All About Books discussion

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, for November and December 2025. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1975 or earlier.

Nominations will run for 7 days and will close late on 10th October 2025 or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days and I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7-day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can nominate one book and second one book each. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, although please be mindful that our polls do not fill up as quickly as they used to.

Please only nominate, second or vote for a book you will read with the group if it should win. Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf or browsing the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nomination process please post here, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or contact one of the moderators and we will be happy to help.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Alannah wrote: "The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger"

I will second this.

I nominate All the Names
by José Saramago

I nominate The Trial

All the Names by José Saramago has been on my shelf for a while, and I will second if it qualifies. I believe it was published in the 1990’s.

Jade wrote: "I nominate The Trial"

I will second this

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate All the Names
by José Saramago"

Sorry Nidhi, this was published 1997

Greg wrote: "Maurice by E.M. Forster"

Second this.

Nominated Books:

Books Going To Poll:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Maurice by E.M. Forster