Narrow Road to the Deep North
-A Brief History of Seven Killings (last year's winner)
-The Sellout (this year's winner)
-The Sense of an Ending


I'll start the nomination process by nominating Anne Enright's The Gathering which won in 2007.

Nominations will close on November 29th @ midnight PST. Winner will be announced on the 30th.

I second The Gathering by Anne Enright.

I nominate Hotel du Lac which won in 1984

Jennifer wrote: "I nominate Hotel du Lac which won in 1984"

I've not heard of that one, but it sounds interesting. I second Hotel du Lac.

I nominate True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey , winner in 2001.

I nominate the The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Winner in 1989.

I second The Gathering and nominate Possession winner in 1990.

I nominate Salaman Rushdie's Midnight Children. I second the gathering and the true history of the kelly gang

I nominate The White Tiger, winner in 2008

I second True History of the Kelly Gang and Midnight's Children

I'd like to nominate The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992 winner).

Also, I'll second Midnight's Children and Hotel du Lac

I nominate The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch and second Hotel du Lac and The Gathering.

Hi, it is my first time here and I am looking forward to participating in discussions.

I second The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I second The Sea, The Sea!

I nominate The Famished Road by Ben Okri winner in 1991. I second Midnight's Children and True History of the Kelly Gang

I second Hotel du Lac

I second Hotel du Lac and The Sea the Sea.

I nominate Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

I second The Sea The Sea and Hotel du Lac.

I second Hotel du Lac and The English Patient! I love reading books set in Switzerland and supporting Canadian authors.

I nominate Schindler's Ark (1982), and I second The Famished Road and The Remains of the Day.

I second The Famished Road

I second "Remains of the Day" and "Schindler's Ark"

I second "The Sea, the Sea" and "Midnight's Children"

Pretty sure this is the exact same comment I left last time (can't believe it's been a month already!) but I will nominate The Inheritance of Loss and second The Remains of the Day and White Tiger :)

I second The English Patient.

I nominate Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.

I second Hotel du Lac and The Remains of the Day.

I nominate Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald and second Amsterdam and The Famished Road.

I nominate Last Orders by Graham Swift 1996 and second True History of the Kelly Gang and Amsterdam

I second The English patient

God of small things I need to read that!!

Second the English Patient!

Just found this group. I'd like to read Remains of the day.

Mybookinggreatblog wrote: "God of small things I need to read that!!"

Our group has posted at the top of this message the books we've already been through. This book is on that list. You may nominate a Man Booker Prize winner we have yet to read and which has not already been nominated. You may use two 'seconds' to vote for a book which has been nominated in the comments above. Glad for your participation.