Nominations open, August 2026 -- last names starting with M > Likes and Comments

While you're trying to find ways to beat the heat, why not nominate a book for the August group reads? This month's it's all about authors whose last names begin with the letter "M."

If you need a hint or two, here's a long list of M writers:
https://stopyourekillingme.com/M_Auth...

Remember,
1. do not nominate your own book
2. check the group bookshelf (https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...) to make sure that we haven't read your nomination within the last two years, and
3. if your nomination wins during poll time, you will be the discussion leader.

Give it a think and let's see what you come up with!

You Belong Here- Megan Miranda

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

Caller unknown- Gillian McAllister

The Perfect Son - Freida McFadden

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

A killer’s wife - victor methos

Galton Case - Ross Macdonald

The Quaker, by Liam McIvanny
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Two If By Sea , by Richard McCann

Dead in the water John Marrs

Laidlaw by William McIlvanney

Rogue Sailors Junaid Murtuza

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I highly recommend this series "Jerry McNeal" and his Ghostly Dog. The newest book Maine Event: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Featuring a Ghost Dog Sidekick should be just as great.

What a way to go by Bella Mackie

Red Sheet by James Ellroy

The Salzberg Connection by Helen MacInnes

Holly wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore"

we read that one about a year ago

I suggest Speaks the Nightbird, by Robert McCammon. It's the first book in the excellent Matthew Corbett series.

The Railway Detective by Edward Marston

Analea wrote: "Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister"

So, we already have a nomination for Gillian McAllister -- would you like to choose another author?

Kiran wrote: "Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

We already have a McFadden nomination -- would you care to choose a different author?

To summarize (nominations meeting the criteria):

1. You Belong Here by Megan Miranda
2. Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister
3 The Perfect Son by Frieda McFadden
4. A Killer's Wife by Victor Methos
5. The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald
6. The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney
7. Two If By Sea by Richard McCann
8. Dead in the Water by John Marrs
9. What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie
10. The Salzburg Connection by Helen McInnes
11. Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
12. Laidlaw by William McIlvanney
13. The Railway Detective by Edward Marston


notes re nominations NOT going to the poll:
a) the author of the Maine Event series is Sherry Burton, with a B
b) yes, we have not that long ago read The God of the Woods
c) it's just policy that authors don't nominate their own books

I will leave this thread open until tomorrow at this time, and then I'll create the poll. Thanks everyone!!!

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh