For January 2024 - Classics (1969 & before)

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 2024 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 November 16.

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 38
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

Travels with Charley: In Search of America (214p)
Stoner (288p) - 2
White Fang (252p) - 2
⭐ North and South (521p) - 8
⭐ The Age of Innocence (293p) - 8
The Death of Ivan Ilych (86p) - 4
⭐ The Godfather (448p) - 6
Uncle Tom's Cabin (438p) - 2
A Hero of Our Time (185p) - 1
⭐ Cannery Row (181p) - 10
True Grit (224p) - 3

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I nominate Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck. Published 1961. 214 pages.

[Sandra]

I nominate Stoner by John Wiliams- 288 pages

[Andi]

I nominate White Fang by Jack London, published 1906, 252 pages

[spoko]

I nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 p., pub. 1922).

[Wobbley]

I nominate North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (521 pages, published 1854)

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second North and South

[Renata]

spoko wrote: "I nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 p., pub. 1922)."

Spoko, this book, albeit a different edition, was actually read last year, so could be nominated in the Catch-Up topic instead. Is there another book you'd like to suggest?

[spoko]

Sorry about that. I nominate The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (86 p., pub. 1886).

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second The Age of Innocence.

[Renata]

I nominate The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448 pages.

[Theresa]

I nominate Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (438p), and second North and South, Age of Innocence, and the Godfather.

[Zeljka]

I nominate A Hero of Our Time -185 pages.
I second The Age of Innocence

[Tr1sha]

I second North and South.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 181 pages

[Andi]

I second:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Godfather
The Age of Innocence

[Jan]

I second The Age of Innocence and Cannery Row

[Adrienne]

I second The Godfather and Cannery Row

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second Cannery Row

[Ian]

I second White Fang and Cannery Row.

[Aleksandra]

I second Cannery Row and North and South.

[Pamela]

I second The Age of Innocence and Cannery Row

[Linda]

I second White Fang

[Linda]

I nominate True Grit - 224 oages

[Kimberly]

I second:
A Hero of our Time
Cannery Row
North and South
Stoner

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I second:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Cannery Row
True Grit

[fleurette]

I second The Death of Ivan Ilych and The Godfather

[Lina]

I second North and South, The Age of Innocence and The Godfather.

[Kimberly]

I second The Death of Ivan Ilych

[Shaina]

I second True Grit and Cannery Row

[Nici]

I second The Death of Ivan Ilych

[Robin]

I second Cannery Row.

[Laur]

I second the death of Ivan ilych

[Abbie]

I second Age of Innocence, North & South, Stoner, and True Grit

[Renata]

Thanks to everyone for these great nominations, which are now closed, but polls are open here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...