The Worst of Any Year

2023

• Manhattan Beach — Jennifer Egan
• The Magicians— Lev Grossman

2022

• The Terranauts: A Novel — T. C. Boyle
• Clickbait — Evelyn Dar
• Night of the Assholes — Kevin L. Donihe
• Hard Case Crime: Web of the City — Harlan Ellison
• Doomino’s Apocalyptic Pizza Delivery — Lucas Pederson & Tim Marquitz
• Beowulf For Cretins: A Love Story — Ann McMan
• Goth Girl — Melanie Mosher

2021

• Twisted Tom — Rhys Evans
• Taco Noir — Steven Gomez
• I Never Met a Metaphor I Didn’t Like — Dr. Mardy Grothe
• Slender Man: The Curse — Jason St. Amand
• Borne: A Novel — Jeff VanderMeer
• Hummingbird Salamander — Jeff VanderMeer

2020

• Shamanspace — Steve Aylett
• The French Revolution — Thomas Carlisle
• Camgirl — Isa Mazzei
• Mardi, and a Voyage Thither — Herman Melville
• Lovecraft Country — Matt Ruff
• Naked Came the Manatee — Various Authors

2019

• Diary of a Fat Girl — Moira Mugweni
• 1Q84 — Haruki Murakami
• Modesty Blaise — Peter O’Donnell
• Maigret and the Murder in a Minor Key — Murielle Wenger

2018

• Lint — Steve Aylett

2017

• Ema the Captive — César Aira
• Taipei — Tao Lin
• Asura Girl — Otaro Maijo
• The Green Room — Nag Mani

2016

• Nutshell — Ian McEwan

2015

• Where You Once Belonged — Kent Haruf

2013

• The Evil Guest — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

2012

• The Castle in the Forest — Norman Mailer

2011

• The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga
• C — Tom McCarthy
• Pygmy — Chuck Palahniuk

2010

• The Doctor’s Wife – Sawako Ariyoshi
• The Fall – Simon Mawer
• Night Train to Lisbon – Pascal Mercier
• The Bastard of Istanbul – Elif Shafak
• The World of Normal Boys – K. M. Soehnlein
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson

2009

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz
• Black Swan Green – David Mitchell
• Going Down – David Markson

2008

• The Wyvern Mystery – J. Sheridan Le Fanu
• Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman

2007

• Hotel World – Ali Smith
• Becoming Madame Mao – Anchee Min
• Paris in the Twentieth Century – Jules Verne

2006

• The Mistress of Spices – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
•  The Night Inspector – Frederick Busch

2005

• How to Be Good – Nick Hornby
• Girlfriend In a Coma – Douglas Coupland
• Saturday – Ian McEwan

2004

• Outlet – Randy Taguchi
• The Inner Circle – T. C. Boyle

2003

• Prey – Michael Crichton
• Chronopolis – Don DeLillo

2002

• Paris Pilgrims – Clancy Carlile
• Wonder Boys – Michael Chabon

2001

• Crazy Cock – Henry Miller

2000

• The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
• Eating Pavlova – D. M. Thomas

1999

• Et Tu, Babe – Mark Leyner
• Players – Don DeLillo
• The Ground Beneath Her Feet – Salman Rushdie
• Murther & Walking Spirits – Robertson Davies

1998

• Accordion Crimes – E. Annie Proulx
• The Woman and the Ape – Peter Høeg

1997

• Sliver – Ira Levin
• interstate – Stephen Dixon

1996

• Notes of a Dirty Old Man – Charles Bukowski

1995

• The Vampire Lestat – Anne Rice