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Nomination guidelines:

1. Only books on our group bookshelf are eligible: Group Bookshelf

Time Since Last Read. A book is only eligible for rereading if it has not been a group read in the last 12 months (1 year). A book read by the group in any of our reading categories in the past year is not eligible for nomination.

Below is a list of the past year's Revisit the Bookshelf winners. Please do not nominate any of these:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) last read November 2024
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864) last read October 2024
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1969) 275 pages, last read Sept, 2024.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866) 671 pages, last read August 2024
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) 479 pages, last read July 2024
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) 409 pages, last read June 2024
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) 264 pages, Last read May 2024
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890) 272 pages, Last read April 2024
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1625), 1026 pages, last read February and March 2024
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Jan. 2024
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969) 340 pp., last read Dec. 2023


2. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.

3. Only seven books, by seven different authors will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The seven books with the most seconds move to the poll.

4. One nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.

You may change a second from one book to another. Please state which book you originally seconded and which you would like to change to.

5. In the interest of variety, please wait a month to re-nominate a book that has been in the poll. Please do not nominate any of the books that were in our poll last month:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899)
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889)
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937)


Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the end of the month.

I would like to nominate The Pillars of the Earth
The top most rated book on our shelf I have not read.

Last read 2019/01/01

I nominate The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (351 p., pub. 1905). Last read January 2022.

I nominate Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.
First published in 1962, 246 pages.

Last read in August 2019.

I second Pale Fire by Nabokov.

I second Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.

I'll nominate Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup which we read in Jan 2014. Published 1853, about 300 pages.

I nominate One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, 1962, 281 pages, last read in 2016.

Terry wrote: "I nominate One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, 1962, 281 pages, last read in 2016."

Second--this would be a great opportunity for me to finally read this!

I second One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest as well - I have had it on my shelf for more than 10 years and would also love the opportunity (read push) to finally read it!

Thanks, Siddhartha!

Same, One flew over... been meaning to read it for years, and my copy just arrived yesterday with a bunch of other books Id ordered

Thank you, Kevin!

It was my first book of the present year.

I am started to make our nominations list. Please let me know if I need to make any changes or corrections.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (1989) 976 pages, last read in Winter ( Jan-Mar) 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower:

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 351 pages, last read Jan 2022
Nominated by Spoko: Socraticist

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962) 246 pages, last read Aug 2019
Nominated by Kimberly: Alia, Klowey,

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (1853) 353 pages. Last read Jan 2012
Nominated by George P.:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) 325 pages, last read March 2016.
Nominated by Terry: Siddharth, Kathleen, Kev, Dave

I second One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

I second The House of Mirth

Thanks. Updated.

I second The House of Mirth

Since it appears that we are not overloaded with nominations I am nominating A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens last group read December 2019.

I try to read this every couple of years.

I second Twelve Years a Slave

Please let me know if I need to make any changes or corrections.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (1989) 976 pages, last read in Winter ( Jan-Mar) 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower:

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 351 pages, last read Jan 2022
Nominated by Spoko: Socraticist, Shaina

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962) 246 pages, last read Aug 2019
Nominated by Kimberly: Alia, Klowey,

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (1853) 353 pages. Last read Jan 2012
Nominated by George P.: Sam

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) 325 pages, last read March 2016.
Nominated by Terry: Siddharth, Kathleen, Kev, Dave

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843) 104 pages. Last read Dec. 2019
Nominated by Bob:

Bob wrote: "Since it appears that we are not overloaded with nominations I am nominating A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens last group read December 2019.

I try to read this ever..."

Wonderful idea. I'll second A Christmas Carol.

Bob wrote: "Since it appears that we are not overloaded with nominations I am nominating A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens last group read December 2019."

Second

I will also second a Christmas Carol !

I second The Pillars of the Earth

Please let me know if I need to make any changes or corrections.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (1989) 976 pages, last read in Winter ( Jan-Mar) 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Pam

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 351 pages, last read Jan 2022
Nominated by Spoko: Socraticist, Shaina

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962) 246 pages, last read Aug 2019
Nominated by Kimberly: Alia, Klowey,

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (1853) 353 pages. Last read Jan 2012
Nominated by George P.: Sam

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) 325 pages, last read March 2016.
Nominated by Terry: Siddharth, Kathleen, Kev, Dave, Sue

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843) 104 pages. Last read Dec. 2019
Nominated by Bob: Katie, Heather L., Kathleen

At this point all six books will proceed to the polls. The nominations are still open until tonight. Please let me know if I need to make any changes or corrections.


The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Oops! I seconded twice. Looks like it's okay, if all are going to the polls. Sorry--so many good ideas!

Kathleen wrote: "Oops! I seconded twice. Looks like it's okay, if all are going to the polls. Sorry--so many good ideas!"

Oh my, I didn't notice. You're correct that both books would have moved on regardless. They both had at least one second already.

Thank you, Kathleen and Dave!

I second One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Thank you everyone. I am closing the nominations and setting up the poll.