January 2027 book club nominations are open > Likes and Comments

For January we are going to read another chunky NYRB classic. So please nominate books 600 pages or longer for January. Nominations will be open for 10 days and I'll put a poll up soon after we have all the nominations. Depending on the size of the book, the January group read will be a two or three month read. I will make up nominations in case we fall short of 4-6 target for the poll. So let us plan to knock off another NYRB classic heavyweight.

J R by William Gaddis

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

I also want to add that the book nominated need not be a single novel. The Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov would be fine as would any series, or other collection as long as the book as published by NYRB Classics is 600 pages or more.

And let us just stay with NYRB Classics series rather than their other imprints.

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

Is this within the parameters?
If yes, I nominate it.

cc wrote: "The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

Is this within the parameters?
If yes, I nominate it."

Definitely, Great nomination!

I had a computer crash and will get the poll up tonight or tomorrow.

The poll for our January long read is up with four interesting possibilities. I added Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez for the fourth nomination. Although not excluded by choice, there are no women authors nominated. Normally I would have added one but our last two Januay reads were by women authors and it balances to have a male this year.

oh well

Today is the Last day of voting for our January long read.

Life and Fate won with around twice the votes of any other book. Looking forward to the read. Thanks for the nominations and voting.