Got asked to list the 10 best fiction books of the last 30 YEARS and briefly froze up but then decided to just dash off the top of my head: Library at Mt. Char, Scott Hawkins Book of Love, Kelly Link Case Histories, Kate Atkinson The Likeness, Tana French House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski - ThreadSky

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timpratt.org • 44 days ago

Got asked to list the 10 best fiction books of the last 30 YEARS and briefly froze up but then decided to just dash off the top of my head:

Library at Mt. Char, Scott Hawkins
Book of Love, Kelly Link
Case Histories, Kate Atkinson
The Likeness, Tana French
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski

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premeemohamed.com•44 days ago

LIBRARY! AT! MT.! CHAR!!!

timpratt.org•44 days ago

I love it so much and check his website every several months to see if another book is coming

premeemohamed.com•44 days ago

I swear to God I read that book at exactly the right, or wrong, planetary configuration to remodel my developing brain like warm wax. I was like "Wait, are you allowed to do that in a book" and YES YOU ARE!

timpratt.org•44 days ago

It's the only book I've ever finished reading and then immediately reread from the beginning again. I had to see how he DID that. (I still don't really know.) And it was a debut!

readwithphoenix.bsky.social•44 days ago

That would be a stressful task…
Off the top of my head I’d throw down Name of the Wind, at least one Wheel of Time book, The Serpent and the Wings of Night, the Love Hypothesis… and I’m stuck with the rest 🤷🏻‍♀️

timpratt.org•44 days ago

The first two or three wouldn't change but after that they'd shift by the day and moment. Maybe Galilee by Clive Barker, Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon, Dreams Underfoot by de Lint...

timpratt.org•44 days ago

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Sara Gran
Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
What's the Worst that Could Happen? Donald Westlake
Tenth of December, George Saunders

chukg.bsky.social•44 days ago

If the 4 I haven't read are as good as the 6 I have, then I've got 4 new books to look for.

timpratt.org•44 days ago

Are they "the best"? Well they're my favorites so yes

Ask me tomorrow and half the titles might be replaced though, it's a tough one

andeeharry1.bsky.social•44 days ago

this is great

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