For January 2023 - Classics (1969 & before)

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 2023 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

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, with at least 50,000 ratings, 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 November 16.

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 46
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

All Quiet on the Western Front (296p) - 4
⭐ White Fang (252p) - 7
⭐ Solaris (204p) - 9
⭐ The Woman in White (672p) - 11
A Town Like Alice (359p) - 3
Cannery Row (181p) - 5
⭐ To the Lighthouse (209p) - 11
The Time Machine (118p) - 5
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (154p) - 5
Carmilla (108p) - 3

[Laura H L]

i nominate All Quiet on the Western Front 296 p

[Andi]

I nominate White Fang by Jack London, 252 pages

[Lea]

I nominate Solaris by Stanisław Lem, 204 pages, published 1961, 90,596 ratings.

[Renata]

I second White Fang.

[Renata]

I nominate The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages.

[Kimberly]

I second The Woman in White and All Quiet on the Western Front.

[Kimberly]

I nominate A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. First publsihed in 1950.

[Kylie]

I second White Fang

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

[spoko]

I nominate To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (209 p.), and second The Woman in White.

[Lena]

I second To the Lighthouse and Women in White

[Jan]

I will second Cannery Row and to the Lighthouse

[Kimberly]

I second Solaris and Cannery Row,

[Shaina]

I second Cannery Row and To the Lighthouse

[Linda]

I second A Town Like Alice and To the Lighthouse.

[Andi]

I second: All Quiet on the Western Front
Woman in White
To the Lighthouse

[Wobbley]

I second the Woman in White

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I nominate The Time Machine/H.G. Wells (118 p)

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I second White Fang and The Woman in White

[adele]

I second Solaris, the Time Machine, and Cannery Row

[Toni]

I second The Time Machine

[Ted]

I second The Time Machine.

[Melissa]

The time machine please!

[Roevardotter]

I second Solaris

[Tiffany]

I second solaris

[Elle]

I nominate The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, 154 pages,
First published May 17, 1900

[Lea]

I second Oz, Solaris, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Woman in White, The White Fang.

[Christy]

I second The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and A Town Like Alice

[Wobbley]

I second The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[Red]

I nominate Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (108 pages) and second To The Lighthouse.

[Linda]

I second A Town Like Alice and To The Lighthouse

[Tony]

I second White Fang and also The Time Machine

[spoko]

I second Carmilla.

[Chuck]

I second White Fang, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Solaris

[Wobbley]

I second Carmilla

[Alex]

I second Solaris!

[Library]

I second Woman in White

[Robin]

I second Solaris and To the Lighthouse.

[Janice]

I would like to second White Fang and To the Lighthouse

[adele]

I also second the wizard of oz and Carmilla

[Jo]

I also second To the Lighthouse and The Woman in White

[Pamela]

I second The Woman in White and Cannery Row

[Tokoro]

O.o Solaris.

[Sara]

I second The Woman in White and To The Lighthouse

[Renata]

Thank you for your wonderful book suggestions! Nominations are now closed, but you can cast your vote for your favourites here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...