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I am posting June early because I will be on the road on the 15th and I will be without internet starting tomorrow.

Authors for June are Le Fanu through Macdonald.

Books over 600 pages are not included and books that have been past botm in 2022 are also not included. Books that have been botm in past 10 years are not included in the randomizer choice so bare that in mind when voting.

Voting ends on the 24th when the winners will be announced. Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. Everyone gets one free vote. if you have participation points you can have up to 4 additional votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 different choices.


J. Sheridan Le Fanu- Ireland
1. Uncle Silas
2. In a Glass Darkly

Ursula K. Le Guin - US
3. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

David Leavitt - US
4. The Lost Language of Cranes

Harper Lee - US
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, has been a previous botm 2011, 2013

Laurie Lee - UK
6. Cider with Rosie

Stanisław Lem - Ukraine
7. Solaris - botm 2016

Charlotte Lennox - UK
8. The Female Quixote

Siegfried Lenz - German
9. The German Lesson

Elmore Leonard - US
10. Get Shorty
11. La Brava
12. City Primeval

Mikhail Lermontov - Russian
13. A Hero of Our Own Times

Ben Lerner - US
14. 10:04

Nikolai Leskov - Russian
15. The Enchanted Wanderer

Doris Lessing - British
16. The Grass Is Singing - 2020 botm
17. Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta
18. The Diaries of Jane Somers

Carlo Levi - Italy
19. Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year - 2018 botm

Primo Levi - Italian/Jewish
20. Survival in Auschwitz -
21, The Drowned and the Saved - 2020 botm
22. If This Is a Man

Andrea Levy - UK
23. Small Island

Matthew Gregory Lewis - UK
24. The Monk

Saunders Lewis - England
25. Monica by Saunders Lewis (2013) Hardcover

Sinclair Lewis - US
26. Babbitt

Wyndham Lewis - Canada
27. The Childermass
28. Tarr
29. The Apes of God
30. Self Condemned

Marina Lewycka - England
31. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, botm 2011, 2016

Väinö Linna - Finland
32. The Unknown Soldier

Clarice Lispector - Ukraine
33. The Hour of the Star
34. The Passion According to G.H.

Mario Vargas Llosa - Peru
35. The Feast of the Goat
36. The War of the End of the World
37. The Cubs and Other Stories
38. The Time of the Hero

Jack London - US
39. The Call of the Wild
40. The Iron Heel, 2011 botm
41. Martin Eden

Anita Loos - US
42. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

H.P. Lovecraft - US
43. At the Mountains of Madness, 2013 botm

Malcolm Lowry - England
44. Under the Volcano
45. Dark As the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid

John Lyly - England
46. Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

Helen Macdonald - UK
47. H is for Hawk

Ann-Marie MacDonald
48. Fall on Your Knees

That's it folks. You have extra time to contemplate your choices. What would you like to read? Any opinions? How many have you read?

I have only read 14. I am going to go with Small Island. It has been on my TBR list and never chosen.

I’ve read 21 of them. Not sure what I will vote for but I probably will scatter my votes for the randomized.

I've read 7, so the field is wide open for me. I am leaning toward Uncle Silas but there are a dozen others that I'm interested in, including all of the Elmore Leonards and Doris Lessings.

Kristel, safe travels going back to Minnesota.

I have only read nine from this group. I would like to read more Mario Vargas Llosa. I read A Feast of the Goat this year and it was fantastic. Any of the other three I would be interested in.

Jane wrote: "I've read 7, so the field is wide open for me. I am leaning toward Uncle Silas but there are a dozen others that I'm interested in, including all of the Elmore Leonards and Doris Lessings."

I loved The Grass is Singing by Lessings. I would be interested in her other books which I have not read.

Okie dokie: there's 4 I haven't read this time: Diary of Jane Somers, Time of the Hero, The war at the end of the world, and Euphues.

Since Diane and Jane mentioned Doris Lessing and Diane also mentioned Vargas-Llosa, I think I'm going to split my votes between Diary of Jane Somers and either Time of the Hero or War at the end of the World. Which one of those 2 do folks prefer if they have a preference? I'll vote that way.

Amanda wrote: "Okie dokie: there's 4 I haven't read this time: Diary of Jane Somers, Time of the Hero, The war at the end of the world, and Euphues.

Since Diane and Jane mentioned Doris Lessing and Diane also m..."

Doing more research, I am leaning towards the Doris Lessing book. I finally found the books in my library system under their separate titles The Diary of a Good Neighbor and If The Old Could. For the Llosa books the shorter book Time of the Hero would probably work better for me.

I’ve read 12 of these, including both the Vargas Llosa that Amanda mentioned.

I was thinking about Small Island or Under the Volcano - as Pip mentioned Small Island I’ll probably go for that.

@Kristel: there might be a mistake with the Primo Levi books. Survival in Auschwitz is the alternate title of If This is a Man; there is one title that is missing: If Not Now, When?.

Only about 15 read for me this month, quite low. I do have a few on my shelves:

- If Not Now, When? (Levi)
- The Feast of the Goat (Llosa)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Loos)
- Under the Volcano (Lowry)
- H is for Hawk (MacDonald)

Unless there is more support for Under the Volcano, I might toss all of them to the random miser.

I have read 20 of these which is higher than my average. I have not read Small Island and that sounds interesting. Of the Mario Vargas Llosa's I have not read The War of the End of the World. Of the Lessing, I have not read The Dairies of Jane Somers. Of Patrick's list I have not read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I could go for any of those. I will wait a beat to see what others think.

I can get Gentlemen prefer Blondes on hoopla, so I will vote for that.

I have Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The German Lesson. I've read most of the others that have been mentioned, so I will probably vote for those two.

I think I'll be tossing in votes for Diaries of Jane Somers and War at the end of the World then, based on comments here.

I added a book that got missed. So there are 48 choices. Don't forget to vote. Winners announced on the 23rd. I am back in Minnesota. Only one person has voted thus far.

Patrick wrote: "@Kristel: there might be a mistake with the Primo Levi books. Survival in Auschwitz is the alternate title of If This is a Man; there is one title that is missing: If Not Now, When?."

Yes this is a mistake, I was about to point it out also (I've read all three). The Italian title was literally If This is a Man. The American publishers retitled it Survival in Auschwitz, to Levi's chagrin.

There are five of these that are in my (long) to-read list. I've read 17 or a little over a third, which is around my usual number.
I'm leaning toward voting for The Passion According to G.H. by Lispector but see no other support for it yet.
Diary of J Somers is in my list also.
I've read 3 of the 4 Vargas Llosa, all but The Cubs.
Since Rosemary plans to vote for German Lesson, and that's on my tbr list, I think I will give some votes to that.

There is something wrong with the top link. Sheridan Le Fanu takes us to Anne McCaffrey.

Nike wrote: "There is something wrong with the top link. Sheridan Le Fanu takes us to Anne McCaffrey."

I think it is fixed.

The winners are:
Popular Vote: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Loos
Randomizer: The Diaries of Jane Somers - Lessing

The second most voted book was The Diaries.

No surprises this month. What will you be reading in June?

Since I voted for it...... Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!

I will read Gentlement Prefer Blondes too. I ordered The diaries but I see it is >500 pages so it is questionable that I will actually get it read.

Is it both volumes, Kristen?

I’ve read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and am not currently feeling drawn to the Lessing, so I think I will spend May and June focusing on TBR takedown and Randomised reading list books.

Pip wrote: "Is it both volumes, Kristen?"

I am not sure Pip. Both books are only 1 book here in the US.

Both, I hope!

Pip wrote: "Both, I hope!"

Yes Pip you are correct both titles The Diary of a Good Neighbor and If The Old Could for The Diaries of Jane Somers.

I have read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I want to read The Dairies of Jane Somers but not sure I will be able to fit it in, too many books for June especially the tomb of Mason and Dixon.

Happy to see Jane Somers as one of the winners. I’ve read the first one and it’s not very long if some of only have time for one of them. It was very good, and an easy read. Will read book 2 in June.

Since I voted for Jane Somers...will be reading!

I'll be reading Gentlemen Prefer Blondes! Looking forward to something light!

I read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes years ago, but I will happily re-read as it is delightful. I've ordered a used paperback of the Lessing book, but we'll see how far we get on that.

I will be reading both if the library e-book loan comes through for The Dairies.

Kristel wrote: "I will read Gentlement Prefer Blondes too. I ordered The diaries but I see it is >500 pages so it is questionable that I will actually get it read."

You could read one this spring and the other later. I guess they're about 250 pg each.

I put votes on 3 different books and none were selected :(
Both books are by women authors, that's unusual.
I have both in my to-read list: Diaries.. at about #200 and Gentlemen... at about #700, so will just read Diaries- I'll try to read both books in it by sometime in June. I can get it at university library or some sellers on internet are only about $4 incl shipping.