Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion
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November 2023 Nominations
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I nominate:Love: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Comedy:The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
What a delightful set of options! It's a great time of year to be reading love and comedy selections. Love: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
Comedy: The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
I nominate:Love: The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
Comedy: According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
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I will put the Polls up later today, as we are rapidly approaching November!
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Love:
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer (1935) 368 pages
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (1948) 415 pages
Love for Lydia by H.E. Bates (1952) 319 pages
Comedy:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003) 226 pages
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike (1984) 307 pages
According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge (2001) 244 pages
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh (1934) 308 pages
Polls are here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
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and I moved my vote on the Love Poll to break the tie, so that "Heat of the Day" emerged on top
Happy November Reading!
:o)
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
Books mentioned in this topic
A Handful of Dust (other topics)The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (other topics)
Regency Buck (other topics)
A Farewell to Arms (other topics)
The Heat of the Day (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Elizabeth Bowen (other topics)Beryl Bainbridge (other topics)
Georgette Heyer (other topics)
John Updike (other topics)
Ernest Hemingway (other topics)
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Love and Comedy
to help with choosing nominations, I have updated the threads containing the full list of books in each of these categories, showing which books have already been read - hopefully these are useful:
Love List
Comedy List
so let's have those suggestions...