Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion

Categories open for nomination for January 2024 are:

Sci-Fi & Fantasy and Crime

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:

Sci-Fi & Fantasy List

Crime List

so let's have those suggestions...

Sci-Fi & Fantasy: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Crime: none from me

Sci-Fi - Red Shift by Alan Garner

Crime - The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr

To make it even:

Sci-Fi & Fantasy: none

Crime: Hard Revolution by George P. Pelecanos

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Crime: Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason

Sci-Fi & Fantasy: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Crime: The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Sci-Fi & Fantasy: The Scar by China Mieville

Crime: Sanctuary by William Faulkner

Thanks Everybody for those :o)
so we have:

Sci-Fi & Fantasy:
The War of the Worlds by HG Wells (1897) 192 pages
Red Shift by Alan Garner (1973) 192 pages
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926) 222 pages
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) 314 pages
The Scar by China Mieville (2002) 578 pages

Crime:
Sanctuary by William Faulkner (1931) 317 pages
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (1953) 379 pages
Silence of the Grave by Arnadur Indridason (2001) 280 pages
Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos (2004) 376 pages
The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr (1935) 224 pages

Polls going up imminently ...

Polls are up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...