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It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, this time for September and October 2022. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book that was first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1972 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 10 August or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days when 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 as 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 through the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nominations process please post here, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or contact one of the moderators and we will be happy to help

I will nominate The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

I'd like to read East of Eden by Israel J. Singer

LauraT wrote: "I'd like to read East of Eden by Israel J. Singer"

Is this an English language version? I can only see Yiddish or Italian

I second Keepers of the House.


I nominate Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Alannah wrote: "LauraT wrote: "I'd like to read East of Eden by Israel J. Singer"

Is this an English language version? I can only see Yiddish or Italian"
I'm going to read it in Italian, but it looks as if there's also an English translation. But probably it is of difficoult finding. Never mind, I'll read it by myself!

I nominate The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

I nominate To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Gowithme wrote: "I nominate To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee."

Sorry, I can't accept this one as it already was a group read back in 2015. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I nominate The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

I nominate Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

I’ll second The Bluest Eye

I nominate Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

Diana H. wrote: "I nominate The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison"

I'm sorry, I didn't see that this one was already a group read before.

I'll nominate Animal Farm by George Orwell then.

Diana H. wrote: "Diana H. wrote: "I nominate The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison"

I'm sorry, I didn't see that this one was already a group read before."

No problem Diana, I will check your other nomination.

Gowithme wrote: "I nominate Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë."

Sorry, this was also a group read back in 2013. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Diana H. wrote: "I'll nominate Animal Farm by George Orwell then."

I will second this one.

Nominated Books:
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham


Books Going to Poll:
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Apologies for missing both, Alannah 🤦🏻🤦🏻
Thanks for your meticulousness!
I second Animal Farm by George Orwell.

I will second Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

I'd like to nominate The Monk by Matthew Lewis

I will second Of Human Bondage

Nominated Books:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Books Going to Poll:
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Nominations close today.

Nominations are closed, setting up the poll now!

Link to poll here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Voted!