For March to August 2024 - READ-A-LONG Book Selection

[Renata]

Hello Readers. This topic collects suggestions for the 6-month READ-A-LONG Book program, specifically from March to end of August 2024. The program is defined HERE. Top 4 books will be submitted for the poll.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a minimum of 800 pages but can be any genre, either classic or modern.

2. Have not been previously read by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up 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 on January 16.

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 58
⭐ Poll Candidate

⭐ Lonesome Dove (960p) - 7
⭐ Don Quixote (1023p) - 13
⭐ The Stand (1152p) - 6
Shōgun (1152p) - 5
The Eye of the World (800p) - 5
Wizard's First Rule (836p) - 1
Alexander Hamilton (818p) - 1
⭐ The Pillars of the Earth (976p) - 8
⭐ War and Peace (1392p) - 6
House of Earth and Blood (803p) - 2
A Game of Thrones (835p) - 2

[Nidhi]

I nominate Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Pages 960
Published 1985

[Renata]

I second Lonesome Dove.

[Theresa]

I nominate Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1023p, and second Lonesome Dove.

[Lina]

I second Don Quixote and nominate Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, (964 pages)

[Kimberly]

I second Don Quixote and Anna Karenina.

[Renata]

Lina wrote: "I second Don Quixote and nominate Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, (964 pages)"

Lina, so sorry, but Anna Karenina is already on our bookshelf, so cannot be nominated here, but you can suggest it in the Catch-up topic. Any other book you'd like to suggest instead?

[Lina]

I just saw that as well, sorry! And I will think about it. (I find Anna Karenina a bit long for the one-month suggestions in the Catch-up topic though - maybe I will suggest it as a buddy read at some point)

[Jessica P]

I second don Quixote

[Renata]

I nominate The Stand. I know, I know, it's another Stephen King book... (1152 pages)

[Elle]

I second "Don Quixote"

[Andi]

I nominate Shōgun by James Clavell, publihsed 1975, 1152 pages

[Renata]

I second Shogun

[Lea]

I nominate The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, 800 pages, 520,217 ratings, and second Don Quixote and The Stand. :-)

[Lina]

I second The Eye of the World

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I nominate Les Miserables, 1,376 pages

[Shaina]

I second Shōgun

[Nidhi]

I second Don Quixote and Shogun.

[Estefanía]

I second Don Quixote and The Stand.

[Miri]

I second The Stand.

[Wobbley]

I second don quixote

[Jessica]

I second Les Miserables

[Renata]

Rebecca is book-hooked wrote: "I nominate Les Miserables, 1,376 pages"

Oops, Les Miserables was read in 2020, so can only be nominated in the Catch-Up topic. Is there another book you would like to suggest instead?

[Lindsay]

I nominate Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind, 836 pages

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

Renata wrote: "Oops, Les Miserables was read in 2020, so can only be nominated in the Catch-Up topic. Is there another book ..."

No, most of the long books I would like to nominate have been read previously. Have y'all considered allowing the long books that have been previously read to be eligible for this feed since it's a 6-month reading?

[Kimberly]

I nominate Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. First published in 2004, this doorstopper is 818 pages and has over 178,000 ratings with an average of 4.22.

[Christy]

I nominate the The Pillars of the Earth (976 pages) by Ken Follett (752,610 ratings). I also second Don Quixote.

[Renata]

I second Pillars of the Earth

[Sandra]

I second Pillars of the Earth

[Andi]

I second:
Don Quixote
Pillars of Earth
Alexander Hamilton

[Renata]

Rebecca is book-hooked wrote: "Renata wrote: "Oops, Les Miserables was read in 2020, so can only be nominated in the Catch-Up topic. Is there another book ..."

No, most of the long books I would like to nominate have been read ..."
Thank you for your suggestion, Rebecca. The moderator team discussed the idea and decided that with only 8 long-reads to-date, it's early to start re-reading them. But if you want a longer-duration read, there's the Buddy Read that you could organize. Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Theresa]

I second Lonesome Dove, The Stand, Shogun, and the Eye of the World.

[Nidhi]

I second Pillars of Earth.

[fleurette]

I second The Stand, The Eye of the World and Wizard's First Rule

[Pony]

I second:
Don Quixote
Shōgun

[Pony]

I nominate War and Peace (1392 pages).
I don't believe it's been previously read.

[Claudiu]

I second Don Quixote

[Lina]

I second The Eye of the World and War and Peace

[Jessica]

I second War and Peace

[D.L.]

I second Lonesome Dove

[Pamela]

I second The Pillars of the Earth

[Kim (alwaysadelaidesmom)]

I second Lonesome Dove

[Elizabeth]

I second don quixote

[Miriam]

I nominate House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, 803 pages

[LittleRedRidingHood]

I second Lonesome Dove and Don Quixote.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second the House of Earth and Blood

[Theresa]

I second War and Peace.

[Jessica]

I second House of Earth and Blood

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

Renata wrote: "Rebecca is book-hooked wrote: "Renata wrote: "Oops, Les Miserables was read in 2020, so can only be nominated in the Catch-Up topic. Is there another book ..."

Thank you for your suggestion, Rebecca. The moderator team discussed the idea and decided that with only 8 long-reads to-date, it's early to start re-reading them..."

I understand. Thanks for considering it.