Gone with a Book discussion

2016 book suggestions.

Categories for book selection.

1. 250 pages or less.

2. 500 pages or more.

3. A book from the Rory Gilmore List.

4. The Man Booker prize winner from 2015. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

5. The Pulitzer prize winner for Fiction 2015. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

6. A Goodreads Choice Award winner from any category from 2015.

7. A book that you want to re-read.

8. A book from your towering to read pile.

9. Judge a book by it's cover, a book you want to read because of it's cover art.

10. A book due to be released in 2016.

11. A book with a one word title.

12. I have only watched the Movie! A book adapted for the silver screen, you have seen the movie but not read the book.


When making your selection please post the category number next to this. Only one selection for each category please.

My selections.

1. 250 pages or less. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

2. 500 pages or more. The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag

3. A book from the Rory Gilmore list. Small Island by Andrea Levy

4. The Man Booker prize winner from 2015. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
5. The Pulitzer prize winner for Fiction 2015. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

6. A Goodreads Choice Award winner from any category from 2015.

7. A book that you want to re-read. by Philip Pullman

8. A book from my towering to read pile. The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

9. Judge a book by it's cover, a book you want to read because of it's cover art. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

10. A book due to be released in 2016. by Charlie Jane Anders

11. A book with a one word title Stonemouth by Iain Banks

12. I have only watched the Movie! A book adapted for the silver screen, you have seen the movie but not read the book. Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

Of course I might change some of my suggestions.

So we have The Man Booker winner for next year, don't forget to add your potential selections for any books you would like the group to read for 2016.

Ooooh, my selection for no. 3 would be "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay".

A book that I want to re-read (7) "Fugitive Pieces" by Anne Michaels.

Love the idea of "Dead Poets Society" for no. 12 - I didn't even know that was a book!

My selections for no.2 or no.11 would be Confessions by Jaume Cabre

and no.9 Uprooted by Naomi Novik

I bought The Children's Book by A S Byatt because of the beautiful cover but haven't got around to reading it just yet...

no.7 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
no.8 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
no.12 The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner

no.1

no.2

no.8

My selection would be and

Yay, great to see some new suggestions. I will set up the polls around early to mid December for the categories with multiple suggestions. Then we should have our books for 2016.

This is another on my to read list but would fit into no.1

No.10 , or

Another suggestion for 11:

Well, some books that I'll be reading soon and that fit the categories are:
2 - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
7 - Der Zauberberg
8 - An American Tragedy
9 - Books Burn Badly
12 - Atonement

Jelena wrote: "Well, some books that I'll be reading soon and that fit the categories are:
2 - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
7 - Der Zauberberg
8 - An American Tragedy
9 - [..."

Nice selections! I read the hunchback and the American tragedy few years ago and I would re-read them :)

Jelena wrote: "Well, some books that I'll be reading soon and that fit the categories are:
2 - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
7 - Der Zauberberg
8 - An American Tragedy
9 - [..."

Atonement is a brilliant book, well worth a read.

I have one for number 6. The fantasy category winner Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

This tread will close on the 10th of December with the polls opening on the same day for our 2016 choices.

Great to see lots of new suggestions, looking forward to seeing the results.

Anyway roll up roll up last chance to make some suggestions, checkout the Goodreads Choice awards to select a winner from any category (that is if you like the look of any of the winners)

No.2 suggestion or

No. 6 suggestion

6. Trigger Warning - Neil Gaiman
7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8. The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
10. The Winds of Winter - George R. R. Martin
11. Dracula
12. Schindler's List, Casino Royale, The Pursuit of Happyness

This is all so very complicated! Little Women, Lousia May Allcott (sp) the rory gilmore list, and yes I have read it and all the books that follow it.

Michelle wrote: "6. Trigger Warning - Neil Gaiman
7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8. The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
10. The Winds of Winter - George R. R. Martin
11. Dracula
12. Schindler's List, C..."

I have read most of those, excellent choices.

Closing this thread for the polls, thank you all for your 2016 suggestions.