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Nominations for the 4th Quarter Long Reads
October - December 2023

4th Quarter 2022 Long Read group read nominations are now open! Please review the requirements below for book eligibility.

1. Eligible books must be a minimum of 600 pages in length. Nominations need to be a book, not a series of books nor an omnibus of books.

Past Long Read Books listed below are NOT eligible: Long Reads Bookshelf

Also books read within the past year are not eligible. In the interest of variety, please wait a month to renominate a book that has been in any poll.

2. Long Read Nominations must meet the same requirements as books being nominated for our New School and Old School monthly reads. Nominated books must be published prior to the year 2000.

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 A second can be withdrawn and placed on another choice.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 nominate Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks.
758 pages
First published 1998.

Could I nominate Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins. 689 pages. First published 1870. Thanks!

I would like to nominate Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1,079 pp, 1996

Goodreads average rating 4.26

I nominate Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages paperback, 1978

4.23 rating

I met two people last month who said this is one of the best books they ever read.

I'd like to nominate Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens - 835 pages, first published in 1841

I nominate Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. 1987. 1002 pages

It slipped my mind that the third quarter long read is also a Dickens novel. If it's not okay to have the same author nominated for this quarter as well, please ignore my nomination.

Piyangie wrote: "It slipped my mind that the third quarter long read is also a Dickens novel. If it's not okay to have the same author nominated for this quarter as well, please ignore my nomination."
It is okay to nominate the same author for back to back long read.

Thanks, Katy.

Bob wrote: "I nominate Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages paperback, 1978

4.23 rating

I met two people last month who said this is one of the best books they ever read." I second this

I second Infinite Jest.

I second Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins

I second Sarum.

Margaret wrote: "I second Sarum."

Thanks! :)

I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages

Darren wrote: "I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages
"

I second

I nominate V. by Thomas Pynchon 640 pages, first pub 1963

I second The Way We Love Now.

Darren wrote: "I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages
"

I enthusiastically second this. :-)

Nominations Update

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, 1875, 776 pages
Darren, AiK, spoko, Kathleen

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins, 1870, 689 pages
Franky, Wobbley

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1079 pages
J_BlueFlower, Kmiberly

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1978, 1424 pages
Bob, Michele

Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd, 1987, 1002 pages
Michaela, Margaret

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages
Kimberly

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens, 1841, 835 pages
Piyangie

V. by Thomas Pynchon, 1963, 640 pages
AiK

I second Barnaby Rudge

I second V..

I support Infinite Jest

Darren wrote: "I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages"


Second

I second Sarum: The Novel of England

Dave wrote: "I second Barnaby Rudge"

Thanks, Dave.

I second V.

Darren wrote: "I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages
"


I second.

Julie wrote: "I second Sarum: The Novel of England"

Thanks Julie! :)

Heather L wrote: "Darren wrote: "I nominate The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875) 776 pages"


Second"

I second, too.

Nominations Update

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, 1875, 776 pages
Darren, AiK, spoko, Kathleen, Heather L, Terris, Nina

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1079 pages
J_BlueFlower, Kimberly, MommaWR

Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd, 1987, 1002 pages
Michaela, Margaret, Julie

V. by Thomas Pynchon, 1963, 640 pages
AiK, Sam, Darya Silman

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins, 1870, 689 pages
Franky, Wobbley

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1978, 1424 pages
Bob, Michele

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens, 1841, 835 pages
Piyangie, Dave

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages
Kimberly

I second Cloudsplitter.

I second Barnaby Rudge

I second Man and Wife.

I second Sacajawea.

Chuck wrote: "I second Barnaby Rudge"

Thanks, Chuck.

I second "V."

I'll second Cloudsplitter

Nominations Update

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, 1875, 776 pages
Darren, AiK, spoko, Kathleen, Heather L, Terris, Nina

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1079 pages
J_BlueFlower, Kimberly, MommaWR

Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd, 1987, 1002 pages
Michaela, Margaret, Julie

V. by Thomas Pynchon, 1963, 640 pages
AiK, Sam, Darya Silman, Gerard

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins, 1870, 689 pages
Franky, Wobbley, Pat

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1978, 1424 pages
Bob, Michele, Luffy

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens, 1841, 835 pages
Piyangie, Dave, Chuck

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages
Kimberly, Marilyn, Katy

All books nominated this month will advance to the polls.

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, 1875, 776 pages

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1079 pages

Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd, 1987, 1002 pages

V. by Thomas Pynchon, 1963, 640 pages

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins, 1870, 689 pages

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1978, 1424 pages

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens, 1841, 835 pages

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages