2026: Hefty/Husky/Slender Reading Schedule

[Greg]

I support Passing, The Lost Steps, and An American Tragedy.

[Lorraine]

Piyangie wrote: "Would anyone be interested in The Arabian Nights by Anonymous for hefty?"

I am

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Melanie and Lorraine. Arabian Nights is added in msg 2.

Thanks, Greg.

All updated.

[Melanie]

I would like to support La Regenta and Viennese Melody, and suggest The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley for Husky.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Melanie. Updated!

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

I will support Arabian Nights.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Pam. Updated.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

More supports please. Since we have enough suggestions and less support, I've decided to close accepting suggestions.

[Greg]

I support The House on the Strand

[Luís]

I want to nominate Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

[James]

I support Babbitt.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Greg, Luís, and James. Please keep your supports coming in.

[Kathy]

I support Under the Net and Between the Acts

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Kathy.

[Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile]

I would like to support:

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis and
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Lesle. Updated in msg 2.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

We need more supports. Please go through the list in msg 2 and support the books you like to read in 2026.

[Jen]

Piyangie wrote: "We need more supports. Please go through the list in msg 2 and support the books you like to read in 2026."

You do have 2 and 6 books leading in the hefty and slender groups which is the number of books you wanted in the end... Perhaps with this many options it's to be expected that votes will be spread out and not many books will get many votes...?

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Yes, but I want to give more time to members. Not everyone regularly visit the group site. Perhaps even a vote might come in the end as has now happened in husky.

[Luís]

I want to support The Truce by Mario Benedetti.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Luis. All updated.

[Xristina]

The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[boxer_dogs_dance]

For slender I suggest the death of Ivan illych

[Sara]

I support:
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles (The list has the name of this book wrong. Not sure if anyone else has pointed this out. GR entry mistake.)
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Xristina, and Sara. All updated in msg 2.

Sara, thanks for spotting out wrong entry gor The French Lieutenant's Wife. It's corrected now.

[Francis]

I support Husky - The Adolescent by Dostoevsky

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

boxer_dogs_dance wrote: "For slender I suggest the death of Ivan illych"

We have a considerable number of suggestions and less support for those suggested. So, I won't be accepting new suggestions. But you can support any number of books from the list in msg 2.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Francis wrote: "I support Husky - The Adolescent by Dostoevsky"

Thanks, Francis. All updated.

[Rafael, Brazilian Master of the Bookshelf!]

The Tale of Genji and Arabian Nights would be great choices to be read.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

That's nice to know, Rafael. Thanks.

[Rafael, Brazilian Master of the Bookshelf!]

I support The Lusiads as well.

[Anisha Inkspill]

support The Lusiads

[Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse]

I don't think you need my vote but I'm always up for some Dostoevsky so I support The Adolescent.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Book Nerd, every vote is most welcome. The more support we receive the better. Thanks.

Thanks, Rafael.

All updated in msg 2.

[Tr1sha]

I support Passing by Nella Larsen from the slender list.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Trisha. Updated!

[Barbara]

I support
Hefty: The Arabian Nights by Anonymous
and The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

Husky: The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nana by Émile Zola
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Slender: The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Barbara. All updated.

[Rafael, Brazilian Master of the Bookshelf!]

Anisha Inkspill wrote: "support The Lusiads"

Anisha have supported it too.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Anisha is the one who suggested The Lusiads, Rafael. So, she cannot support it.

[Rafael, Brazilian Master of the Bookshelf!]

Oh, sorry!

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

No worries, Rafael.

[Anisha Inkspill]

Piyangie wrote: "Anisha is the one who suggested The Lusiads, Rafael. So, she cannot support it."

I'm still getting the hang of this, but there's something I don't get, why aren't all the books nominated automatically have the nominator's vote to demonstrate the interest in that book.

The nominator is also the reader and by nominating they are losing the chance to vote for that book. Also, by nominating the book they are pledging their interest to read that book.

I appreciate it may work like this for all the challenges across NLCS, so just not here.

[Anisha Inkspill]

Rafael wrote: "Anisha Inkspill wrote: "support The Lusiads"

Anisha have supported it too."

Thanks Rafael.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Anisha, it's true that the nominator is an interested party. But as a group, we look for wider participation. So to accommodate the interest of a majority, we don't generally count the nomination for a vote. If you check on other suggestion threads in this group or other group nominations, you'll see that nominator doesn't count as a voter. Thanks.

[Anisha Inkspill]

Piyangie wrote: "Anisha, it's true that the nominator is an interested party. But as a group, we look for wider participation. So to accommodate the interest of a majority, we don't generally count the nomination f..."

yeah but if every nomination automatically gets one vote then it's still a level-playing field. If you see what I mean.

I am all for wider participation but I also think everything should be done to encourage and motivate reading.

I appreciate that it may work like this across NLCS, so I'm not singling you out, I'm just bringing this to your attention and leaving it with you to think on.

[Lindenblatt]

Hi Anisha, I don't see how it would make any difference result-wise. To my understanding, the nomination does count as the first vote as hopefully nobody nominates a book that they do not want to read next year. This brings the book on the list for support votes.

Since all the books on the list have been nominated, it would be +1 for each of the books. The result, in terms of ratio, would then be the same as the books for 2026 are selected based on the number of votes, from highest to lowest.

If the nominator can nominate AND give a vote of support, they'd be counted twice for the same book.

Sorry, I am not the moderator of this group, but just wanted to express that I think the method seems sound to me.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks for working the math, Lindenblatt. Much appreciate your sound explanation. Yes, it'd be the same if each nominator has his/her nomination counted as a support. And also, it'll be a double-counting.

[Lindenblatt]

Piyangie wrote: "Thanks for working the math, Lindenblatt. Much appreciate your sound explanation. Yes, it'd be the same if each nominator has his/her nomination counted as a support. And also, it'll be a double-co..."

Though there might indeed be a slight difference in methodology compared to the other groups this year.

For example, 'Atlas shrugged' has not been nominated yet, but is from the original (last year's) list of suggestions. So, indeed, books retained from last year's round have one extra vote (getting them on the list), which you do address in your first message and will change next year. The other groups seem to have changed it this year already.

That said, either old or new methodology is fine for me if it's done consistently within a group.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

I have decided to take forward the suggestion with at least one vote for next year, so I'll be keeping my promise. There are set standards which we rigidly follow to ensure fair play. Other than that, we are flexible in our threads.