Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

B1: 20th Century
B2: Your Native Language
B3: New Country
B4: Chosen by the Cover: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
B5: Ancient/Old or Future

I1: Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2026: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
I2: Prize Winning Author: Rabbit Redux by John Updike
I3: Science
I4: From Your TRB Shelf
I5: Book From the Group's Favorite 2025 Reads

N1: The Americas or Oceania: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
N2: Action & Adventure: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
N3: Free Choice — Classic or Not
N4: Mystery, Suspense, or Thriller: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
N5: Africa, Asia, or Europe: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

G1: Group Poll that Did Not Win: Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
G2: Missing From the Group’s Shelf
G3: History: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
G4: Recommended to You
G5: Group’s 2026 Bookshelf

O1: Birth Year: Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (1984)
O2: New-to-You or Favorite Author
O3: Somewhere Else: I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
O4: Translation
O5: 19th Century

Good luck with your planning!

Thanks, Wobbley. Good luck with your planning. This is my favorite time - so optimistic and hopeful in what can be accomplished next year!

Shawn wrote: "Thanks, Wobbley. Good luck with your planning. This is my favorite time - so optimistic and hopeful in what can be accomplished next year!"

Yes exactly, this part is so fun!

Happy reading.

If anyone is interested in offering recommendations- I’m looking for something to satisfy G4. And of course find a book I may not otherwise have found.

Thanks in advance.

If you haven't read Potok, Shawn, I highly recommend My Name Is Asher Lev or The Promise.

I highly recommend A Covenant With Death by Stephen Becker. I hope you'll love whatever you pick!

Your challenge looks great, Shawn. I'm looking forward to the English Patient buddy read.

Here are a couple of more ideas--I loved both.

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman