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It's time to nominate your choice for our August and September 2024 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 10th July 2024 or when we filled the poll with six books.

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7 day nomination period will go into the poll. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, however please be mindful of this as the polls are not filling up as quickly anymore.

The poll will then run until the 17th July 2023 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

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, contact one of the moderators or post on 'Ask the Moderators' thread.

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

I nominate Who's Afraid of Gender?

Thank you Kat.

I nominate Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Nominated Books:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Books Going to Poll:

I second Unwell Women

I nominate How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Nominated Books:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair"

I'll second this one

Nominated Books:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler


Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

I'll nominate Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Nominated Books:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

I would like to nominate Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Nominated Books:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Steve wrote: "I would like to nominate Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder"

Oh, that one looks fascinating Steve!

I second Knife by Rushdie.

I nominate Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum (224 p., pub. 2020).

And I second Who’s Afraid of Gender?

Greg wrote: "I'll nominate Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston"

I will second this one.

I will also nominate Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs

Nominated Books:
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum

Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Nominated Books:
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs

Books Going to Poll:
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

One spot left.

Jade wrote: "I will also nominate Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs"

I will second this one so I can set up the poll. Best to give everyone as much time as possible to buy the books.

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Thank you all for filling up the poll so quickly everyone.

Can't wait to see who wins

Thank you all for your nominations and votes for this non-fiction group read.
The winner is Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

The threads are now open and linked below:

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...