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

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for November 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.

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 September 16

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 55

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Outsiders (196p) - 12
Twelve Years a Slave (363p) - 3
On the Road (307p) - 7
Rabbit, Run (337p) - 7
My Ántonia (244p) - 4
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (496p) - 7
The Old Man and the Sea (96p) - 11
The World of Yesterday (461p)
The Scarlet Letter (279p) - 3
Madame Bovary (329p) - 6
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips (144p)
East of Eden (601p) - 3

[Lea]

I nominate The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. (196 p.)

[Renata]

I nominate Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (363 pages)

[Megan]

I second The Outsiders

[Annie - Magpie]

I second The Outsiders. - 2 seconds so far

[Amy]

I nominate On the Road by Jack Kerouac (307 pages)

[Skittles]

I second The Outsiders and Twelve Years a Slave.

[Renee]

I will nominate Rabbit Rabbit, Run 337p

[Skittles]

I nominate My Ántonia by Willa Cather. (244 pages)

[Renee]

I second my Antonia

[Lana]

I nominate Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (496 pages)

[Nikita]

I second tess of the d'urbervilles

[Nike]

I nominate The Old Man and the Sea (96 pages) by Ernest Hemingway. I second On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Rabbit, Run by John Updike.

[Samuel]

I second The Old Man and the Sea

[Nike]

Kaisser wrote: "I second The Old Man and the Sea"

Thank you, Kaisser!

[Shaina]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

[Kelly]

I second The Old Man and the Sea

[Irene]

I nominate : The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig (461 pages)

[Felicity]

I second Rabbit, Run by John Updike

[Tori]

Thank you for including the page numbers in your nominations everyone! It helps me out a lot!

[Cara]

I second Tess of the D’urbervilles

[Lea]

I second The Old Man and The Sea and On The Road

[Tiki-Tami]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles

[Aparajita]

I second the Outsider and The old man and the sea

[Martina]

I second The Outsiders

[Taylor]

I second The Outsiders and On the Road

[Kimberly]

I’ll second The Outsiders, Rabbit Run, and The Old Man and the Sea.

[Pamela]

I second The Old Man and the Sea and My Antonia

[Chuck]

I second Rabbit, Run

[Ashley]

I second Tess

[Rebel]

I nominate The Scarlet Letter 279 pages The Scarlet Letter

[Gulbeste]

I second On the Road

[Delaney]

I second Twelve Years a Slave

[Jennifer]

I second the Scarlet letter.

[Kristin]

Second The Outsiders

[Anu]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (496 pages)

[Tori]

I second The Old Man and the Sea

[Cristina]

I second The Scarlet Letter

[Nike]

Kelly wrote: "I second The Old Man and the Sea"

Thankyou Kelly 🙂

[Nike]

Lea wrote: "I second The Old Man and The Sea and On The Road"

Thankyou Lea 🙂

[Nike]

Aparajita wrote: "I second the Outsider and The old man and the sea"

Thankyou Aparajita 🙂

[Nike]

Kimberly wrote: "I’ll second The Outsiders, Rabbit Run, and The Old Man and the Sea."

Thankyou Kimberly 🙂

[Nike]

Pamela wrote: "I second The Old Man and the Sea and My Antonia"

Thankyou Pamela 🙂

[Nike]

Tori wrote: "I second The Old Man and the Sea"

Thankyou Tori 🙂

[Tiffany]

second the outsiders

[Edmund]

I second Rabbit, Run and My Ántonia.

[Débora]

I second The Old Man and the Sea and The Scarlet Letter

[Robin]

I second On the Road.

[Felicity]

I second The Old Man and the Sea