September and October 2025 - Classic Fiction Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, for September and October 2025. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1975 or earlier.

Nominations will run for 7 days and will close late on 10th August 2025 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.

[Alannah]

I will nominate Passing by Nella Larsen

[Jenny-Lee]

Alannah wrote: "I will nominate Passing by Nella Larsen" Ooh I will second this and nominate The Masterpiece by Emile Zola

[Wouter]

I nominate Moby Dick by Herman Melville

[Jazz]

I'll nominate In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[Kat]

I second In Cold Blood

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Masterpiece by Émile Zola

Books Going to Poll:
Passing by Nella Larsen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[Nidhi]

I second Passing.

And I nominate The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Masterpiece by Émile Zola
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

Books Going to Poll:
Passing by Nella Larsen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[Tatyana]

I nominate The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

[Jade]

Tatyana wrote: "I nominate The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson"

That’s non-fiction.

[Jade]

Wide Sargasso Sea

[Alannah]

Tatyana wrote: "I nominate The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson"

I'm afraid Jade is right. I can't accept this book. You're welcome to nominate another book.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Masterpiece by Émile Zola
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Books Going to Poll:
Passing by Nella Larsen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[Steve]

I would like to nominate Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

[Jade]

Nidhi wrote: "I second Passing.

And I nominate The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene."

I second this.

[Alannah]

Steve wrote: "I would like to nominate Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner."

I'm listening to this at the minute and I'm enjoying so I will second it.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Masterpiece by Émile Zola
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Books Going to Poll:
Passing by Nella Larsen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

[Suzanne]

I'll second The Masterpiece by Zola.

[Ruth]

I’ll second Wide Sargasso Sea

[Alannah]

Thank you, the poll is now filled up!

Nominated Books:


Books Going to Poll:
Passing by Nella Larsen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Masterpiece by Émile Zola
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

[Alannah]

As I can only share one broadcast message a day - I will set up the poll and share it tomorrow.

[Alannah]

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...