50 books to read before you die discussion

Hi all. I stopped setting up the monthly / quarterly group reads because they weren't getting much engagement and my life got a lot busier. I'm totally happy to bring them back though if anyone is interested?

Rather than doing the polls, which people sometimes vote on without intentions of joining in the discussions, I'll probably leave it up to comments to decide the books we'll read as a group in 2023. Please leave your suggestions below. They can be from the lists, or any other books you think are "must-reads". If they're not on the list, please share why you're nominating them.

Find the "50 books to read before you die" list on the homepage of the group.
And the 100 books list here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Introduce yourself here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

What are you currently reading? Whether it's on our lists or not, share it here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Track your (and others) progress in this folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

If you have any thoughts on any of the books on the lists, have a search - there's probably a discussion started for it already. If not, feel free to make one, or drop me a message and I'll do the honours.

Maybe we could do some sort of reading challenge as a group in 2023? I'll have a think and let you know if I have any more ideas. Leave any suggestions for things you'd like to see in this group below.

EDIT: I've now set up a challenge for 2023. Find more information here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Happy reading everyone :)

There is a book called Independent People by Haldorr Laxness, translated from Icelandic. It affected me deeply and IMHO should be on any must-read list of fiction. It's set in Iceland, I'm not quite sure of the time but they are using horses for transport and their accomodations are quite rough. What a hard life these people led, and to me the setting was quite exotic and fascinating, but many of the issues in the book are common to humans the world over. I particularly found the relationships between the people and their animals (sheep, cow, dog, pony) very complex. I was thoroughly captivated by this beautiful book and think more people should be aware of its existence, and while not for the faint-hearted, it's truly a masterpiece.

Sounds very interesting! I’m writing this down in my to read book! Thank you!

Thanks for the recommendation Nancy!