All About Books discussion

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

Nominations start today and will close on 10th July 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 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 Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

I would like to nominate: The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America - Mark Whitaker

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Mark Whitaker

Books Going to Poll:

I nominate Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville (272 p., pub. 2022).

I'd like to nominate King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Rochschild

I nominate Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

I second Question 7 by Richard Flanagan.

I nominate Boone: A Biography by Richard Morgan

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

I second The Salt Path.

I nominate Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Mark Whitaker
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville
Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Books Going to Poll:
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

spoko wrote: "I nominate Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville (272 p., pub. 2022)."

I will second this.

Alannah wrote: "I nominate Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb"

Second this.

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Mark Whitaker
Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan

Books Going to Poll:
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Two spaces left.

I'll nominate Losing Earth: A Recent History by
Nathaniel Rich

I'll second Losing Earth: A Recent History am reading it right now.

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Mark Whitaker
Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan

Books Going to Poll:
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich

Nominations close today.

Thank you for your nominations, poll is now open and linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...