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I nominate All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. I would be willing to lead if it is selected.
Please provide a Goodreads link to the book you want to nominate. If you have, thanks, if not, please do.
One more day to make nominations!
Mishek and Rev, you still need to provide links for your nominations.
Mishek and Rev, you still need to provide links for your nominations.
Akbar wrote: "I nominate East of Eden by John Steinbeck. East of Eden"
This was a group read already in May 2014. Would you like to nominate another book?
This was a group read already in May 2014. Would you like to nominate another book?
The poll is up. No further nominations will be accepted. Please note that I added the suggestions that were eligible, although two members did not use Goodreads links. In the future, your suggestions may not make it on the poll.
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Haunting of Hill House (other topics)East of Eden (other topics)
East of Eden (other topics)
A Room with a View (other topics)
All Quiet on the Western Front (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
E.M. Forster (other topics)Erich Maria Remarque (other topics)







It's that time when we nominate our next group read, for the month of May.
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:
Kenneth Grahame (April 2018)
Daphne du Maurier (March 2018)
Gaston Leroux (February 2018)
Ernest Hemingway (January 2018)
Edith Wharton (December 2017)
Elizabeth Gaskell (November 2017)
Grahame Greene (October 2017)
Madeleine L'Engle (September 2017)
Agatha Christie (August 2017)
L.M. Montgomery (July 2017)
The poll will go up on March 10th.
Nominations:
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
World's End by Upton Sinclair
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
A Room With A View by EM Forster
The Haunting of Hill House