Nominations for a November/December Read

[Naomi]

EDIT: Decided to just have one read for the November/December period. Nominations are now open until the 8th of November. Hoping to start read on the 15th of November to last until the end of December.

The requirements are very lose just because there is no definite and all-encompassing interpretation of a cult book, I think in general you should just nominate a book you really want to read, that fits somewhere into the arena of cult however loosely, don't be too worried about that.

Okay in general it will be one person, one nomination, but I think, as this group is small at present and this the first read I might do a couple of nominations just to get the ball rolling.
Please tell me if this sounds okay, or if you have any issues, all suggestions are most welcome.

If you could also give a reason as to why your nominating the book, that would also be much appreciated thanks.

[Naomi]

So then my first nomination is Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur. I have been reading this book slowly, and it is just completely astounding, the insights and ideas he has about life and living are far truer than anything I've heard from people around today, and yet he lived some 900 years ago. Yes a considerable length of the poem is dedicated to the advice to drink wine and be merry, but then it's pretty good advice.

[Naomi]

I would also like to nominate The Monk by Mathew Gregory Lewis. It is one that I have wanted to read for a long time, and since I just read the Woman in White and am really getting into Gothic fiction, it seems a perfect nomination.

[Alice]

I will second Naomi's nomination of The Monk. I'd also like to throw out Fight Club as an idea. I know many of you have probably already read it, but I haven't and it's sitting right next to my bed.

[Naomi]

I read The Monk for a Gothic Lit class and liked it (the book and the class). I wouldn't have thought of it as a having 'cult' status, but I'd reread it for a discussion in this group.

That's great Mike, glad to have you taking part!

Like I've said we're not looking to stick too closely to any one rigid definition of what makes a 'cult' book, because the debate could go on forever.
But I think in the case of The Monk it was a hugely original book in its day, that practically started the Gothic genre, and it has had an influence on a great many people.

But of course if you would like to put a nomination forward, you are more than welcome to do so.

[Naomi]

Okay I think I'm going to throw another nomination in just to mix things up a bit.
So I was thinking The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami. Not sure if this can be termed as exactly cult but it looks really good, and I've long wanted to read a book by Murakami.

[Naomi]

Nominations are now closed, and the polls are open!!!!!