I feel this morning that there should be prizes in literature for the following:
Most Ignored Really Good Book
Best Serious Novel With Sex You Would Actually Want To Have
Worst Book To Teach Other Writers A Great Deal About Storytelling
Best Sad Book That Is Not Egregiously Manipulative Or Contrived
Book That Stays With You And Actually Changes The Way You Think
Book That Made Most People Who Read It Happier And Nicer
And possibly also:
Best Novel Written Entirely Whilst Nude
Best Original Fiction Featuring A Duck Or Other Waterfowl In A Major Role
Because we ignore outliers at our peril.
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