All About Books discussion

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, for March and April 2025. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1975 or earlier.

Nominations will run for 7 days and will close late on 11th February 2025 or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days and I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. 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 nominate one book and second one book each. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, although please be mindful that 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 the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nomination 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 Plague by Albert Camus

Nominated Books:
The Plague by Albert Camus

Books Going to Poll:

I nominate The Plague

Nominated Books:


Books Going to Poll:
The Plague by Albert Camus

I'll nominate Robinson Carusoe

I second Robinson Crusoe.

I nominate One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

Ruth wrote: "I nominate One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey"

I second this

Ruth wrote: "I nominate One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey"

Sorry Ruth, was a group read in 2018 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'd like to nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. I have not read it in a very long time.

Nominated Books:
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Books Going to Poll:
The Plague by Albert Camus
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

How about Great Expectations Charles Dickens ?

Lynn wrote: "How about Great Expectations Charles Dickens ?"

Has already been a group read - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I would like to nominate The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

I nomate The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

I will second The Maltese Falcon by Hammett

Nominated Books:
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Books Going to Poll:
The Plague by Albert Camus
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

I second The Winter of Our Discontent

Nominated Books:
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Books Going to Poll:
The Plague by Albert Camus
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Will close nominations thread later today. Poll will be set up tomorrow.

How about The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


Its been sitting on my bookshelf for ages and the cover makes it look so much fun

The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

Greg wrote: "I'd like to nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. I have not read it in a very long time."

I will second this.

Elaine wrote: "How about The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


Its been sitting on my bookshelf for ages and the cover makes it look so much fun"

It was a group read in November 2017.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jade wrote: "The Professor by Charlotte Brontë"

I will second this.

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
The Plague by Albert Camus
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...