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

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 2025 in the MODERN/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 September 16.

Tracking through message: 49
🍎Poll Candidate

🍎James (303p) - 8
🍎Bridget Jones’s Diary (288p) - 6
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (289p) - 2
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (325p) - 2
Fourth Wing (517p) - 2
Tuesdays with Morrie (210p) - 4
The Selection (336p)
All the Colors of the Dark (597p)
Intermezzo (454p) - 4
The Secret Life of Bees (302p) - 4
The Shadow of the Wind (487p) - 5
The Namesake (304p) - 4
The Life We Bury (304p) - 5
🍎Wild Dark Shore (298p) - 6
My Brilliant Friend (331p) - 3
🍎The Dictionary of Lost Words (376p) - 6

Hello @everyone!
I nominate James, 303 pages

I nominate Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding, 288 pages

I nominate My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, 289 pages

I second James

I nominate The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. First published 2006, 325 pages.

I nominate Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, 517 pages.

I second Bridget Jones’s Diary.

I second James

I nominate Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom, 210 pages.

I second Fourth Wing.

I nominate The Selection by Kiera Cass (336 pages).

I nominate All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker, published 2024, 597 pages.

I second:

Fourth Wing
James
Bridget Jones's Diary

I second Tuesdays with Morrie

I second James and My Year of Rest and Relaxation

I nominate Intermezzo by Sally Rooney 454 pages.

I nominate The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 302pages
I second Intermezzo

I second The Secret Life of Bees!

I nominate The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 487p.

I second Tuesdays with Morrie.

I second Intermezzo

I second:
- James
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog
- The Shadow of the Wind
- Intermezzo

I nominate The Namesake (304 p)

I nominate The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (304 p., pub. 2014).

And I second The Namesake.

I nominate Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, 298 pages.

I second The Life We Bury.

I second Wild Dark Shore

I second The Namesake and
Wild Dark Shore and
The Life We Bury.

I second The Secret Life of Bees &
Shadow of the Wind

I second The Shadow of the Wind

I second James, Bridget Jones's Diary, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Secret Life of Bees, and Wild Dark Shore.

I second:
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Shadow of the Wind
Wild Dark Shore
The Life we Bury

I second Wild Dark Shore

I second The Namesake

I second James and The Life We Bury

I second Wild Dark Shore.

I second The Life We Bury

I nominate My Brilliant Friend https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... , 331 pgs.

I second My Brilliant Friend

I second My Brilliant Friend

I second My Brilliant Friend

Here's a nomination for The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, hardcover 376pgs.

And a second for Bridget Jones’s Diary 🧚‍♀️🙋🏼

I second The Dictionary of Lost Words.

I second The Dictionary of Lost Words.

I second The Dictionary of Lost Words

I second The Elegance of the Hedgehog.

I second the Dictionary of Lost Words

I second:
James
Tuesdays with Morrie
Intermezzo
The Secret Life of Bees
The Shadow of the Wind
The Namesake
The Dictionary of Lost Words

I second The Dictionary of Lost Words