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How about "The eighth day", Thornton Wilder?
I will nominate two classic westernsHere is one:
Check out Red River by Borden Chase
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I nominate Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
Sorry, just saw the book I nominated was read in 2016.
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It's time to select our November group read.
Nomination Rules - please read them carefully:
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old - please check if you are not sure).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.
*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)
†Authors not to nominate:
M. Somerset Maugham (October 2018)
Charles Dickens (September 2018)
Jules Verne (August 2018)
Ray Bradbury (July 2018)
Henry James (June 2018)
E.M. Forster (May 2018)
Kenneth Grahame (April 2018)
Daphne du Maurier (March 2018)
Gaston Leroux (February 2018)
Ernest Hemingway (January 2018)
Nominations will close and will go up on the 13th of September.
***Nominations period extended until September 19th.
Suggested Reads:
The Odd Women by George Gissing
The Invisible Man by HG Wells
The Searchers by Alan LeMay
The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder
The Sundial by Shirley Jackson