The Next Best Book Club discussion

Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

The categories going forward will remain as follows (based on your feedback):

Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Classics

In order for a novel to count as "Classic" it must be published pre-1980.

Please do not nominate a book more than once. A book can only be voted on once, so multiple nominations within this thread are not counted.

Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

Ideally, you can type it as follows -
Cat 1. Room - Emma Donoghue

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Saturday evening. If we get tons of nominations, I may pull the plug on it a little early, so get them in as soon as you can!

Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

**Important note: At no time is it acceptable for an author to nominate one of his/her own books for the monthly group read. Likewise, it is not acceptable to "push" nominations or votes within this group. It also follows that "a nomination for a nomination" is not acceptable. If I suspect a push, or inappropriate actions have taken place within the group read nominations or votes, I reserve the right to deem those nominations or votes as ineligible.

Cat.1 - -Neil Gaiman

Cat.1 The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

Cat.1 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Cat.2 Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

Cat.1The Orphan Master's Son-Adam Johnson

Stephanie, please write out the book title. I copy and paste from each post to the poll.. thanks.

Cat.2 1984 by George Orwell

Pragya: Please read the directions. You can only nominate ONE book, not two.

Also, The Hunger Games has already been a group read. If you are not sure if a book has been discussed previously, check the group bookshelf in top right sidebar.

You need to edit your post or Lori will not include your nomination. ;-)

cat 2: Call it Sleep by Henry Roth

Cat 2: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Category 2 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Heather L wrote: "Pragya: Please read the directions. You can only nominate ONE book, not two.

Also, The Hunger Games has already been a group read. If you are not sure if a book has been discussed previously, c..."

Oops, thank you Heather, edited.

Cat 2: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Wow, this should be a fun poll.

Cat.1: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Category 1 - One Hundred and One Nughts by Benjamin Buchholz

Cat 1: I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak :)

A Quiet Belief in Angels - R J Ellory

Anne wrote: "A Quiet Belief in Angels - R J Ellory"

Which category is this for?

Cat 2. - Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte

Cat1- In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks

Cat 1. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce cameron

Cat 1: The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje

First post! Woo. All great nominations.

Juliana wrote: "Cat 1: The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
Cat 2: The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins

First post! Woo. All great nominations."

I think Lori only wants one book recommended, from either category, Juliana. Which one would you prefer to nominate?

Susanna wrote: "Juliana wrote: "Cat 1: The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
Cat 2: The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins

First post! Woo. All great nominations."

I think Lori only wants one book recommended, from eith..."

Hi, thank you! Just realized that. The second one was also on the bookshelf already, so I've left it off. Thanks again.

Cat 1: Into The Light Darcia Helle

Cat 1: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

Cat 1: Shine by Lauren Myracle

cat 2 The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

Cat 1: That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley

Cat 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

Cat 1: One Day by David Nicholls

Cat.1 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cat 1- Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Cat 1:

Rules of Civility Amor Towles

Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand"

Whoa.. that one killed me. I've tried it twice and cant see to get past the 60-ish page mark. Have you read it?

Sara wrote: "Cat.1 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell"

Great book.

Cat 2: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Cat 2. The Plague by Albert Camus

Lori wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand"

Whoa.. that one killed me. I've tried it twice and cant see to get past the 60-ish page mark. Have you read it?"

and I also read The Fountainhead by the same author (Ayn Rand) - very hard read....

cat 2. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

Cat 1 The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle

Cat 1: Secret of the White Rose - Stefanie Pintoff

@Heather L , Little Women was awesome! I laughed and cried in that one. Very cool classic choice. :)

Cat 1: All In: The Education of David Petraeus by Paula Broadwell

Cat 1: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James

Cat 2: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Cat 1: The Descendants: A Novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings