Classics for Beginners discussion

Time for June nominations!

Nomination Rules
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)

†Authors not to nominate:
Yevgeny Zamyatin (May 2017)
Victor Hugo (March-April 2017)
Theodore Dreiser (January-February 2017)
Daniel Defoe (December 2016)
Albert Camus (November 2016)
M.R. James (October 2016)
Jack London (September 2016)
Mark Twain (August 2016)

Charles Dickens (October-December 2016)
James Joyce (July-September 2016)

You have 2 weeks to nominate. The poll will go up on April 14.

Nominations So Far:
The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Nina can lead)
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (Gisela can lead)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (Phil can lead)
Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence (Emily can lead)

I nominate The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain. Can lead if it wins.

I nominate The Custom of the Country

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

love at the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez

Phil wrote: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"

Very good book. Read it twice, changed my view on a lot of things.

I nominate Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque

Gisela wrote: "I nominate The Custom of the Country"

Gisela, would you be willing to lead if it wins?

Phil wrote: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"

Phil, would you be willing to lead if it wins?

Ekako wrote: "I nominate Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque"

Ekako, would you be willing to lead if it wins?

Osman wrote: "love at the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez"

Osman, according to Goodreads, this was published first in 1985, so it does not fall into the category of 'over 50 years old'. Is there another book you might want to nominate?

We'll try again: The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence Can lead.

Nina wrote: "Gisela wrote: "I nominate The Custom of the Country"

Gisela, would you be willing to lead if it wins?"

Can do yes.

Ekako wrote: "I nominate Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque"

I love his books. Brilliant writer.

Good idea, Emily ^.^ It was a super close tie, I never saw that before!

Nina wrote: "Phil wrote: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"

Phil, would you be willing to lead if it wins?"

Yes, I can lead.