BOTM SUGGESTIONS — May 2020 — Classics (1969 & before)

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for May 2020 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.

2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.

3. Be reasonably well-read to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominate by March 16 to count

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 54

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Collector (283p) - 3
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (563p)
Island (354p) - 1
Siddartha (152p) - 11
Rabbit, Run (337p) - 2
The Left Hand of Darkness (304p) - 5
My Ántonia (232p) - 3
The Secret Garden (375p) - 10
The Professor (269p) - 1
Night (115p) - 9
We (255p) - 2
The Call of the Wild (172p) - 3
A Grief Observed (76p)
The Master and Margarita (335p) - 2

[Renata]

I nominate The Collector by John Fowles (283 pages)

[Renee]

I nominate The Big Rock Candy Mountain

[[deleted user]]

I second The Collector

[Cheryl]

I nominate Island, 354 pp, from 1962, by the author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.

[Betsy]

I nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 pages).

[[deleted user]]

I nominate Rabbit, Run by John Updike (1960) 337 pages

[Estefanía]

I nominate The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 304 pages.

[Cristina]

I second Siddharta

[Alex]

I nominate My Ántonia (232p)

[Kimberly]

I'll second Siddhartha and Rabbit, Run.

[Cheryl]

I second Siddharta

[Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~]

I nominate The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (375 pgs)

[Lea]

I nominate The Professor by Charlotte Brontë (269 Pages) and second Siddhartha and The Secret Garden.

[Renee]

I second the professor

[Skittles]

I nominate Night by Elie Wiesel (115 pages).

[Jennifer]

Lots from my list!
I second: night, siddhartha, the collector, secret garden, The Left Hand of Darkness

[Damla]

I nominate We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (255 pages)

[Chuck]

I second Rabbit, Run and The Left Hand of Darkness

[Jennifer]

I second We

Lol would be happy with so many of these nominations this month.

[Sheila]

I fourth Siddhartha

[Kristin]

I second siddharta

[Erin]

I second Siddharta

[[deleted user]]

I second We

[Vincent]

Skittles wrote: "I nominate Night by Elie Wiesel (115 pages)."


I have to second "Night" we should not forget this fairly recent atrocity in a time of seemingly rinsing atrocities - I think - I have not read the book but it is on my "list"

[Cara]

I second the Secret Garden

[Linda]

I nominate The Call of the Wild by Jack London 172 pages

[Jade Levi]

I second Call of the Wild.

[Marcos]

I second Night, Island and Siddhartha.

[Tr1sha]

I second My Ántonia.

[Katie]

I second The Secret Garden and Night

[Chuck]

I also second The Call of the Wild.

[Betsy]

I second Night

[Marie-Emilie]

I second Night

[Paul]

I don't know if it has been read yet, but I nominate 'Dune' by Frank Herbert.

[Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~]

lots of these sounds good. I'll second The Collector, My Antonia & Night

[Delaney]

I second night!

[Renata]

Paul wrote: "I don't know if it has been read yet, but I nominate 'Dune' by Frank Herbert."

Yes, Dune was read in 2017, but you could nominate it in the catch-up section here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Dana]

I second The Secret Garden

[Madison]

I nominate A Grief observed by CS Lewis

[Kylie]

I second Call of the Wild

[Song]

I second The Secret Garden.

[Christine]

I second The Secret Garden, and The Left Hand of Darkness.

[Robin]

I second The Left Hand of Darkness.

[Chuck]

I second The Secret Garden.

[Skittles]

I second My Ántonia.

[Megan]

I second Siddartha, Night and The Secret Garden

[Pamela]

I second Siddartha

[Robin]

I second The Left Hand of Darkness.