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I nominate The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, 455 pp, pub 19424.51 average rating on Goodreads
The memoir describes the surreal world of the Austrian hyperinflation of 1921–22 and the world between the two world wars and the Hitler years.
Hyperinflation can happen when a government starts printing money to pay debts, leading to a collapse in confidence and a rapid rise in prices.
In acknowledgement of the crewed Artemis II mission to the moon this month, I nominate, The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, 1979
Bob wrote: "In acknowledgement of the crewed Artemis II mission to the moon this month, I nominate, The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, 1979"I second.
I nominate The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima (1963).I am making effort to include some Asian writers and ideas in my reading practice.
Austin wrote: "I nominate The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969, 304 pages"
I second The Left Hand of Darkness.
spoko wrote: "I nominate Kindred by Octavia Butler. 288 pages, pub. 1979."We have already read it. It is probably OK, but you should check the date. (BTW we have not read Parable of the Sower).
Kindred is eligible last read by the group May 2019Parable of the Sower was a Buddy Read in Feb. 2023.
J_BlueFlower wrote: “We have already read it. It is probably OK, but you should check the date.”I did check the date, before nominating.
So, just to reiterate: I nominate Kindred by Octavia Butler. 288 pages, pub. 1979.
When a nomination is made of a book that has already been read, I always check the date before adding it to the current nominations list. If there is a problem, I will let the poster know.
Nominations Update:The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, 1979, 369 pages
Bob, Sam, Shawn
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham, 1930, 308 pages
Kimberly, Wobbley,
My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart, 1959, 400 pages
Wobbley, Heather L,
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969, 304 pages (last read 2023)
Austin, Toviel
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, 1979, 288 pages (last read 2019)
Spoko, Janelle
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, 1942, 455 pages
J_Blueflower
The Sandcastle by Iris Murdoch, 1957, 322 pages
Sam
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 1951, 537 pages (last read 2012)
Franky
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima, 1963, 181 pages
Cynda
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, 1947, 250 pages
Darren
If I have made any mistakes or omitted anyone, please let me know.
1. Books that have been featured as group reads in the last three years are not eligible for nomination. New School Bookshelf
In the interest of variety, please wait a month to renominate a book that was in any poll last month:
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott
2. Eligible publication dates for books are 1915 - 2006.
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4. A maximum of seven books, by seven different authors, will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The seven books with the most seconds move to the poll. (Ties sometimes require an adjustment to this rule.)
5. Only one nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.
5a. A second can be withdrawn and placed on another choice. This change must in some way be noted in a post such as, "I am withdrawing my second for book A and placing it on book B." This makes it easier for moderators to track changes.
6. Only one book per author; if more than one book by the same author is nominated, only the first one to receive a second will be eligible. The nominator of the ruled ineligible book will be able to nominate a replacement or second another already in nomination.
6a. Same author-multiple categories. The same author may be nominated in multiple categories in a single month as long as the nominations are for different books. In the case of identical nominations, precedence will go to the first one to receive a second.
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Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the penultimate day of the month.