2007 Authors Poll

Oscar Wilde* 22

George Bernard Shaw* 17

Truman Capote 14

D.H. Lawrence* 14

Salman Rushdie 13

Kurt Vonnegut 13

John Irving 13

H.P Lovecraft 13

John Updike 12

Mihail Bulgakov 12

Edith Wharton* 12

Milan Kundera 12
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Jeffrey Eugenides 11

Ovid 11

Henry James* 11

Gunter Grass 10

Ian McEwan 9

Cormac McCarthy 7

David Lodge 7

Philip Roth 7

Terry Pratchett 7

Arkadi and Boriss Strugatski 6

Joseph Heller 6

Angela Carter 6

Henry Rider Haggard* 5

Viktor Pelevin 4

Stella Gibbons 3


Finally we have the top 12? Still 5 hours to go...

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NOOOOOOOOO! How did Eugenides miss the cut?????? Awww Crud!

And Henry James! I wanted Henry James.

Still, 2007's list is very different from 2006's. I am really looking forward to trying some of these authors for the first time.

Thanks everyone for your nominations and votes! :)

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And Henry James! I wanted Henry James.

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One sympathizes...

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Still, 2007's list is very different from 2006's. I am really looking forward to trying some of these authors for the first time.

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it is :nod: usually I recognise all the names :goof:

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One sympathizes...

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Agreed. Was really looking forward to reading something by James but I am glad at least Edith Wharton has made the cut. I really enjoyed her Age of Innocence.

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Agreed. Was really looking forward to reading something by James but I am glad at least Edith Wharton has made the cut. I really enjoyed her Age of Innocence.

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I have been wanting to read her for while now. I will be glad, I think, to find an excuse to make time. :)

Which author is being read in July?

Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison has always been one of my favorites.

The book list lacks diversity.

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Originally Posted by gent258

Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison has always been one of my favorites.

The book list lacks diversity.

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I too like Invisible Man. But this is how the vote turned out.

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Originally Posted by gent258

Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison has always been one of my favorites.

The book list lacks diversity.

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I too like Invisible Man. But this is how the vote turned out.

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I just nominated Invisible Man for the forth of July read.