Classics for Beginners discussion

This is a thread for nominating a book that has been previously read by the group. No theme this month.

Nomination rules for this Thread- PLEASE READ RULES CAREFULLY
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books that are 50 years or older (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 from an author who we have read in the last 9 months.
5. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
6. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

†Authors not to nominate:

Harper Lee (March 2019)
Lorraine Hansberry (February 2019)
Leo Tolstoy (January 2019)
Agatha Christie (Dec 2018)
H.G. Wells (Nov 2018)
W. Somerset Maugham (Oct 2018)
Charles Dickens (Sept 2018)
Jules Verne (Aug 2018)
Ray Bradbury (July2018)

Just a reminder that you can nominate books that were read more than 3 years ago. Therefore, a book read before April 2016 can be nominated again.

Go to the bookshelf (see upper right corner of this page) to see when your selection was last read.

I nominate The Hobbit or There and Back Again By J.R.R. Tolkien

I don't think I'd manage Don Quixote. But re-read the Hobbit? Definitely!

How about James Clavell's "King Rat"? I don't see him among the recently read authors.

I'm on a bit of an Austen kick this year, so I'd like to nominate Northanger Abbey.

EDIT: I would be willing to lead the discussion.

Maya wrote: "How about James Clavell's "King Rat"? I don't see him among the recently read authors."

This book has not been read by this group, so it would be best to nominate it on the regular nomination thread found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

OK. Thanks.

My Nomination: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Published: 1967 / Pages: 373 / Lead: Yes

BOOKS CURRENTLY NOMINATED ARE:

1) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
2) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
3) The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
4) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Published 1958

No I wouldn't want to lead discussion.