Poll

Seven of these 12 are listed in "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" (and a lot of other lists of classics no doubt): Germinal, Fathers and Sons, Pere Goriot, Oblomov, Shirley, Silas Marner and Sorrows of Young Werther. I'm going with "Fathers and Sons" for 3 reasons: because it has a high 3.94 avg rating in Goodreads, it's under 400 pages, and because I seem to like the Russians (except Bulgakov- he was actually born in what's now Ukraine though). The Americans and Brits seem to be racking up the most votes though.

I voted for The Sorrows of Young Werther because I have been wanting to read it and because it is a short novel. Important to me as I read War and Peace and get holiday things done. Already 2 Thanksgiving dinners. Busy and Blessed.

Triple tie:

Romeo and Juliet 45 votes, 13.8%
Shirley 45 votes, 13.8%
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 45 votes, 13.8%

Wow! How cool is that!!!!????

Days left and this is still a close poll.

I'm rooting hard for Mark Twain! These polls are so close this month. I'll be interested to see who our winners are.

Only one more day for voting and the top three are really close.

I see a tie breaker in this poll's future! 😜

What happens now? Do we vote again on just the top two?

Yep, I'll be setting up a run off poll soon. There will also be one for the revisit group read, which ended in a tie as well! These will run for only 1 week.