ManBookering discussion

Hello once again, friends! Happy Holidays as well. My apologies that this is coming so late in the month. I'm sure everyone understands it's a busy time of year, and I've been completely distracted which led me to forget to start the nomination process for January! But now's as good a time as any.

If you've not had the chance to join the conversation for December's pick, Hotel Du Lac, you can do so here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's been an enlightening discussion around a book that doesn't seem to be loved by many.

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 January:
-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
-Hotel du Lac


Once again, I'll start the nominations with Anne Enright's The Gathering which won in 2007.

Nominations will close on December 30th @ midnight PST. Winner will be announced on the 31st.

I nominate the English Patient!

I nominate 1993's winner Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

I nominate White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Hope you have a great Christmas!

I nominate Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald.

I nominate The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.

I nominate Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee!

I nominate The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch (winner 1978), and I second Offshore and The Gathering.

I second The Gathering and nominate Possession by A.S. Byatt.

I second Disgrace & The Gathering. Happy holidays!

I nominate The Sea by John Banville, winner in 2005.

I nominate The Remains of the Day!

i nominate midnight's children. my second is the gathering. my second second will be later

ok i second paddy clark ha ha ha

I second The Sea and White Tiger

Seconding The Inheritance of Loss and The Remains of the Day

I second The Remains of the Day and White Tiger

I second Disgrace and The Sea, the Sea

I second The English Patient

I second The White Tiger and The Remains of the Day. Hope you all enjoy your holidays. Curl up with a good book!

I second The Remains of the Day.

I second the English Patient

Mybookinggreatblog wrote: "I nominate White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Hope you have a great Christmas!"

YES! I second that! Good Choice.

I second Disgraced and The Sea

I would like to nominate The Goldfinch by Donna Tart

Oops sorry ignore that one. Not eligible.

I second The English Patient and Midnight's Children.

Midnight's Children or Wolf Hall

I second the english patient

I second The Sea and Disgrace.

I second Midnight's Children

I second White Tiger and Midnights Children

I second Midnight's Children.

I nominate The Famished Rd by Ben Okri and second Midnights Children and the inheritance of loss

I nominate The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.

I second Midnight's Children and The Remains of the Day

I second Midnight's Children and The Remains of the Day.

I recommend Holiday and second Midnight's Children

My second second is The Famished Road!

The God of Small Things, definitely!!!!

Raluca wrote: "The God of Small Things, definitely!!!!"

That book has previously be nominated and is not eligible this month. If you weren't aware, there's a list of books at the top of the discussion that have previously been chosen.

I recommend The inheritance of Loss and The Famished Road

I second Midnight's Children

I second The Sea The Sea and Midnight's Children

I second The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch and The Sea by John Banville (wow that's a lot of seas that I want to read)

I second The Sea The Sea and The Remains of The Day and Possession

Aga wrote: "I second The Sea The Sea and The Remains of The Day and Possession"

Time is running out. You only get to "second" two books. You have chosen to give your two "seconds" to three books.

Oops, sorry, I will stick with The Sea The Sea and The Remains of the Day.

I second Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

I second Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Famished Road

Jeanne wrote: "Raluca wrote: "The God of Small Things, definitely!!!!"

That book has previously be nominated and is not eligible this month. If you weren't aware, there's a list of books at the top of the discus..."

Jeanne wrote: "Raluca wrote: "The God of Small Things, definitely!!!!"

That book has previously be nominated and is not eligible this month. If you weren't aware, there's a list of books at the top of the discus..."