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Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for October 2018 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

As a reminder, books that qualify for this category must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you!

Nominations end 9 PM PDT August 25.

Tracking: through message 160 NOMINATIONS CLOSED

Nominees are bolded!

Nominations � # of seconds
1. The Big Rock Candy Mountain � 1
2. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde � 27
3. The Grapes of Wrath � 10
4. The Idiot � 8
5. The Prince � 2
6. Dracula � 23
7. Something Wicked This Way Comes � 22
8. Rebecca � 22
9. The Phantom of the Opera � 11
10. The Secret Garden � 9
11. Utopia � 1
12. A Room with a View � 2
13. Mary Poppins � 1
14. The Haunting of Hill House � 4
15. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow � 2
16. The Exorcist � 1
17. Kristin Lavransdatter/The Wreath � 5
18. Robinson Crusoe � 0
19. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter � 0
20. The Three Musketeers � 0
21. Bleak House � 1
22. The Monkey's Paw � 3
23. Carrie � 0

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Second Jekyll and Hyde.

I'll nominate The Grapes of Wrath.

I nominate The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Zeljka is terribly good for nominations! :-)
I'll have to second The Idiot as well!

The group is fully back!

You may like to have a look at my post on the last polls here:

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I nominate The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

Thanx Marcos:-)
Can't help it, I love Russian classics;-) but they have little chance on winning on poll I know...:-(

I nominate Dracula by Bram Stoker

And will also second The Idiot

I second Dracula - it's 5 stars read for me.

I second Dracula and The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

I second Dracula and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

I nominate When Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury

Oh, my! Impossible not to second Ray Bradbury!

So, second Something Wicked This Way Comes!

I nominate Rebecca

& second Dracula & Grapes of wrath

I have updated tracking for each thread, see message 2. I will try to update daily, but it depends some on activity.

I will 2nd The Grapes of Wrath !

SO good and such a great social commentary .vs. capitalism/corporations while also being a historical work about America's Great Depression. An important read! --Jen from Quebec :0)

I would also like to 2nd Something Wicked This Way Comes !

I second Something Wicked This Way Comes

I second Rebecca.

I second Grapes of Wrath

I nominate The Phantom of the Opera

I nominate The Secret Garden

I second Rebecca

I second The Secret Garden :)

Ok, wow, I need to second The Secret Garden because if anyone hasn't read it yet, they need to put it on their shortlist. (But I still hope Jekyll and Hyde wins.)

I second The Idiot

I second:
Jekyll & Hyde
Something Wicked
Rebecca
Secret Garden

Gotta go spooky with my seconds:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Something Wicked This Way Comes

I second The Secret Garden &
The Phantom of the Opera

I second The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Something Wicked This Way Comes

I second Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

I second the strange case of Dr. Jekyll an Mr. Hide

I'd like to nominate Utopia by Thomas More

I second Rebecca

I nominate A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.

I second Rebecca.

I also second The Idiot :)

I nominate Mary Poppins

I would like to second Rebecca and Dracula!

Dracula (because of Halloween of course) but also I must second The Idiot.

Good nominations this month so far!!

I second the following books:

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Rebecca
The Grapes of Wrath

I second Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde

I second Something Wicked this way Comes.

I nominate Rebecca

Tally updated!

I'll second The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde *note this is just a short story* and Dracula and nominate The Haunting of Hill House.

I second Dracula and The Haunting of Hill House