All About Books discussion

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, for May and June 2025. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1975 or earlier.

Nominations will run for 7 days and will close late on 10th April 2025 or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days and 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 that 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 the Group Fiction folder.

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

I nominate The Castle by Franz Kafka

I second The Castle by Franz Kafka.

I nominate Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (244 p., pub. 1862).

Nominated Books:
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Books Going to Poll:
The Castle by Franz Kafka

I nominate Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell

Petra wrote: "I nominate Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell"

I second this! I was thinking of proposing something by her!!! We are really "kindred spirits"!!!

Thanks, Laura!! (yes, we truly are)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane

Austen

Nominated Books:
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Books Going to Poll:
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell

spoko wrote: "I nominate Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (244 p., pub. 1862)."

I second this

Nominated Books:
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Books Going to Poll:
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

I’ll second Pride and Prejudice

Nominated Books:


Books Going to Poll:
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Two slots left.

Nominations are closed, I'm setting up the poll now.