BOTM SUGGESTIONS — October 2020 — Modern Classic/Popular (1970 & after)

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for October 2020 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR category.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1970 or after. For older books, please make your suggestion on the Classics 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.

Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!

Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.

Nominations end midnight August 16.

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 75

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Lincoln in the Bardo (343p) - 4
Cloud Atlas (509p) - 10
Sarah's Key (294p) - 2
Nothing to See Here - 2
Let the Right One In (513p) - 8
Carrie (253p) - 3
Pet Sematary (395p) - 5
The Stepford Wives (144p) - 9
The Lovely Bones (372p) - 4
Coraline (162p) - 12
Sharp Objects (254p) - 3
The Great Alone (440p) - 6
The Girl with the Pearl Earring (240p) - 4
Girl, Serpent, Thorn (336p) - 2
Crossing to Safety (386p)
NOS4A2 (692p) - 4
Fight Club - 2
Misery (370p) - 1

[Skittles]

I nominate Lincoln in the Bardo. (343 pages)

[Chuck]

I nominate Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (509 pages)

[Renata]

I nominate Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (294 pages)

[Renee]

I nominate Nothing to See Here

[Cristina]

I second Cloud Atlas

[Laura H]

I second Nothing to See Here.

[Tori]

I nominate Let the Right One in (513p)

[Renata]

I second Let the Right One In.

[Kaseadillla]

second cloud atlas!

[Kaseadillla]

I nominate Carrie by Stephen King

253 pages

[Jaclyn]

I nominate Pet Sematary by Stephen King, (395p)

[Estefanía]

I nominate The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, 144 pages. I also second Cloud Atlas and Pet Sematary.

[Manny]

I second Let the Right One In.

[Brian]

I nominate The Lovely Bones (372p) and second The Stepford Wives

[Renata]

I second The Lovely Bones.

[superawesomekt]

I nominate Coraline (162 pages) by Neil Gaiman

[superawesomekt]

I second the Stepford Wives

[Caramell]

I second coralline and carrie

[Lea]

I second Cloud Atlas, Sarah's Key, and Coraline.

[Tiana]

I nominate Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (254 pgs)

[Martina]

I nominate The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (440 pages)

[Diana]

I nominate The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (240 pages)

[CiCi]

I second The Great Alone

[CiCi]

I nominate Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (336 pages)

[Lana]

I nominate My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (384p)

[Lana]

I second Girl, Serpent, Thorn

[Mike]

I second Cloud Atlas

[Edmund]

I second The Cloud Atlas and Pet Sematary.

[Kaseadillla]

second the stepford wives

[Gulbeste]

I second The Girl with the Pearl Earring

[Frances]

I second The Great Alone

[Ashley]

I nominate Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (386 pages)

[France-Andrée]

I second The Stepford Wives and Let the Right One In.

[Chuck]

I second Coraline

[Laura]

I second Coraline

[Frances]

I second The Stepford Wives

[Nike]

I second "The Girl With the Pearl Earring".

[Þórunn]

I second Coraline

[Kylie]

I nominate NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (692 pgs)

[Tiki-Tami]

I second The Great Alone

[Manny]

I second NOS4A2.

[Mariana]

I second The Lovely Bones and nominate Fight Club

[Patricia]

I second Let the Right One In

[Brittany]

I second The Great Alone

[Kimberly]

I'll second Sharp Objects.

[Jade Levi]

I second Coraline.

[Cara]

I second The lovely bones

[Nikita]

I second Pet Sematary