21st Century Literature discussion

Nominations are now open until May 24th for the July 2024 Wild Card.

The purpose of the Wild Card is to choose books that fall outside our usual rules by being more on the ‘genre’ side of things (e.g., sci-fi, fantasy, YA, romances, westerns, graphic novels, etc.) but still of literary interest. More about the Wild Card can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and July 1, 2023. For translations the latter date must be an English edition.
- One nomination per person (please do not nominate or vote for a book unless you are certain you can read and discuss if it wins)
- A book this group has not yet read (see group bookshelf or the Index of all Group Reads)
- A book that does not qualify for the Open Pick category

If you are nominating, please begin your post by stating "I nominate [name with hyperlink to book]"

The discussion will start on July 1st

I nominate Sticker Poems by the inimitable S.J. Fowler, if eligible. It is certainly genre, but I'll defer to the mods on whether it qualifies as "fiction."

I'd like to nominate Ithaca by Claire North. I love a good myth retelling, and I loved one of Claire North's other books, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.

Can i nominate

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau by Graeme Macrae Burnet. I found it in the crime section of my local bookshop ,so its genre fiction , but with a twist .

The Past Is Red Catherynne M. Valente

These are some fascinating nominations and all look great--thanks for throwing them in the ring!

The Wild Care poll is live:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Thanks Marc

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau has won the poll!

Hester, would you be willing to lead the discussion?

ooh . Delighted to . This should be fun .

Awesome--thanks much!

Thanks Hester

Yay! My copy just arrived!