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It's time to nominate your choices for our first group classics read of 2022, this time for January and February 2022. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book that was first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1972 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 12 December or when we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run then until the 19 December 2021.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 10 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, although please be mindful as 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 through the Group Fiction folder.

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

I nominate The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse.

I nominate Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse."

Nice! I will second this one as I haven't read it yet.

Thanks for the great choices Nidhi and Jennifer!

Everyone, keep the nominations coming!

I'll nominate Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Nominated Books:
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

I second Cat’s Cradle.

Nominated Books:
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie


Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I second Peter Pan. I'm not in the mood for anything heavy. :)

Teri-K wrote: "I second Peter Pan. I'm not in the mood for anything heavy. :)"

Sounds good. I love it.

Nominated Books:

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

I nominate Dracula by Bram Stoker

I nominate Crime and Punishment

I will second Crime and Punishment

Nominated Books:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Nominated Books:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

I nominated Washington Square by Henry James

Nominated Books:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Washington Square by Henry James

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

I'll nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'll nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr."

For some reason I always think that book was published a lot later, thanks for nominating.

Nominated Books:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Washington Square by Henry James
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'll nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr."

If I hadn't already used my second, I would now. Somehow I haven't read this yet, and it would be nice to rectify that!

Great choice Patty!

I'll second Washington Square.

spoko wrote: "I'll second Washington Square."

Thank you

Nominated Books:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Books Going to poll:
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Washington Square by Henry James

One space left.

I'll second Dracula

Thanks Maria.

Nominations are closed, will set up the poll tomorrow as I can only send one group message a day.

Nominated Books:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Books Going to poll:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Washington Square by Henry James

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

Voted!

LauraT wrote: "Voted!"

Me too! :)