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For October the theme is Historical Fiction (meeting our definition) that was published at least three months ago. Please include the publication date in your nomination for it to be counted. The book MUST also be available in all three formats-Book, ebook, and audiobook.


REMINDERS
NO SELF NOMINATION- Any member who self nominates a book, will have the post deleted and the member will be removed from the group.
NOMINATION POST MUST INCLUDE: TITLE, AUTHOR, AND PUBLICATION DATE - If any one of these three things is missing from the nomination post, it will not be counted.
EVERY MEMBER GETS ONE NOMINATION AND ONE SECOND - Please make sure you are clearly marking if you are nominating and/or seconding a book. Too much extra chatter in the nomination thread makes it difficult for the moderators to keep track of the books that need to be counted.
BOOKS IN A SERIES MUST BE READ IN SERIES ORDER -Book 4 in a series cannot be nominated if the group has not read books 1-3
For a complete breakdown of how the nomination process works, see this thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE look over the bookshelf containing all of the past group reads. Past group reads cannot be nominated again -
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Nominations will close on August 15th.

NOMINATIONS UP TO POST #32

The Calamity Club - 3 seconds
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams -3 seconds
The Manningtree Witches - 2 seconds
Daughters of the Sun and Moon -1 second
Tough Luck - 1 second
Burn Down Master's House -1 second
The Murder at World's End
A Conspiracy of Paper
Daughter of Egypt
From Fall to Spring

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Segu
A Heart That's True
Keeper of Lost Children

I will nominate The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stocket May 5, 2026

I nominate A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams by Stephanie Dray Published 5/05/2026

I will second A founding Mother

Lisa See
Daughters of the Sun and Moon

I nominate Tough Luck by Sandra Dallas, published April 29, 2025.

I second Daughters of the Sun and Moon.

I'll 2nd The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stocket

I nominate

I nominate A Conspiracy of Paper #1 Benjamin Weaver by David Liss. 506 pages. Published 2000. 18th century England. Available e-book, physical book and audio.

I second Tough Luck by Sandra Dallas.

I nominate “Daughter of Egypt” by Marie Benedict, 2026.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
أرشح

Muslim wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
أرشح"

self nominations are not allowed. Please read over our group rules around nominations and self-promotion.

I second The Calamity Club

From Fall to Spring by Ingrid Leksand

A Founding Mother

Muslim wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
أرشح"

Did you see in the instructions where it said “No self-nominations”?

I nominate The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore, published in 1921.

I second The Manningtree Witches.

I second the Manningtree Witches. I wanted a spooky book for October!

I second The Calamity Club

Maureen wrote: "I nominate A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams by Stephanie Dray Published 5/05/2026"

Alice wrote: "I will second A founding Mother"

I would also like to see A Founding Mother. I have already read The Calamity Club

Bahram wrote: "From Fall to Spring by Ingrid Leksand"

I'm going to allow this one this time, but please make sure your checking editions as this does not seem to have an audiobook.

Jasmine wrote: "For October the theme is Historical Fiction (meeting our definition) that was published at least three months ago. Please include the publication date in your nomination for it to be counted. The b..."

I noticed in one month nomination I missed you said too many of your reads are European or American focused, so I have a great suggestion that isn't.

"Based on actual events, Segu transports the reader to a fascinating time in history, capturing the earthy spirituality, religious fervor, and violent nature of a people and a growing nation trying to cope with jihads, national rivalries, racism, amid the vagaries of commerce."

Segu was published in 1984 by Maryse Condé.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...

I nominate Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane.

I second The Manning Witches.

Jasmine wrote: "I nominate Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane.

I second The Manning Witches."

I second Burn Down Master's house

I nominate Daughters of Sun and Moon

Kym wrote: "I nominate Daughters of Sun and Moon"
I'm interested in reading Lisa See's most recent book, too. It looks like it was nominated very early in the process? The sixth message at the top?

I nominate A heart that's true by Mark Guillerman, published May 9, 2026

I would like to nominate Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson, published February 2026 (available in all formats).