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It's time to nominate your choice for our August 2025 group fiction read – please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 8th July 2025 (or as soon as the poll has six books).

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. You cannot second the book you have nominated. 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, although please be mindful of this as most times we do not receive enough nominations for the poll to open.

The poll will then run until the 15th July 2025 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

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, contacting one of the moderators, or posting on the '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 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Christine wrote: "I nominate Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult"

Thank you Christine

Nominated Books:
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Books Going to Poll:

I'd like to nominate Exit West by Mohsin Hamid :)

I nominate The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Nominated Books:
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi


Books Going to Poll:

I second Exit West.

Nominated Books:
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Books Going to Poll:
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

I nominate Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie"

I will second this one, I have seen this book all over the place and I'm really interested in it.

Nominated Books:
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Books Going to Poll:
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I second Nineteen Minutes

Nominated Books:
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Books Going to Poll:
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

I'll nominate The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery by James Aura

Barry wrote: "I'll nominate The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery by James Aura"

I think that one was discussed not too long ago. Good one, though.

Luci wrote: "Barry wrote: "I'll nominate The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery by James Aura"

I think that one was discussed not too long ago. Good one, though."

July 2023

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Alannah wrote: "Christine wrote: "I nominate Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult"

Thank you Christine"



No problem

I'll nominate The Abyssinian by Jean-Christophe Rufin good historical fiction

Barry wrote: "I'll nominate The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery by James Aura"

Sorry, can't accept this one as it was indeed a group read in July 2023.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

You're welcome to nominate another book.

I will nominate The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Nominated Books:
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Books Going to Poll:
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Alannah wrote: "I will nominate The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller"

Second this.

Nominated Books:
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Books Going to Poll:
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Two spaces left.

Nominations close tomorrow.

I nominate People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

I’ll second People Of The Book

Thank you Tatyana and Ruth, I have added that into the poll.

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...