Reading 1001 discussion

The authors for January are Bernal Diaz del Castillo through George Eliot .

Books over 600 pages are not included and books that have been past botm in 2022 are also not included. We are taking nominations for 2025 Quarterly reads from books >600 and <1000 so go to that thread and make your nominations. Voting will start after we are done voting for January botm.

Voting for January botm starts today and ends on the 24th when the winners will be announced. 2023 botm are excluded from 2025 choices.

HOW TO VOTE:
Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. Everyone gets one free vote. if you have participation points you can have up to 4 additional votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 different choices.

Only books that have not been previous botm in past 10 years (2015 +) will be added to the randomizer. Each book you choose will be fed into the randomizer for an opportunity to be chosen by the randomizer.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo - Spain
1. The Conquest of New SpainA Tale of Two Cities

Philip K. Dick - US
2. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - botm 2015*

Charles Dickens - England
3. Great Expectations
4. A Tale of Two Cities
5. Hard Times
6. A Christmas Carol
7. Oliver Twist

Denis Diderot - France
8. Rameau's Nephew
9. The Nun
10. Jacques the Fatalist

Joan Didion - US
11. Democracy
12, Play It As It Lays

Eilís Dillon - Ireland
13. The Bitter Glass

Isak Dinesen - Denmark
14. Out of Africa - 2013 botm

Alfred Döblin - Poland
15. Berlin Alexanderplatz

E.L. Doctorow - US
16. Billy Bathgate
17. Ragtime
18. City of God, 2017 botm*

Jim Dodge - US
19. Stone Junction

H.D. Hilda Doolittle, US
20. Asphodel

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Russia
21. Notes from the Underground

Maro Douka - Greece
22. Fool's Gold

Apostolos Doxiadis - Australia
23. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture

Arthur Conan Doyle - Scotland
24. The Hound of the Baskervilles- 2013 botm
25. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - UK

Margaret Drabble
26. The Red Queen
27. The Radiant Way

Slavenka Drakulić - Croatia
28. As if I am not there: A novel about the Balkans3590], 2019 botm*

Theodore Dreiser - US
29. Sister Carrie

Daphne du Maurier - UK
30. Rebecca

Alexandre Dumas - France
31. La Reine Margot

Marguerite Duras - Indonesia
32. The Ravishing of Lol Stein
33, The Lover, 2009, 2013 botm
34. The Vice-Consul

Lawrence Durrell - India
35. Justine, 2021 botm*

Friedrich Dürrenmatt - Switzerland
36. The Judge and His Hangman, 2021 botm*

Alfredo Bryce Echenique - Peru
37. A World for Julius

Umberto Eco - Italy
38. The Name of the Rose, 2011 botm

Maria Edgeworth - England
39. Ormond, 2019 botm*
40. The Absentee
41. Castle Rackrent

Jennifer Egan - US
42. A Visit from the Goon Squad

Dave Eggers - US
43. The Circle

Nawal El Saadawi - Egypt
44. Woman at Point Zero

George Eliot - England
45. The Mill on the Floss
46. Silas Marner

That's the list for January 2025. Let us know what you've read and what you would like to read. And be sure to check out the nominations for quarterly reads. Add your nominations. Voting will begin after we are done voting for January botm. Are you looking forward to 2025? Happy reading!

I've read 25 of those listed above. I currently have 2 on my TBR shelves:

- Play it as it lays (Didion)
- The Circle (Eggers)

I'd back Eggers over Didion, as I intend to use Didion in my TBR challenge. Not averse to some of the classics I haven't read yet, like Oliver Twist, Ormond/The Absentee and The Mill on the Floss (although this one is almost eligible for a quarterly).

I want to read The Circle, too. So happy to see that on your list Patrick. I’ve read Play it as it Lays. I am one who likes Joan Didion’s writing.

I’ve read 25 of these, not counting the one’s that are excluded. Other’s that I have on the shelf; Sister Carrie, La Reigne Margot.

The Circle sounds like it could generate some interesting discussion. I could back that one.

I've read 24. I was planning to read The Circle in December for my last book in the keyword challenge, but maybe I will find something else for that and save The Circle for January if it's voted in.

The only other one that I own is The Judge and His Hangman, but since that was a 2021 BotM, it won't qualify for the randomizer and I guess a lot of people have read it. So I wouldn't bother to vote for that.

The Circle looks good. There's a movie adaptation with Tom Hanks and Emma Watson that I'd be interested in watching after reading.

Jane wrote: "The Circle looks good. There's a movie adaptation with Tom Hanks and Emma Watson that I'd be interested in watching after reading."

Jane thanks for the info on the movie. I am always glad for a tie-in.

I have only read 8 books from this list. I have not read any Dickens except A Christmas Carol. I am going to throw in A Tale of Two Cities for the randomizer, I want to read this before I head to Paris next year.

Diane wrote: "I have only read 8 books from this list. I have not read any Dickens except A Christmas Carol. I am going to throw in A Tale of Two Cities for the randomizer, I want to read this before I head to P..."

Oh how fun to be heading to Paris, Diane.

I’ve read 19 of these. The only one I currently own is A Visit from the Goon Squad so I may put that in the randomizer when I’ve looked at my plans for next year.

I have read 19 of these. I have already read Play it As it Lays, The Circle and a Visit from the Goon Squad. I have read both George Eliots. I wouldn't mind a Dickens as the only ones I have read are The Christmas Carol and Hard Times. I would be open to either Tale of Two Cities or Oliver Twist. I would like to read La Reigne Margot also, but I will wait a bit before voting for it in case others want to read Dickens, in which case I will add votes to one of his.

I've read 18, so 39% which is a little better than my usual. The Circle doesn't seem to have very high ratings from GR readers.
Dickens' Hard Times is the highest in my to-read list of these that I haven't read (& it's the only one of these I own); I've read the other 4 Dickens in this list. Next down my to-reads are Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle and "Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture".

I got time blind and forgot to check this out: which turned out to be fine because i've read these ones. I'll leave the voting to others this month.

I hope you enjoy your trip to Paris Diane!

I have read 17, mostly the classics (Dickens, Elliot) but also a lot of what is being mentioned (dideon, Egan) and I dnf’d the circle back when it came out, but if we are being completionists maybe I can listen. I am going to vote for stone junction to put it into the randomizer

Last day to get your votes in, winner announced tomorrow. And if you haven't stopped by the Quarterly read topic to put in your nominations for next years quarterly reads, we will be starting the vote for quarterly on the 25th.

January 2025 Reads:
Popular Vote: The Circle
Randomizer: Ragtime picked by Jane


The Circle was a clear winner for January. Two other books received a good number of nominations; La Reigne Margot and A Tale of Two Cities.

What will you be reading in January?

Aargh, Ragtime is my TBR book this month so I’ll probably give January a miss. It’s very good so far though :)

Sorry Pamela! That is the first randomizer I've had selected. I hope everyone who reads it enjoys it!

Jane wrote: "Sorry Pamela! That is the first randomizer I've had selected. I hope everyone who reads it enjoys it!"

And I forgot to vote so I definitely can’t complain! I’ll keep an eye on the discussion and reviews anyway.

Ragtime is probably my favorite by Doctorow. A very good book. So I probably won’t reread it but will see. I also may have to read The Circle before January so January could be an odd start for me.

Pamela, I think you can participate in the discussion and earn at least 1 point that way.

I'm going to read Ragtime with you Jane!

I will read The Circle. I read Ragtime in 2013 and I don't remember it well enough to discuss!

I will be reading Ragtime for January but have read The Circle. Hopefully, this will give me a jump start on the annual or quarterly read.

Pamela wrote: "Aargh, Ragtime is my TBR book this month so I’ll probably give January a miss. It’s very good so far though :)"

You can still contribute to the discussion even if you finished reading it before January.

I've read Ragtime, gave it a 4-star rating. I'm going to pass on The Circle and work on my long to-read list and maybe a short story or two. I'm reading Miramar now for December.