Top 100 Novels of All Time - General Discussion

[Jean]

The nominations are closed, and the thread has been renamed accordingly.

The thread itself will be kept for the posterity.

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Well, we all seem to be unhappy with Entertainment Weekly's list: there is such a lot of novels we don't see there!

OK, now, Mike (pathoftheturtle) has come up with this great idea: we must make our own list. Let's see what we'll have as a result; it may be both entertaining and useful for everyone, in terms of future reading.

Now it's time for nominating and seconding.

The rules are:

1. Altogether, everyone can nominate as many novels as they can, provided:

1.1. One nomination per post.
1.2. You must wait for at least two nominations by someone else before you can nominate again.

2. Multivolume novels, such as The Dark Tower or Harry Potter, count as one novel.

3. Collections of stories are not eligible.

4. Novellas are not eligible. It isn't always easy to tell a novella from a novel, so we'll have to rely on wiki here. If it is defined as novel there, it is acceptable.

5. You can nominate as many novels of one author as you want, but in the end, only top three novels by any author will be accepted for the final list.

NOW, let's nominate - and don't forget to second!!

You can second as many as you like, in one post or separate posts, doesn't matter. It is crucial for the success of the whole enterprise that we second (third, etc) all novels we consider worthy.

Seconding in this round is tantamount to voting. When we actually vote, the grouping will depend on the number of votes received NOW.

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Updated List

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The awesome future of our final list.