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

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for April 2024 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.

2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup 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 February 16.

Tracking through message: 48
⭐ Poll Candidate

Hawaii (937p) - 1
Rosemary's Baby (308p) - 1
Night (115p) - 3
⭐ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (176p) - 7
⭐ Brideshead Revisited (351p) - 7
On the Road (307p) - 6
⭐ Cannery Row (181p) - 10
The Metamorphosis (201p) - 4
The Left Hand of Darkness (304p) - 3
A Moveable Feast (192p) - 1
Man’s Search for Meaning (165p) - 5
Candide (129p) - 6
⭐ The Importance of Being Earnest (76p) - 9
The Pilgrim's Progress (324p) - 1

I nominate: Hawaii by James A. Michener

It was published in 1959, 937 pages

I nominate Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, published 1967, 308 pages

I nominate Night by Elie Wiesel, published 1956, 115 pages

I nominate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, 176 pages.

I second Night.

I nominate Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages, first published 1945

I nominate On the Road by Jack Kerouac. First published in 1957, this is a true classic, and it has over 400,000 ratings - so many people have read it but me. 307 pages

I second On The Road

I second Brideshead Revisited.

I second On the Road and Night

I second On The Road

I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 181 pages.

I second Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I nominate The Metamorphosis, 201 pages, published 1915

I second:
Hawii
Night
The Metamorphosis

I nominate The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (304 pgs, pub. 1969).

I second On the Road & The Metamorphosis

I second The Left Hand of Darkness and Cannery Row

I second Cannery Row.

I nominate A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (192 pages, published 1964).

I second Cannery Row

I nominate Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl- 165 pages

I second man's search for meaning, Charlie and the chocolate factory and cannery row

I nominate Candide, 129 pages.

I nominate The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, 76 pages, and I second On the Road.

I second The Left Hand of Darkness.

I second Brideshead Revisited and Importance of Being Earnest

I second Cannery Row and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

I second Brideshead Revisited

I second The Importance of Being Earnest

I second Cannery Road, The Importance of being Earnest and Brideshead Revisited.

I second Candide

I second Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Metamorphosis.

I second Cannery Row

I nominate The Pilgrim's Progress (324 pages).

I second:
Rosemary's Baby
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cannery Row
A Moveable Feast
Man's Search for Meaning
Candide
The Importance of Being Earnest

I second Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I second:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I second Man's Search for Meaning.

I second the Metamorphis (i think I mispelled it)
I second the Left Hand of Darkness
I second Pilgrims Progress
I second Candide
I second Cannery Row

I second Man’s Search for Meaning.

I second Candide and The Importance of Being Earnest

I second Candide

So many good selections this month....but I second On the Road and The Importance of Being Earnest.

I second Brideshead Revisited.

Man’s Search For Meaning

I second Candide and The Importance of Being Earnest

I second Brideshead Revisited.

Thanks everyone—nominations are now closed, and the polls are open! Help us pick the next Classic read by casting your vote here.