I think I will post a list of the books I've read this year, partly because many of them were influenced by posters on this forum and partly because I love reading other people's lists.
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I read Julian Fuks' Resistance, beautifully published by @charcopress.com 3 times. Spare but full of ideas and imagery, it is autofictionagainst the backdrop of the Argentinian 'dirty war'. I loved it so much I keep buying it for other people. Great to discover that there is a sequel (Occupation).
My other favourite book was Septology by Jon Fosse, a minimal, almost mundane book at first, which becomes increasingly unsettling and hypnotic as it goes through its 800 odd pages.
After these two, there are a group of books that were also wonderful...
V.S.Naipul – The Enigma Of Arrival
Magnus Mills – The Encouragement Of Others
Denis Johnson – Angels
Denis Johnson - Tree Of Smoke
Agustin Fernandez Mallo – The Book Of All Loves
Somerset Maugham – Of Human Bondage
Aldous Huxley – Eyeless In Gaza
William Trevor - The Collected Stories
Kang Kyoung Ae – The Underground Village
Magnus Mills – The Cure For Disgruntlement
K-Ming Chang – Gods Of Want
Carlo Levi – Christ Stopped At Eboli
Bernard Malamud – The Magic Barrel 5
László Krasznahorkai – War And War
CLR James – Beyond A Boundary
Federico Falco – A Perfect Cemetery
Han Kang – Greek Lessons
Mathias Enard – The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers’ Guild
Ben Okri – Astonishing The Gods
Jon Fosse – Scenes From A Childhood
Thomas Hardy – The Trumpet Major
Jean Genet – Our Lady Of The Flowers
William Golding – Darkness Visible
Finally, books I struggled with or failed to love...
Georges Simenon – Three Bedrooms In Manhattan
Clarice Lispector – An Apple In The Dark
John Darnielle – Universal Harvester
Franz Kafka – The Trial
Halldor Laxness – Salka Valka
David Grossman – A Horse Walks Into A Bar
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After these two, there are a group of books that were also wonderful...
Magnus Mills – The Encouragement Of Others
Denis Johnson – Angels
Denis Johnson - Tree Of Smoke
Agustin Fernandez Mallo – The Book Of All Loves
Somerset Maugham – Of Human Bondage
Aldous Huxley – Eyeless In Gaza
William Trevor - The Collected Stories
Kang Kyoung Ae – The Underground Village
Magnus Mills – The Cure For Disgruntlement
K-Ming Chang – Gods Of Want
Carlo Levi – Christ Stopped At Eboli
Bernard Malamud – The Magic Barrel 5
László Krasznahorkai – War And War
CLR James – Beyond A Boundary
Han Kang – Greek Lessons
Mathias Enard – The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers’ Guild
Ben Okri – Astonishing The Gods
Jon Fosse – Scenes From A Childhood
Thomas Hardy – The Trumpet Major
Jean Genet – Our Lady Of The Flowers
William Golding – Darkness Visible
Georges Simenon – Three Bedrooms In Manhattan
Clarice Lispector – An Apple In The Dark
John Darnielle – Universal Harvester
Franz Kafka – The Trial
Halldor Laxness – Salka Valka
David Grossman – A Horse Walks Into A Bar