For June 2024 - Classics (1969 & before)

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 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 April 16.

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 59
⭐ Poll Candidate

⭐The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (288p) - 6
⭐The Turn of the Screw (121p) - 6
Waiting for Godot (109p) - 2
⭐2001: A Space Odyssey (297p) - 9
⭐The Canterville Ghost (126p) - 6
⭐Kidnapped (288p) - 8
Twelve Years a Slave (363p) - 4
Oliver Twist (608p) - 4
The Metamorphosis (201p) - 3
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (212p) - 5
Man’s Search for Meaning (165p) - 5
⭐Heidi (352p) - 7
On the Road (307p) - 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (176p) - 3

[Valerie Book Valkyrie]

I'd like to nominate The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
288pgs

[Lea]

I nominate The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, 121 pages, published 1898.

[Rae]

I nominate Waiting for Godot, 109 pages, published 1952.

[Valerie Book Valkyrie]

I second Waiting for Godot

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

[Renata]

I nominate 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, 297 pages.

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Published 1945. 181 pages.

[Renata]

Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Published 1945. 181 pages."

Peggy, believe it or not, this book finally won the classics sweepstakes and was selected for our upcoming May BOTM. Please nominate another.

[Pony]

I second The Turn of the Screw.

[Pony]

I nominate The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (126 pages; published 1887).

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

Renata wrote: "Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Published 1945. 181 pages."

Peggy, believe it or not, this book finally won the classics sweepstakes an..."

Thanks, Renata. I forgot to check the polls!

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I nominate Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published 1886. 288 pages.

[Wobbley]

I second The Canterville Ghost and 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Estefanía]

I second The Turn of the Screw, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Kidnapped.

[Andi]

I second:
The Turn of the Screw
The Canterville Ghost
Kidnapped

[Andi]

I nominate Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, published 1853, 363 pages

[spoko]

I nominate Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (608 p., pub. 1838), and I second The Turn of the Screw.

[Débora]

I nominate The Metamorphosis (201 pages), first published 1915

[Renata]

I second Twelve Years a Slave

[Abe]

I second Kidnapped and 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Linda]

I nominate The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré 212 pages

[Renata]

I second The Spy Who Came In...

[Pony]

I second Twelve Years a Slave and Oliver Twist.

[spoko]

I second The Spy Who Came In from the Cold.

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second The Spy Who Came In from the Cold.

[Rachel]

I nominate Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl- 165 pgs

I second 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Canterville Ghost

[Nicole]

I nominate Heidi by Johanna Spyri - 352 Pages

[Pony]

I second Heidi.

[Peggyzbooksnmusic]

I second Heidi.

[spoko]

I second Man’s Search for Meaning.

[Adrienne]

I second Mans Search for Meaning, 2001 A space odyssey, waiting for godot

[Sandra]

I second The Turn of the Screw and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second 2001: A Space Odyssey and Oliver Twist.

[Theresa]

I second:
The Turn of the Screw
2001: A Space Odyssey
Kidnapped
Twelve Years a Slave
The Metamorphosis

[Kimberly]

I nominate On the Road by Jack Kerouac. First published in 1957, 307 pages

[fleurette]

I second The Metamorphosis, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Kidnapped and The Canterville Ghost.

[Christy]

I second Kidnapped.

[Linda]

I second On the Road and Heidi

[Theresa]

I second On the Road

[Michelle]

I second Oliver Twist and A Man’s Search for Meaning

[Shaina]

I second The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Heidi

[Kevin G]

I second 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[Ashleigh]

Nicole wrote: "I nominate Heidi by Johanna Spyri - 352 Pages"

I second Heidi by Johanna Spyri

[Kimberly]

I second Kidnapped.

[Estefanía]

I second Twelve Years a Slave, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Heidi.

[Lina]

I second Man's Search for Meaning. Thanks!

[Pamela]

I second Man's Search for Meaning

[Janice]

I second Heidi