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message 1: by SRC Moderator, Moderator (last edited Mar 15, 2025 03:59AM) (new)

SRC Moderator | 7065 comments Mod
It's time to starting thinking about some fun and interesting categories for our Group Reads! The ideas gathered from this thread will be used to build a list from which categories will be randomly chosen. Please include a short definition or description with your suggestion.

Each season's Group Reads will have 2 fiction categories and 1 non-fiction category. The Gutenberg Classics will continue.
The year's categories will be posted in advance so Group Reads nominators will have time to research and select appropriate books. For more information about the nominating process, please see task 20.10 in the Rewards of the Challenge.
As always, polls will be set up each season to choose between the nominated books for that season's Group Reads.

Choices from the past 5 years we would prefer not to repeat:

Fiction:
Anthologies
Comedy
Fantasy Not Originally Written in English
The Book Was Better Than The Movie,
Southern Literature
Love Triangles,
Parallel Timelines,
Cabin in the Woods
Continuation Novel
Young Adult Science Fiction
Bad Girls
Locked Room Mystery,
Knights/Middle Ages
Pun Titles,
Time Travel
Non-US Based Mystery
Cozy Mystery
Translated Short Stories
Asian Fiction
Murder Mystery
Animals
Historical Fiction 1900-1939
Popular Book Group Fiction
Feminist Dystopia
Aviation
Canadian Fiction
Families
Books Turned Into TV Shows
Indigenous
Road Trips
Biographical Fiction
Space Opera
Cryptids
Victorian
Musicals
Magical Realism
Australian Crime
Celebrity Book Club Picks
Historical Fantasy
Strong Women


Non fiction:
Female Entrepreneurs
Health,
Fashion,
Female Artists
Food,
Disability,
Social Justice
Travel
Nature,
A President or President's Spouse
A Comedian's memoir/biography
Animals
Poetry
Medicine
Treasure Hunting
Extreme Survival
True Crime
Journalism
Witch Trials
Cults


Feel free to get creative and submit your ideas here! This thread will be open for ideas until March 31. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with.


message 2: by Kathy KS (new)

Kathy KS | 2428 comments Fiction: Books written or set 1940-1979

Nonfiction: Books about books


message 3: by Susan A (last edited Mar 24, 2025 05:49PM) (new)

Susan A | 1747 comments Non Fiction - Maritime (of, relating to, or bordering on the sea)

Non Fiction - Royalty

Non-Fiction - Disasters

Nonfiction- architecture/engineering - how something is made or constructed

Non-Fiction: Dinosaurs (Palaeontology)

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Fiction: Royalty

Fiction: Dinosaurs

Fiction: Adventure

Fiction: Pirates

Fiction: Psychological Thriller

Fiction: Christmas/winter holiday

Fiction: Aliens (book featuring extraterrestrials)

Fiction: Nordic Noir


message 4: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1601 comments Fiction or Non-Fiction

Humor
American Revolution
Napoleon
Dysfunctional Family


message 5: by Marie (UK) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 3946 comments Fiction
modern classics
amazing covers
translated books
Series book - introduce someone to your favourite series (you would probably have to pick book 1 )

Non- Fiction
Music
child injustice - not sure how to phrase it but could cover exploitation sexually / in work enviroments and many other things
Astrology


message 6: by Robin P (new)

Robin P | 1679 comments Fiction
Coming of Age
Historical Mystery
Latin American Fiction
Cozy Fantasy


Nonfiction
Theater
American History
European History
Linguistics
Psychology


message 7: by JennRenee, Moderator (last edited Jun 11, 2025 07:08AM) (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2972 comments Mod
Mod
Thank you for your suggestions. The Group Reads Categories for the next 12 months have now been chosen (the Gutenberg classic will continue):

Summer
Fiction- Psychological Thriller
Fiction - Modern Classics
Non-Fiction- Linguistics

Fall
Fiction- Nordic Noir
Fiction - Cozy Fantasy
Non-Fiction- Psychology

Winter
Fiction- Royalty
Fiction - Historical Fiction 1940-1979
Non-Fiction- Dinosaurs

Spring
Fiction- Historical Mystery
Fiction - Pirates
Non-Fiction- Astrology


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