For October 2023 - Classics (1969 & before)

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 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 PST August 16.

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 43
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Mayor of Casterbridge (393p) - 1
⭐Rosemary's Baby (308p) - 5
Fathers and Sons (244p) - 1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (327p) - 3
⭐Cannery Row (181p) - 6
Polyanna (284p)
⭐The Hound of the Baskervilles (216p) - 7
The Red Badge of Courage (108p) - 4
⭐White Fang (252p) - 5
⭐My Cousin Rachel (352p) - 8
The Caves of Steel (271p) - 3

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. First published 1886.
393 pages

[Andi]

I nominate Rosemary's Baby by Ira Marvin Levin published 1967, 308 pages

[spoko]

I nominate Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (244 p., pub. 1862).

[Lea]

I nominate The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 327 pages, published 1884.

I second The Mayor of Casterbridge.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 181 pages, published 1945

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I nominate Pollyanna - Jocul Bucuriei, 284 pages

[Renata]

I nominate The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, 216 pages

[spoko]

I second The Hound of the Baskervilles.

[Kimberly]

I second Rosemary's Baby

[Lindsay]

I second Huck Finn

[Theresa]

I nominate The Red Badge of Courage, 108p

[Débora]

I nominate White Fang, 252 pages, first published 1906

[Adrienne]

I second The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Red Badge of Courage

[Rae]

I nominate My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier 352 pages, first published 1951.

[Toni]

I second The Hound and Rosemary’s Baby

[Wobbley]

I second My Cousin Rachel and White Fang

[Linda]

I second White Fang and Hound of the Baskervilles

[Estefanía]

I second My Cousin Rachel.

[Ian]

I second White Fang, Hound of the Baskervilles, and Cannery Row.

[Chuck]

I second Fathers and Sons

[Kimberly]

I second Cannery Row

[Lea]

I second My Cousin Rachel

[Pamela]

I second My Cousin Rachel

[Toni]

I second my cousin Rachel

[Shaina]

I second Rosemary's Baby and My Cousin Rachel

[Kimberly]

I second the Red Badge of Courage.

[Lina]

I second The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

[fleurette]

I also second The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

[Kim]

I second My Cousin Rachel.

[Estefanía]

I nominate The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov, 271 pages.

[Sandra]

I second The Caves of Steel

[Robin]

I second Cannery Row and The Red Badge of Courage.

[Tori]

I second Rosemary's Baby

[Chuck]

I second The Caves of Steel

[Toni]

I second rosemary’s baby

[Renata]

I second White Fang

[Linda]

I second My Cousin Rachel

[adele]

I second cannery row

[Lillian]

I second Cannery Row

[Kevin G]

I second Cannery Row

[Kim]

I second The Caves of Steel, The Red Badge of Courage, and White Fang