For March 2025 - Classics (1969 & before)

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for March 2025 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 January 16.

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 44
⭐ Poll Candidate

⭐Cat’s Cradle (179p) - 7
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (359p) - 4
⭐Invisible Man (581p) - 5
The Awakening (195p) - 2
⭐The Red Badge of Courage (149p) - 8
⭐A Passage to India (376p) - 6
Ivanhoe (496p) - 3
⭐The Turn of the Screw (121p) - 5
The Moving Finger (299p) - 3
Demian (193p) - 2
Dandelion Wine (239p) - 3
True Grit (224p) - 3
Peril at End House (287p)

[Andi]

I nominate Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., published 1963, 179 pages

[Renata]

I nominate The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 359 pages.

[Renata]

Robin wrote: "I nominate The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous. Published in 1554. 118 pages."

Robin, your book suggestion doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50k ratings (see message 1). Is there another book you would like to nominate instead?

[Wobbley]

I second cat's cradle

[Theresa]

I nominate Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 581p.

[Sandra]

I nominate The Awakening by Kate Chopin 195 pages

[Adrienne]

I nominate The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, 1895. 149 pages

[Kimberly]

I nominate A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. First published in 1924. 376 pages.

[Wobbley]

I second A Passage to India.

[Theresa]

i second the Red Badge of Courage and A Passage to India

[Pony]

I second Invisible Man and The Red Badge of Courage.

[Pony]

I nominate Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (published 1819; 496 pages on most popular edition).

[Pamela]

I second The Red Badge of Courage

[spoko]

I second The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Awakening, and The Red Badge of Courage.

[Robin]

Renata wrote: "Robin wrote: "I nominate The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous. Published in 1554. 118 pages."

Robin, your book suggestion doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50k ra..."
Oh shoot - I forgot to check that. Sorry.

[Lea]

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

I second The Red Badge of Courage, A Passage to India and Ivanhoe. :-)

[Pony]

I second The Turn of the Screw.

[Lisa]

I nominate The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie, published 1942, 299 pages.

[Shaina]

I second Cat's Cradle

[Ali]

I nominate Demian by Hermann Hesse, 193 pages, first published in 1919.

I second:
Cat’s Cradle
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Ivanhoe
The Turn of the Screw

[Sandra]

I second Cat's Craddle and Invisible man

[Rae]

I second The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

[Rae]

I nominate Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, published 1957, 239 pages.

[Theresa]

I second the Turn of the Screw

[Kristen]

I second The Red Badge of Courage.

[Tr1sha]

I second Dandelion Wine.

[Andi]

I second:
The Turn of the Screw
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Moving Finger

[fleurette]

I second
The Moving Finger
Cat’s Cradle
The Turn of the Screw

[Tori]

I nominate True Grit by Charles Portis 224 pages

I don't believe we have ever read a Western as a group before and thought it might be fun to give one a try!

[Pony]

I'll second True Grit. I just finished reading my first ever Western, and I wouldn't mind trying more.

[Sandra]

I second True Grit

[Melodi]

I second Invisible Man

[Chuck]

I second The Awakening, The Moving Finger, Demian, and Dandelion Wine

[Rae]

I second True Grit

[Tori]

I Second:
- Cat’s Cradle
- Invisible Man
- The Red Badge of Courage
- Demian

[Kimberly]

I second:
The Invisible Man
The Red Badge of Courage

[Linda]

I second A Passage to India

[Natalie]

I second Ivanhoe

[Elizabeth]

I second A Passage to India and The Cat's Cradle

[B needs coffee]

I nominate Peril at End House by Agatha Christie.

[Irene2160]

I Second a Passage To India

[Nike]

I second Dandelion Wine

[Agnė]

I second Cat's Cradle

[Renata]

Agnė wrote: "I second Cat's Cradle"

Sorry, nominations ended midnight PST January 16.

[spoko]

Thanks everyone—nominations are now closed, and the polls are open! Help us pick the next Classic read by casting your vote here.