The Worst of Any Year

2023

  • Manhattan Beach — Jennifer Egan
  • The Magicians— Lev Grossman
  • 47 — Walter Mosley
  • Chasing Pancho Villa — R. L. Tecklenburg

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

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