March 2025 Nominations > Likes and Comments

Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for March 2025.

Please do not nominate a book unless you have read it or you have the sincere intention to read it if it is selected.

Please use the "add book/author" link just above the comment box to insert a link to the Goodreads book page for the book you are nominating, so other members can more easily assess it. Apparently this only works on the desktop version of the site; if you use the app, the link is not available yet, so just be sure to put the full title and author.

To check whether a book has been previously read or already selected to be read, check the following list: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

You may nominate a book which has been suggested previously and did not win. You may nominate more than one book, but we might not include all of your nominations in the voting.

Authors and publishers may not nominate their own books.

Please do not nominate a book which is unlikely to be available to most members, such as one which was just published within the last four months or which is only available on Kindle in the U.S. We will be checking availability more strictly than we have before. Any book nominated should be available in at least one print version (hardback and/or paperback), at least one ebook edition, and at least one audio edition.

A nominated book should have at least 500 ratings in Goodreads and it's average rating should be at least 3.5.

Nominations will close on January 21 or when we have about 7 good nominations, whichever occurs first.

Hi Betsy, it looks like this message was posted twice by accident.

I'll re-nominate Johann Hari's Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs. Here is my 4-star review.

I nominate “Dinosaurs: How they lived and evolved”. It's the best natural history of dinos for adults. I reviewed the 1st edition ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ). Also, this group needs more dino love ;) Seriously, the last time a dino book won was March 2019 ( https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ).

P.S. Those who can't read Dinosaurs in print can borrow ebook copies from the Internet Archive. As for 500 ratings & 1 audio, those rules are too restrictive for previously-discussed reasons (TLDR: They effectively stop us from nominating most or all of the best dino/paleo books; If we can't nominate the best, what's the point?): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Since I already have it in hand for February my suggestion is The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet.

Hi Betsy, and everyone! I'm nominating Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution.

Betsy: I nominate this geology book: Earth - Portrait of the Planet, by Stephen Marshak. It's a 700 page monster, and contains a vast amount of information about everything one could possibly ask a practicing geologist. Later, John.

John wrote: "Betsy: I nominate this geology book: Earth - Portrait of the Planet, by Stephen Marshak. It's a 700 page monster, and contains a vast amount of information about everything one could possibly ask a..."

Earth: Portrait of a Planet looks like a very interesting book, but it doesn't have an audio version, it doesn't have enough ratings, and it's very expensive. So, it doesn't really qualify.

Hello science lovers! I nominate Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved

Nessy ✶⋆.˚ wrote: "Hello science lovers! I nominate Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved"

This book has been nominated before, but it doesn't have an audio edition and it doesn't have enough ratings on Goodreads, so it doesn't qualify. However, if there are interested members, you and Herman could start a buddy read. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

That is a great idea! In this case, I nominate Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity

Nessy ✶⋆.˚ wrote: "That is a great idea! In this case, I nominate Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity"

That book certainly qualifies and I would ordinarily include it without question, but we already have one book by Rovelli nominated this month. Why don't you wait and renominate this one in another month or two?

Nessy ✶⋆.˚ wrote: "That is a great idea! In this case, I nominate Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity"

Betsy wrote: "Nessy ✶⋆.˚ wrote: "That is a great idea! In this case, I nominate Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity"

That book certainly qualifies and I would ordinarily..."

Nessy and Betsy, it looks like Reality is Not What it Seems was already selected as a group read for this group, back in April 2017, per https://www.goodreads.com/group/books....

Interesting. Thanks, CatReader. When I did a search of our bookshelves, it did not come up in the search results.

Unfortunately, Goodreads is beginning to be very glitchy. And you can never tell when it's going to fail.

I apologize for the confusion.

I would like to add that even if the book was already selected as a group read, since 2017 it's been 8 years and a lot of new members joined since then. But the decision is not mine! :)

Nessy ✶⋆.˚ wrote: "I would like to add that even if the book was already selected as a group read, since 2017 it's been 8 years and a lot of new members joined since then. But the decision is not mine! :)"

That's true, but our policy has always been to not repeat a book. If members want to change that policy, I'm willing to consider it. It's just that there are a lot of books that we haven't read.

I 100% agree with you! In this case, again, I nominate Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

This time I verified whether or not the book was already read and it doesn't appear in the list. Hope it's ok now!

I nominate Lynne Peeples's The Inner Clock. Peeples intensely researched the topic and weaved her writing around her personal experience. I am excited to get others' take on her reporting of our circadian rhythms.

I nominate How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. It's such an enlightening read for me.

Andrea wrote: "I nominate Lynne Peeples's The Inner Clock. Peeples intensely researched the topic and weaved her writing around her personal experience. I am excited to get others' take on her reporting of our ci..."

This looks interesting, but it doesn't have enough ratings to qualify. That may just be because it's pretty new, having just been published in September. Maybe you could wait a few months and check again, then renominate it.

Current valid nominations:

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Some really good choices. Two more slots available. Tomorrow is the deadline.

Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell.

Hayley wrote: "Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell."

This looks fascinating, but it was only published in November 2024, so it's too new. Perhaps you could renominate it in a few months.

I can make a second nomination if needed -- no need to use this if other eligible books are nominated. I'll nominate The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science - Here is my 5-star review.

I'm going to make a nomination too. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant. About the 2016 fire that destroyed Fort McMurray, Alberta. Probably very applicable also to the recent LA fires, and the one a couple years ago in Lahaina, HI.

Nominations are now closed. Please vote for your preference at the following poll:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

which will be open through January 27.