All About Books discussion

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

Nominations start today and will close on 10th September 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 September 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 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin (480 p., pub. 2024).

I nominate ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE by Ursula Martin.

I nominate Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates. Ms. Bates teaches Shakespeare to inmates of a notorious SuperMax prison for the most violent male offenders in Indiana. This book is eye opening and thought provoking about great literature and humans in extreme circumstances. I have loved Shakespeare for a long time, but this book took my thoughts about the plays to an entirely unexpected level/place. Learned about an American prison, learned about the courage and compassion to not count people out, and learned about the power of great literature in a wholly new way.

I second the ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Nominated Books:
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Books Going to Poll:
ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE by Ursula Martin

I nominate Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

Steve wrote: "I nominate Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates. Ms. Bates teaches Shakespeare to inmates of a notorious SuperMax prison for the most violent male offenders in Indiana. This book is eye opening..."

This sounds really interesting. I'll second it.

I'll nominate Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization
by Tim Queeney

Alannah wrote: "Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah"

Second this

Kat wrote: "I nominate Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler"

I will second this.

Nominated Books:
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization by Tim Queeney

Books Going to Poll:
ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE by Ursula Martin
Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler