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since i'm on a non-fiction kick right now:sports memoir/autobiography/biography
social justice
travelogues/travel literature
ancient history
military history
theology
pop science
cryptology/ciphers (soo many books coming out about this right now)
Fiction:Cozy mystery
High fantasy
Hard sci fi
Romantic suspense
YA
Non-fiction:
Self help
Nutrition
Business
Technology
Politics
i think for YA - you could maybe break it down into different categoriesYA dystopia; YA sci-fi; YA LGBT etc
Fiction:Literature from South America
Literature from Australia
Classics - Books that everyone should read in their lifetime
Historical Fiction > World War I -- I feel like there are heaps and heaps of books written about WWII but I don't see WWI as often.
Fantasy>Mythology
Fiction> Adventure
Non-Fiction:
Memoir
Cults
Self Help - Emotional or spiritual
Mythology
Healthy Living - Diet/ Exercise etc
Travel
Lavender wrote: "Fiction:Cozy mystery
High fantasy
Hard sci fi
Romantic suspense
YA
Non-fiction:
Self help
Nutrition
Business
Technology
Politics"
Oh no, I just wrote my list without looking at the other replies & it seems like we have similar interests! Can I just second cozy mystery! I love a good cozy mystery.
Psychological thrillerGothic
Autobiography/Memoir
Golden Age CrimePhysics non-fiction (RIP Prof Hawkings)
Wow, I can't believe we're round to choosing categories again!Bianca wrote: "Can I just second cozy mystery! I love a good cozy mystery."
But how to choose only one? Maybe it would need to be split into "cozy animals", "cozy cafes", "cozy paranormal", "cozy humour" etc?
Cat wrote: "Golden Age Crime"
Also worth seconding. I've recently discovered Michael Innes, for example.
Other ideas that come to mind are:
Comic fiction
Or to use one of the popsugar prompts, "childhood classics you've never read"? or even that you have read (although it would need a mod exemption if it didn't meet the children's rules"
Then there are other classics - modern, early-20th century, 19th century, 18th century - and equally, historical fiction set in different centuries. Plus poetry can be split into centuries as well, especially as the one that got chosen was the Aeneid, which is more classic saga
Ancient Rome or Ancient Rome - either fiction or non-fiction
Alternate history
Maybe take DLMRose's 30.1 task a step further, and have prizewinners (Pulitzer, Nobel, Man Booker, etc)
Books about books
Books/series turned into movies or TV shows
Crime/procedural by a female author (e.g. Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell)
Non-fiction: philosophy, biography of an authorFiction: German authors
Fiction ideas:Thriller with a female protagonist
Asian author
Coming-of-age Novel
Dealing with gun control
Non-Fiction ideas:
Pyschology
True Crime by a female author
Cat wrote: "Golden Age Crime"Yes!!
Didn't we have a "cozy mystery" category a couple of years ago ... we read A is for Alibi by Sue GraftonFiction:
Latino Literature
Women's Fiction
Award winners
Nonfiction
Award winners
Native American / Indigenous peoples
Africa
Politics
Fiction:Time travel
Young authors (under 30?)
Based on a true story
Translated
Banned books
Retelling
Satire
Western
Classics
Nonfiction:
Social justice
Non-celebrity memoir (or, alternatively, celebrity memoir)
Nature
Social science
Essay collection
Microhistory
Dee wrote: "since i'm on a non-fiction kick right now:sports memoir/autobiography/biography
social justice
travelogues/travel literature
ancient history
military history
theology
pop science
cryptology/cipher..."
I like a lot of these ideas, but I spescially like "cryptology/cipher" -- it is one i would not have thought of.
I also like "Africa" as nonfiction -- maybe amended to Africa/African-American/African-European memoir or biography.
Fiction:Arthurian legend
Medieval
Tropical
Female scientist
Non-fiction:
Architecture/urban development
Gangsters/outlaws
Immigration/settlement
Exploration
Country's struggle for independence
Fiction:Pre-1900 Adventure
Royalty
Hard-boiled crime
Non-fiction:
Creativity & imagination
African safari
Books translated into English (originally written in another language)
Fiction:Tearjerker
Modern classic
Scandinavian
Middle Eastern writers
YA thriller
Chick lit
Magic
Non fiction :
Lives of scientists
Inspirational women
Race and ethnicity
Non fiction by fiction writers
Non-FictionHistory of War
Women in Uniform
Jewish Struggles
Fiction
Mid evil Times
Epic Fantasy
Mod
The next year of Group Reads categories have been selected:
Group Reads Categories 2018-2019
Summer 2018
Fiction - Romantic Suspense
Fiction - Hard Science Fiction
definition: characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy, speculative science or engineering.
Non-fiction -Psychology
Fall 2018
Fiction - genre: Fiction> Adventure
Fiction - Literature from South America
Non-fiction - Award winners
Winter 2018
Fiction- Arthurian legend
Fiction - Cozy Cafes
Non-fiction - Cryptology/Ciphers
Spring 2019
World War I Historical Fiction
Fiction - Coming-of-age / Bildungsroman
definition: a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood in which character change is extremely important.
Non-fiction - Politics
How about some Scottish literature? 😊 I also like the memoir/biography idea, but I think it could be narrowed a little. How about a biography/autobiography of a writer?
Mod
The categories have already been chosen for 2018-2019. Hang onto your idea for next year!
Lavender wrote: "Fiction:Cozy mystery
High fantasy
Hard sci fi
Romantic suspense
YA
Non-fiction:
Self help
Nutrition
Business
Technology
Politics"
Cozy Mystery? Sounds romantic! Why not save it for the winter season when you can imagine people reading next to a crackling fire. (In a log cabin of course!) :D
Celeste wrote: "Cozy Mystery? Sounds romantic! Why not save it for the winter season when you can imagine people reading next to a crackling fire. (In a log cabin of course!) :D"Cozy mystery is a specific genre featuring an amateur sleuth and usually with the violence happening "off screen." Examples include the Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie or the Coffee House Mystery series by Cleo Coyle.
We actually did "cozy mystery" a couple of seasons back (though the book we chose - A is for Alibi isn't a cozy ... the main character is a private investigator, not an amateur sleuth)
Book Concierge wrote: "We actually did "cozy mystery" a couple of seasons back (though the book we chose - A is for Alibi isn't a cozy ... the main character is a private investigator, not an amateur sleuth) "Similar with this season's Romantic Suspense poll :/ I love romance and have trouble reading usual Group Reads, so I was looking forward to this category. Now there are classic books on top two places :/
Mythical creatures... I am going to try to think of some other ones... I love brain storming about this kind of stuff
What about super heroes or most sold novel of any year
FYI - the categories for this year have been selected - but around March/April - they will do another call for categories
Can I please get a definition of "Cozy Cafes" category for the Winter 2018 Group reads? The genre doesn't come up when typed into recommendations or browse genres..
Mod
The category was nominated in a discussion of cozy mysteries, but any book set in a "cozy" cafe would work. Cozy = a small, intimate community with likable characters, some humor, no graphic language, sex or violence.
Ok, got it. Thanks!
Mod
i guess i'm trying to understand what constitutes ;)
Dee wrote: "i guess i'm trying to understand what constitutes ;)"I'm the same!
I'm likely to stretch the definition of the title... my first thoughts (which might not be what I end up nominating!) were The Ballad of the Sad Café and Seconds
It's going to be interesting to see what ends up on the shortlist!
i found all the categories difficult this time and decided they were just not enough my thing to nominate
Translated fictionNature nonfiction
Speculative fiction
Feminism nonfiction
Postcolonial literature
Middle Eastern fiction
Feminism
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
A is for Alibi (other topics)The Ballad of the Sad Café (other topics)
On What Grounds (other topics)
Seconds (other topics)
The ideas gathered from this thread will be used to build a list from which categories will be randomly chosen.
Each season's Group Reads will have 2 fiction categories and 1 non-fiction category. The year's categories will be posted in advance so Group Reads nominators will have time to research and select appropriate books. For more information about the nominating process, please see task 20.10 in the Rewards of the Challenge. As always, polls will be set up each season to choose between the nominated books for that season's Group Reads.
Choices from the past years we would prefer not to repeat:
Dystopia
Southern Literature
Fiction set in a member state of the Arab League
Poetry
Space Opera
Family Saga
Russian novels
Fiction - Short stories
Stand-alone Fantasy Novels
LGBT Mystery
Opposites Attract
2016 Debut Author Fiction
Scandinanvian Crime Fiction
Feel Good Fiction
Transgender Fiction
Fiction written by a Nobel Prize for Literature winner
Sci Fi> Aliens
Old Fashioned Christmas
Non-Fiction- Modern True Crime
Climate and Weather
Space
On the Seven Seas - Naval history, sailing memoirs, etc.
History of Science
The Unexplained
Medicine
Animals
Travel
Feel free to get creative and submit your ideas here! This thread will be open for ideas until March 31. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!