EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 2023 in the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1970 or after. For older books, please make your suggestion on the Classics thread.

2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.

3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!

Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. Look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.

Nominations end midnight PST April 16

Tracking through message: 52
⭐ Poll Candidate

Know My Name (384p) - 2
Beach Read (358p) - 2
White Noise (310p) - 3
The Four Agreements (152p) - 2
Empire Falls (483p) - 3
The Giver (225p) - 5
The Alice Network (503p) - 1
⭐The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226p) - 10
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (312p) - 3
⭐Middlesex (529p) - 10
⭐The Lathe of Heaven (176p) - 6
The Thorn Birds (692p) - 1
⭐The Ocean at the End of the Lane (181p) - 6

I nominate Know My Name by Chanel Miller, 384 pages

I nominate Beach Read by Emily Henry, 358 pages

I nominate White Noise by Don DeLillo. First published in 1985. 310 pages.

I nominate The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz.
152 pages

I nominate Empire Falls by Richard Russo, 483 pages.

I second Empire Falls

I nominate The Giver by Lois Lowry 225 pages

I nominate The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (p 503).

Second Empire Falls

I second White Noise

I nominate The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, 226 pages

I nominate Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (312 p., pub. 2000).

I nominate Middlesex (529 pages) by Jeffrey Eugenides and second The Giver.

I second Middlesex.

I nominate The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. 176 pages, published 1971.

I second The Lathe of Heaven

I second Middlesex

I second Beach Read

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

I second The Giver, Kitchen Confidential, and Middlesex

I second Middlesex.

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I nominate The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, published 1977, 692 pages

I second Middlesex

I nominate The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith -288 pgs

I second The Lathe of Heaven

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

I second The Lathe of Heaven, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time and The Giver

I second the Talented Mr. Ripley

I second The Four Agreements.

I second The Talented Mr. Ripley.

I second the Talented Mr. Ripley

I just realized my nomination The Talented Mr. Ripley was published prior to 1970. Sorry about that. Do I need to delete it?

Nice nominations. I second Middlesex, Know My Name, Beach Read and The Thornbirds. :-)

I second The Giver

I second White Noise, The Talented Mr. Ripley & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

I nominate The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (181 pages).

I second:
The Four Agreements
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I second Ocean at the End of the Lane

I second the Alice Network

I second The Ocean at the End of the Lane as well.

I second Middlesex

I second The Curious INcident of the Dog in the Nighttime and Middlesex

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Middlesex, The Lathe of Heaven and The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I second The curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Ocean at the End of the Lane

I second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Middlesex.

I second:
Know My Name
White Noise
Empire Falls
The Giver
The Lathe of Heaven

Rachel wrote: "I just realized my nomination The Talented Mr. Ripley was published prior to 1970. Sorry about that. Do I need to delete it?"

Thanks Rachel,
I'll move it over to the Classics thread!

I second The Ocean at the End of the Lane