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It's time to nominate your choice for our June & July 2021 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 12th May or when we filled the poll with six books.

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. 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 either nominate one book or second one book. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, however please be mindful of this as the polls are not filling up as quickly anymore

The poll will then run until the 19th May 2021 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

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, contact one of the moderators or post on 'Ask the Moderators' thread

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

Alannah, I wanted to know if a biography qualifies as a non- fiction?

Nidhi wrote: "Alannah, I wanted to know if a biography qualifies as a non- fiction?"

It does, we have some as group reads on here.

I nominate The agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. Pages 776. If it has not been read already by the group.

I nominate

Christine wrote: "I nominate Paranoid"

That's a fiction book Christine.

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate The agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. Pages 776. If it has not been read already by the group."

This is showing as fiction Nidhi.

I nominate Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

Kat wrote: "I nominate Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America"

I will second this Kat.

Yes I thought so... I will save this nomination for bimonthly classic read.

Nidhi wrote: "Yes I thought so... I will save this nomination for bimonthly classic read."

No problem, that will be coming up in early June.

I will nominate I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - I have already listened to it and enjoyed but I think it will be a great one for discussion.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison

I nominate The Years by Annie Ernaux . Pages 256.

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate The Years by Annie Ernaux . Pages 256."

Thanks Nidhi :)

I nominate Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison

I second Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.

We could try A Crack in Creation by Jennifer Doudna. The first half of this non-fiction describes the development of gene splicing and CRISPR.

I nominate “The Anarchy: the relentless rise of the East India Company “.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

I'll second The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

Plenty of promising books here - I'd like to read both "The Years" and "Jefferson's Daughters", but I'll have to go for "The anarchy" now since I already have the book.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple

I nominate when breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple

I second When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Two slots left.

Is it too late to second ‘A crack in Creation?

Not at all, will add that on when I get to a device that allows me to edit posts.
Thanks Scarlotte.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna

One slot left.

I'll nominate Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree

Paul wrote: "I'll nominate Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree"

Thank you, Paul.

Nominated Books:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Years by Annie Ernaux
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree

Books Going To Poll:
Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna

Nominations will close later today.

Nominations closed, poll will be set up shortly.

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

It will close on the 19th May.