Gone with a Book discussion

The complete suggestions for those looking to over achieve on the yearly group challenge. Use this topic for discussions for the runners up books.

Categories for book selection.

1. 250 pages or less.
Winner. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Runners up. The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell & Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami


2. 500 pages or more.
Winner. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Runners up. The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker, The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray & The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

3. A book from the Rory Gilmore List.
Winners. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott & The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Runners up. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon & 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.
Winner. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Runner up The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

7. A book that you want to re-read.
Winner. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Runners up Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels & Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann

8. A book from your towering to read pile.
Winner The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Runners up The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston & An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

9. Judge a book by it's cover, a book you want to read because of it's cover art.
Winner Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Runners up The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt & Books Burn Badly by Manuel Rivas

10. A book due to be released in 2016.
Winner The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin
Runners up All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James, There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane & The Forgotten Room by Karen White

11. A book with a one word title.
Winner Dracula by Bram Stoker
Runners up Confessions by Jaume Cabré, Stoner by John Williams & 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.
Winner Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
Runners up Atonement by Ian McEwan, Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally, The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner & Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Some great choices there! Looking forward to getting stuck in.

Yeah I am really pleased folk came up with some great books, plus some I really am looking forward to reading despite not considering them before.