Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion
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November 2025 Nominations
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Goncharov’s Oblomov for comedyDelillo’s Underworld for SOTN
I nominate comedy: Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
state of the nation: Effie Briest by Theodor Fontane
SotN: Moll Flanders - Defoe
Comedy: Death and the Penguin - Kurkov
Kimberly wrote: "I nominate comedy: Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
state of the nation: Effie Briest by Theodor Fontane"
Effi Briest was read by the group two years ago. Personally, I haven't read it yet, but I think we can nominate only books not read by the group yet.
I nominate:The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
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Infinite Jest by Foster Wallace (might need more than one month for this one)
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unless Kimberley wants to pick another SoN instead of Effi Briest?
maybe we should have an extra poll specifically for a "Revisit" read, say once every 3 months? we could start next month, i.e. in December, March, June and September - what does everybody think?
I like the idea of a revisit read. Perhaps we could have a rule that the book must have been last read more than X years ago.
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so have re-opened the Poll for a couple of days, and invited a few more members to vote...
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
Books mentioned in this topic
The Last September (other topics)A Handful of Dust (other topics)
Whisky Galore (other topics)
Effie Briest (other topics)
Effi Briest (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Compton Mackenzie (other topics)Theodor Fontane (other topics)
Compton Mackenzie (other topics)
Theodor Fontane (other topics)
State of the Nation and Comedy
to help with choosing nominations, I have updated the threads containing the full list of books in each of these categories, showing which books have already been read - hopefully these are useful:
State of the Nation List
Comedy List
so let's have those suggestions...