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Results have been posted for our pre-poll!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The first round of suggestions will open around 3 pm CST on July 1!

Happy first round of results! And it was a close race the whole way through, but we've ended up with THREE (?!?!) winners. When I went to sleep last night, there was only one in the lead, but we got some strong voting late in the game.

Top:
A book with a road trip or long journey
A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
A book related to blood, sweat, or tears

Bottom:
There are no bottom prompts in the pre-poll!

The first round of suggestions will open around 3 pm CST on July 1!

This thread will contain all of the listopias for the 2026 reading list!

PRE-POLL
A book with a road trip or long journey
A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
A book related to blood, sweat, or tears

POLL 1
A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
A book published in 2026
A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
A book by a new-to-you author

POLL 2
A book that's part of a series
A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
A book that has a punctuation mark in the title

POLL 3
An author's second/sophomore book
A novella of 100-250 pages

POLL 4 - MULTIWEEK
3 Weeks: A book related to yesterday, a book related to today, and a book related to tomorrow
- Yesterday Listopia
- Today Listopia
- Tomorrow Listopia

2 Weeks: The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist
- Most Recently Published Listopia
- Backlist Listopia

POLL 5
A book involving survival

POLL 6
A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list

POLL 7
A book with a location in the title
A book with something edible in the title

POLL 8
A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
A second book for your favorite prompt

POLL 9
A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
A nonfiction book
A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list

POLL 10
A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer
A book set in an isolated location
A book with a symbol of death on the cover

We've had classic prompts both ways: "A classic book" or "A book published more than 50 years ago"

So both wordings/definitions have made it through the polls and on the lists at one point or another. I personally prefer "classic book" though I do have a 40 Before 40 list that I'm working on so the prompt would definitely be filled by a book that's older than 50 years.

Thanks everyone!

Tracy, I had forgotten I had made that change last year - will do it going forward!

Thanks y'all! Due in December. My babies have done a great job accommodating the ATY voting schedule haha!

Haha y'all, you must excuse my pregnancy brain for the entire remainder of this voting season. I accept any and all corrections. I've updated the first post - yes, results will be on the last day of the current month, which is June.

Ellie wrote: "Yay, voting time! Not that I'm way behind on this year's challenges or anything. 😄

Is the first question meant to be Trish's profile URL? I'm guessing it's meant to be an example and the question ..."

lol no, I've fixed it

Yes!

Voting is open for the pre-poll!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

HERE WE GOOOOO.

Voting is open for our pre-poll! You can find the discussion and vote here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE (2025) SUGGESTIONS THREADS

1. A book with a road trip or long journey
ex, West with Giraffes, HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Grapes of Wrath, On the Road...

2. A book with a main character who is an outsider
This idea is similar to the "fish out of water" suggestion, but maybe a bit broader.

From Pam's original post: "It could be someone who just has ideas that aren’t mainstream or a competitor/applicant who is seen as a long shot. More obvious examples are people who are new to a community (school, city, country, planet, workplace), have a disability, don’t speak the primary language, an alien or robot, etc. (A mid-grade book with a movie coming out later this month, The Wild Robot, just came to mind.)"

6. A book with a main character that has a pet
Harry Potter, Lessons in Chemistry, Just for the Summer, etc

Welcome to our first round of voting for the 2026 reading list!

Voting will open in the morning of June 26, 2025 and results will be posted in the morning of June 30, 2025 (CST time).

How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 4 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 4 votes)
- You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list

We are asking people to include their Goodreads profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your Goodreads profile, please post your full Goodreads name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile.

NOTE: You will have FOUR total votes for this pre-poll.

Poll Prompts:
1. A book with a road trip or long journey
2. A book with a main character who is an outsider
3. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
4. A biography or memoir
5. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
6. A book with a main character that has a pet
7. A book involving a fork in the road or a life changing decision

Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/A17fk7tPgrhQSJD36

Happy end of June! Leave your best book of June below.

Answer the following questions:

- Title
- Author
- Rating
- Format (Print, eBook, Audio)
- ATY Prompt you used it for (if applicable)
- Brief reason why it was the best

Best Books Listopia (2025)

No, they will all go there!

I'll get the Mods to a thread!

Yes, Jackie mentioned above that the wedding should actually happen in the book for it to count. If it involves someone being left at the alter, or the wedding getting interrupted, I think that would be fine.

In regards to Atmosphere, I personally don't think that the military characters in the story are present enough for me to count it as the military one. I used it for the author with 10+ books (TJR has 17 individual works listed on GR).

I've updated the top post. Though the read-a-thon is over, I'm leaving the voting spreadsheet open until Monday morning (CST) to give people time to input their final votes.

I'll be updating that top post periodically!