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Group Reads Categories 2023-2024
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Fiction:Australian crime
Romantic comedy
Curmudgeonly characters
Autofiction
Scientists in fiction
Sisters
Non-fiction:
Poetry
Neuroscience
Books and bookstores
Fiction:Multi-generational
Revolution
Royalty (historical fiction)
Imposters
Aviation
Non-Fiction:
Royalty
Classical Music
Women pilots and astronauts
Fiction:Space opera
Western/Pioneer fiction
Optimistic fiction
Rural setting
Road trips
Families
Main character with a disability
Nonfiction:
20th century history (not biography)
Science
Gardening
Family history/genealogy
Essays
Fiction:Found Family (families of choice)
STEM main characters (scientists, engineers, mathematicians, or other tech)
Biographical fiction (fictional account of real person's life)
Alternate History
Magical Realism
Bookstore owner/librarian main character
Nonfiction:
Author memoir/biography
Extreme Survival (shipwrecks; avalanche; Apollo 13; Everest catastrophes, etc.)
Women who changed the world (notable women in history)
Off the Beaten Path (non-traditional lifestyles/communities ~ off-grid living, communes, cults, survivalists, etc.)
Medicine (amazing medical stories, healthcare, opiate epidemic, etc.)
Caregiving memoirs
Cyberspace (hackers, cyber security, cryptocurrency, video games, virtual reality, etc.)
Fiction:Mistaken identity
Spies
Plot twists/surprise endings
Books made into TV shows
Hauntings
Non-fiction:
Cults and new religious movements
Books about books
Hollywood memoirs
Gold rushes (in America, Australia, etc.)
Hauntings
Treasure hunting
Non-FictionWomen in history
Adventure
Medicine/Medical
Fiction:Romance: Friends as Family
Mystery: Cold Case fictional
Young Adult Mental Health
Non-Fiction:
Unsolved Mysteries (not paranormal)
Environmental Disasters (man-made)
Pulitzer Prize winner/finalist non-fiction 2020-2022
Echoing some from other posters:Fiction:
Trans/ non-binary novel (author or main character)
SciFi Thriller
Canadian
Eastern Fantasy
Bisexual Romance
Indigenous
Disability
SciFi/Fantasy short stories
Mythological
Social Horror
Non-Fiction:
Anti-racism
Graphic Memoir
Indigenous
Celebrity Memoir
Poetry
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Summer 2023
Fiction: Aviation
Fiction: Canadian Fiction
Non-Fiction: Poetry
Fall 2023
Fiction: Books made into TV shows
Fiction: Families
Non-Fiction: Medicine
Winter 2023
Fiction: Road trips
Fiction: Indigenous
Non-Fiction: Treasure Hunting (this could be Tutankhamun tomb, Gold rush, hunting for lost treasure etc)
Spring 2024
Fiction: Space Opera
Fiction: Biographical fiction (fictional account of a real person's life)
Non-Fiction: Extreme Survival (shipwrecks, avalanche, Apollo 13, lost in the jungle, Everest etc)
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Each season's Group Reads will have 2 fiction categories and 1 non-fiction category. The Guttenberg Classics will continue.
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 5 years we would prefer not to repeat:
Fiction
Romantic Suspense,
Hard Science Fiction,
Adventure,
Literature from South America,
Arthurian Legend,
Cozy Cafe Fiction,
World War I Historical Fiction,
Coming of Age
Medieval Fiction,
Robot Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Military Fiction,
Paranormal Romance,
Police Procedural,
Retellings,
Seaside Settings
Anthologies,
Comedy,
Fantasy Not Originally Written in English,
The Book Was Better Than The Movie,
Southern Literature,
Love Triangles,
Parallel Timelines,
Cabin in the Woods
Continuation Novel,
Young Adult Science Fiction,
Bad Girls,
Locked Room Mystery,
Knights/Middle Ages,
Pun Titles,
Time Travel,
Non-US Based Mystery
Cozy Mystery,
Translated Short Stories,
Asian Fiction,
Murder Mystery,
Animals, Historical Fiction 1900-1939,
Popular Book Group Fiction,
Feminist Dystopia
Non fiction:
Psychology,
Award Winners,
Cryptology/Ciphers,
Politics
Ancient Civilizations,
Sports,
Economics,
Rebels With a Cause
Female Entrepreneurs,
Health,
Fashion,
Female Artists
Food,
Disability,
Social Justice,
Travel
Nature,
A President or President's Spouse,
A Comedian's memoir/biography,
Animals
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.