March & April 2024 Classic Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, for March & April 2024. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1974 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 10th February or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days and I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7-day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can nominate one book and second one book each. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, although please be mindful that our polls do not fill up as quickly as they used to.

Please only nominate, second or vote for a book you will read with the group if it should win. Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf or browsing the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nomination process please post here, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or contact one of the moderators and we will be happy to help.

[Cheryl]

I nominate The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene

Books Going to Poll:

[Charbel]

I imagine many have already read it, but I nominate The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

[Alannah]

Charbel wrote: "I imagine many have already read it, but I nominate The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov."

Sorry, it was already a group read in November 2017: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Greg]

I second The Ministry of Fear

[Nidhi]

I nominate Jude The Obscure by Hardy.

[Greg]

I haven't read either of those recently, and I would love to read either of them. Great nominations Nidhi, Cheryl . . . and Charbel too (if only we hadn't read yours as a group before) - keep them coming everyone! I only wish I had more than one second to give!

[Nidhi]

I wanted to nominate East of Eden but I think we have already read it.

[Nidhi]

No we haven't. I checked the bookshelf.

[Charbel]

Alannah wrote: "Charbel wrote: "I imagine many have already read it, but I nominate The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov."

Sorry, it was already a group read in November 2017: ..."

Ah fair enough!

[Alannah]

Nidhi wrote: "I wanted to nominate East of Eden but I think we have already read it."

Tell you what, you keep your first nomination, Jude the Obscure and I will second it then I will nominate East of Eden.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Books Going to Poll:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

[Alannah]

Charbel wrote: "Alannah wrote: "Charbel wrote: "I imagine many have already read it, but I nominate The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov."

Sorry, it was already a group read in..."

You're more than welcome to nominate again.

[Nidhi]

Thanks Alannah.
I second East of Eden.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:


Books Going to Poll:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[Alannah]

Nidhi wrote: "Thanks Alannah.
I second East of Eden."

No problem, I would like to read those myself.

[Leslie]

I will nominate Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Books Going to Poll:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[Alannah]

Any more nominations?

[Steve]

I second The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann and wish to nominate Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.

[Greg]

Steve wrote: "wish to nominate Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner."

I would love to read that one Steve - great nomination!

[Alannah]

Thanks Steve, I will update the list in the morning.

[Cheryl]

I second Angle of Repose.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:


Books Going to Poll:
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

[Alannah]

One book left.

[Nidhi]

What a great list, I could read them one by one for the rest of year without selection.

[Greg]

Nidhi wrote: "What a great list, I could read them one by one for the rest of year without selection."

I agree! A great list!

[Alannah]

Nominations close today.

[Alannah]

Nominations are officially closed, setting up poll now.

[Alannah]

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Alannah]

Thank you all for your nominations and votes. The winner is East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

The threads are open and linked below:

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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