I'm re-reading a lot of his novels at the moment. Currently reading Bluebeard. Almost forgot what a great writer this guy is.

So, what's your favorite novel of his and why?

Obviously I had to leave several of his novels off of the poll so feel free to chime in if I skipped your favorite.

A complete list:

Player Piano
Published in 1952.

The Sirens of Titan
Published in 1959.

Mother Night
Published in 1962.

Cat's Cradle
Published in 1963.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine
Published in 1965.

Slaughterhouse-Five or Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Published in 1969.

Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday!
Published in 1973.

Slapstick, or Lonesome No More
Published in 1976.

Jailbird
Published in 1979.

Deadeye Dick
Published in 1982.

Galápagos
Published in 1985.

Bluebeard
Published in 1987.

Hocus Pocus
Published in 1990.

Timequake
Published in 1997.

My favorite is Cat's Cradle, followed very closely by Slaughterhouse-Five, Mother Night, and The Sirens of Titans.

Bluebeard was pretty nifty. I didn't care much for the rest. And Breakfast of Champions is overrated.

Or, at least, that's hows I sees it.

My favorite is Deadeye Dick. I've enjoyed pretty much everything except for Sirens of Titan, which I should revisit one of these days.

My #1 is Cat's Cradle. Next would come Mother Night and The Sirens of Titan. The next group would be God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Slaughterhouse 5 and Galapagos.

I would expect Slaughterhouse 5 to win this poll because I'd bet it's the one the most people have read.

My list is essentially exactly the same as movielib's.

I've only read Slaughterhouse 5 (just a couple months ago) and didn't like it at all.

Any reason to give Vonnegut another chance? Or he an author where if you don't like one work, you probably won't like any of them?

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Breakfast of Champions is one of my favorite books. I'd give that a read, JH.

My order:
Breakfast of Champions
Cat's Cradle
Mother Night
Welcome to the Monkey House
Slaughterhouse-Five
Player Piano
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

I'm happy to see Mother Night regarded so highly by people. It's one of my favorite Vonnegut books and I've always thought it was underappreciated. It's a wonderful story and it's wonderful storytelling.

Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five are classics. I actually really liked his recent works like Hocus Pocus and Timequake as well.

My favorites are Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle. I've never been able to finish either Sirens of Titan or Player Piano. They just don't do it for me. I also really love Deadeye Dick, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Jailbird, Slapstick, and even Bluebeard. I'm not so much of a fan of Slaughterhouse Five, to be honest.

Been ages since I read any Vonnegut, but...

Cat's Cradle felt like his most consistent book; wasn't really expecting that ending.

Next I'd probably put up Slaughterhouse 5, slightly edging out Sirens of Titan.

I was probably too young to really appreciate Breakfast of Champions (I remember cracking up a little too much over the crude beaver drawings), but I'll still put it last anyway.

I read most of these (with the exception of Cat's Cradle) when I was younger, probably around twelve, and was expecting them to be "harder" science fiction. I should probably revisit them sometime.