Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

October 2023 New School group read nominations are now open! Please review the requirements below for book eligibility.

1. Books that have already been featured as group reads are not eligible for nomination. Bookshelf

In the interest of variety, please wait a month to renominate a book that has been in the poll. These are the books from last month's poll that did not win:

A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

2. Eligible publication dates for books are 1900-1999.

3. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.

4. Only seven books, by seven different authors will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The seven books with the most seconds moves to the poll.

5. One nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.

5a. A second can be withdrawn and placed on another choice. This change must in some way be noted in a post such as, "I am withdrawing my second for book A and placing it on book B." It will be easier to moderator to track changes.

6. Only one book per author; in the event of more than one book by the same author is nominated, only the first one to receive a second will be eligible. The nominator of the ruled ineligible book will be able to nominate a replacement or second another already in nomination.

6a. Same author-multiple categories. The same author may be nominated in multiple categories in a single month as long as the nominations are for different books. In the case of identical nominations, precedence will go to the first one to receive a second.

7. Availability Members nominating for a monthly Group Read will need to check that a copy of the text is reasonably available for members, and is available in English. Moderators may disallow a nomination if a copy is not readily available.

Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the end of the month.

I would like to nominate The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 288 pp, 1966.

Goodreads average rating 4.16.
126,713 ratings

I nominate The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Published in 1989, 546 pages.

"First with your head and then with your heart."

87000+ Rated it 4.34 Stars

I nominate The Wasp Factory: A Novel, Iain Banks 1984 192pp

I nominate Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque. Published in 1941, 448 pages.

I would like to nominate The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1919 247pp

I'd love to read all that have been nominated so far.

I second The Wasp Factory

I nominate The Way of All Flesh (Centaur Classics) The 100 greatest novels of all time - #74 by Samuel Butler. First published in 1903.
315 pages

I second The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Been wanting to read it for a while. Thank you for nominating it.

Sue wrote: "I would like to nominate The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1919 247pp"

I second this - just read The Razor's Edge and thoroughly enjoyed it :)

I nominate The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (419 p., pub. 1996).

Darren wrote: "I second The Wasp Factory"

Thanks Darren.

Thank you, Julie. I've been wanting to read another of his since reading The Razor's Edge also.

I nominate The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen first pub 1938, 418p

I nominate The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944, 274 pages

Marilyn wrote: "I nominate Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque. Published in 1941, 448 pages."

I second

I second The Road to Serfdom.

spoko wrote: "I nominate The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (419 p., pub. 1996)."

SECOND

Nominations Update

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966, 288 pages
J_BlueFlower, Klowey

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 1984, 192 pages
Sam, Darren

Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque, 1941, 448 pages
Marilyn, AiK

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996, 419 pages
spoko, RJ - Slayer of Trolls

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, 1944, 274 pages
AiK, Jen

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, 247 pages
Sue, Julie

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, 1989, 546 pages
Bob

The Way of All Flesh (Centaur Classics) The 100 greatest novels of all time - #74 by Samuel Butler, 1903, 348 pages
Kimberly

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 1938, 418 pages
Janelle

I nominate Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926. 161 pages.

I nominate The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages

I second Radetzky March.
I already have a copy and am planning to read it by the end of the year.

I second Winne the Pooh.

I second The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen.

I love the idea of reading Winnie-the-Pooh!

Sharon wrote: "I love the idea of reading Winnie-the-Pooh!"

Is that a second?

Thanks Terry :)

Wobbley wrote: "I nominate Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926. 161 pages."

I second.

I second The Power of One

I support the nomination for Winnie the poo

I second The Radetzky March.

I second The Sparrow.

I second The Radetzky March

Wobbley wrote: "I nominate Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926. 161 pages."

Second

Nominations Update

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926, 161 pages
Wobbley, Elizabeth, J_BlueFlower, MommaWR, Heather L

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages
Dominik, George P., Michaela, Kimberly

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996, 419 pages
spoko, RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Terris

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966, 288 pages
J_BlueFlower, Klowey

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 1984, 192 pages
Sam, Darren

Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque, 1941, 448 pages
Marilyn, AiK

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, 1944, 274 pages
AiK, Jen

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, 247 pages
Sue, Julie

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, 1989, 546 pages
Bob, Dave

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 1938, 418 pages
Janelle, Terry

The Way of All Flesh (Centaur Classics) The 100 greatest novels of all time - #74 by Samuel Butler, 1903, 348 pages
Kimberly

I second The Death of the Heart

Thanks Chuck :)

I second The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

I second The Moon and Sixpence.

I second Winnie the Pooh

I second Flotsam.

Janelle wrote: "I nominate The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen first pub 1938, 418p"

Second

Thanks Jeri :)

I change my second to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

thank you, Laurie

Nominations Update

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926, 161 pages
Wobbley, Elizabeth, J_BlueFlower, MommaWR, Heather L

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages
Dominik, George P., Michaela, Kimberly

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 1938, 418 pages
Janelle, Terry, Chuck, Jeri

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966, 288 pages
J_BlueFlower, Klowey, Shaina, Cynda

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996, 419 pages
spoko, RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Terris

Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque, 1941, 448 pages
Marilyn, AiK, Pat

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, 247 pages
Sue, Julie, Laurie

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 1984, 192 pages
Sam, Darren

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, 1944, 274 pages
AiK, Jen

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, 1989, 546 pages
Bob, Dave

The Way of All Flesh (Centaur Classics) The 100 greatest novels of all time - #74 by Samuel Butler, 1903, 348 pages
Kimberly

These nominations will advance to the poll

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926, 161 pages

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 1938, 418 pages

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966, 288 pages

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996, 419 pages

Flotsam by Erich Maria Remarque, 1941, 448 pages

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, 1919, 247 pages