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It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, this time for January & February 2024. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book that was first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1974 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 12th December or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days when 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 as 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 through the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nominations 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 Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Published 1948
Pages 530

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Published 1948
Pages 530"

Thank you, Nidhi. I can't believe that I forgot to send the message out for this.

Nominated Books:
The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

I nominate The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (86 p., pub. 1886).

I nominate Esther Waters by George Moore (432 p., pub 1894)

I will second The Death of Ivan Ilych

Do we have any more nominations or seconds?

Nominated Books:
The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Books Going to Poll:
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Esther Waters by George Moore

I will second Esther Waters by George Moore

Nominations close tomorrow.

I second The Death of Ivan Ilych

Poll linked here: /poll/show/2...

So is The Death of Ivan Ilych the Jan. & Feb. 2024 classic book? I am new here, so pardon me if it’s been announced already.

Cheryl wrote: "So is The Death of Ivan Ilych the Jan. & Feb. 2024 classic book? I am new here, so pardon me if it’s been announced already."

You're right Cheryl. It's been missed in the craziness of the holidays. Normally I will send out a group message but I will one of them now. I can only do one a day.

Thank you, Alannah! I will look for the book at my library.