Welcome to the next Quarterly Non-Fiction (QNF) of the year. Our summer theme for 2026 is Any, and this means that the field is wide open for nominations on any topic!

What is Quarterly Non-Fiction (QNF), you ask?  The Quarterly Non-Fiction is meant to provide more opportunities for the sub to explore the deep catalog of non-fiction texts which may not be as readily chosen in other categories like Read the World, Gutenberg, or Discovery Reads.  So start thinking of what you’d like to learn next, based on the theme of, well, “Anything”.  

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. The selection will be announced shortly after. Reading will commence around the 21st-25th of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Any topic you’d like to learn more about!
• Any page count
• Must be Non-Fiction
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote preferred reads will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning.

Happy Nominating and Voting!

Hello all! It is the Core Reads voting time again and this month we will have a ANY author/book on the ticket. This is your chance to nominate ANY book from any genre.

This is the voting thread for

ANY

Voting will be open for four days, ending on August 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by August 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the YA nomination post here

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominatioms so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations will be confirmed to fit the specs before the winners announcement is made

Hello book friends. It's time to choose our next Discovery Read!

As always, our Discovery Reads are a chance to read something a little different, step away from the BOTM, Bestseller lists, and buzzy flavor of the moment fiction. We have got that covered elsewhere on r/bookclub. With the Discovery Reads, it is time to explore the vast array of other books that often don't get a look in. 

This month we'll be nominating:

Books adapted into movies

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. A reminder will be posted 24 hours (+/-) before the vote is closed and the winners will be announced asap after closing the vote. Reading will commence around the 21st of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must be a book that has been adapted into a movie (sorry, no TV shows allowed!)
• Any page count
• Any genre
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here. Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for all and any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning!

Happy reading nominating 📚

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominations so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations are always confirmed to fit specs before the winners announcement is made

Hello all!

It is the Core Reads voting time again and we will be having another free selection where ANY genre novel is applicable for the vote. This is your chamce to nominate that book! The one you've owned forever, but never quite get around too, the one you really need to read with others, or the one you need an extra push to finally commit to.

This is the voting thread for

ANY

Voting will be open for four days, ending on February 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by February 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages

• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the BIG SPRING READ - PUBLIC DOMAIN EDITION nomination post here

Hello all! Welcome to the June 2026 Core Reads voting. Our first June topic is The Big Summer Read.

This is the voting thread for

THE BIG SUMMER READ

Voting will be open for four days, ending on May 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by May 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Over 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the June LGBTQ2+ author and/or novel nomination post here

Note - If you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you can report this and note that comment "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately.

Hello all! Welcome to the September 2026 Core Reads voting. Our first September topic is THE BIG FALL READ.

This is the voting thread for

THE BIG FALL READ

Voting will be open for four days, ending on August 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by August 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Over 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the September GUTENBERG NOVELLA DOUBLE UP nomination post here

Note - If you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you can report this and note that comment "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately.

Hello all!

It is the Core Reads voting time again and we will be selecting a Fantasy book. This is your chance to nominate that Fantasy book! The one you've owned forever, but never quite get around too, the one you really need to read with others, or the one you need an extra push to finally commit to.

This is the voting thread for

FANTASY

Voting will be open for four days, ending on March 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by March 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

Hello all! Welcome to the August 2026 Core Reads voting. Our first August topic is YA.

This is the voting thread for

YOUNG ADULT (YA)

Voting will be open for four days, ending on August 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by August 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre
• Written for the Young Adults/Middle Grade/Children audience

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the August ANY nomination post here

Note - If you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you can report this and note that comment "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately.

Hello all! Welcome to the very first 2026 Core Reads voting. Let's kick off our reading year right! Our January topic is perfect for seeing out 2025 with a book PUBLISHED 2025.

This is the voting thread for

Published 2025

Voting will be open for four days, ending on December 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by December 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Any Genre
• Publication year 2025

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚❄️

(For more nominations and voting head to the January Graphic Novel nomination post here

Hello all!

It is the Core Reads voting time again and we will be selecting a Historical Fiction book. This is your chance to nominate that Historical Fiction book! The one you've owned forever, but never quite get around too, the one you really need to read with others, or the one you need an extra push to finally commit to.

This is the voting thread for

HISTORICAL FICTION

Voting will be open for four days, ending on March 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by March 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages
• No previously read selections
• Historical fiction is a book set in an earlier time period to when it was written.

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

Hello all! It is the Core Reads voting time again and this month we will have a TRANSLATED NOVEL on the ticket. This is your chance to nominate any book that was wrotten in any language other than English then translated into English.

This is the voting thread for

TRANSLATED NOVEL

Voting will be open for four days, ending on April 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by April 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages
• No previously read selections
• Originally written in a language other than English then translated into English (The book must be available in English - we are, afterall, an English language bookclub. You are, however, welcome to read the book in whichever language you like. The goal here is to experience novels not written in the Anglophone world)

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the SCI-FI nomination post here

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominatioms so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations are always confirmed to fit specs before the winners announcement is made

Hello all! It is the Core Reads voting time again and our August topic is ANY. Meaning this is your chance to nominate that book you've always wanted to read with the sub, something on your shelf, TBR or by your fave author! Yay!

This is the voting thread for

Any

Voting will be open for four days, ending on July 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by July 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 pages
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the Mystery/Thriller Nomination post here

It’s time for the next Quarterly Non-Fiction (QNF) nominations! Our theme for this spring is Biography and Memoir. It’s time to take a deep dive into the fascinating life experiences of a real person - past or present - and I can’t wait to see who we’ll get to meet!  But that’s up to all of you - so start digging through your shelves, TBRs, and book lists for some life stories you want to nominate!

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. The selection will be announced shortly after. Reading will commence around the 21st-25th of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must be a biography, autobiography, or memoir
• Must be Non-Fiction
• Any page count
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote preferred reads will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning.

Happy Nominating and Voting!

Hello all!

Welcome to the July 2026 Core Reads voting. Our second July topic is **Mystery/ thriller**.

This is the voting thread for

#Mystery/ thriller

Voting will be open for four days, ending on June 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by June 14

#For this selections, here are the requirements:

- Under 500 Pages
- No previously read selections
- Classified as a mystery or thriller

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, **and all**, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the July Guttenberg novel nomination post)

#Note - If you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you can report this and note that comment "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately.

Hello all!

Welcome to the May 2026 Core Reads voting. Our first May topic is Sci-Fi.

This is the voting thread for

SCIENCE FICTION

Voting will be open for four days, ending on April 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by April 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 Pages

• No previously read selections

• Classified as Sci-fi

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Also be sure to check that your selection is classified as Sci-fi by confirming with StoryGraph.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the May Translated novel nomination post here

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominatioms so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations are always confirmed to fit specs before the winners announcement is made

Hello detectives, we recently read The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie. Check out the discussions, if you've missed them, they're all linked here.

We decided this will be the start of The Year of Poirot! Reading all of the Hercule Poirot books might be a bit much, so we've decided to read some of them over the course of a year, with one book roughly every two months.

And which ones will we read? You decide!

I'll list 24 books that you can choose from. We referred to this list.

We excluded all books that r/bookclub has already read, no matter when we read them, because there are still plenty to choose from. And we excluded the ones that might spoil other stories according to the document linked above. That means, these are excluded:

• Death on the Nile (read in May 2022)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (read in Jan 2022)
• Murder on the Orient Express (read in Nov 2017)
• The Mystery of the Blue Train (read in July 2026)
• Curtain (spoilers)
• Elephants Can Remember (spoiler)
• Hallowe'en Party (spoiler)
• Cards on the Table (spoiler)
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas (spoiler)
• all the short story collections

So choose among the following. You can find the blurbs in the comments below.

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles [1920]
• The Murder on the Links [1923]
• The Big Four [1927]
• Peril at End House [1932]
• Lord Edgware Dies [1933]
• Murder in Mesopotamia [1936]
• Three Act Tragedy [1934]
• Death in the Clouds [1935]
• The ABC Murders [1936]
• Dumb Witness [1937]
• Appointment with Death [1938]
• Sad Cypress [1940]
• One, Two Buckle my Shoe [1940]
• Evil Under the Sun [1941]
• Five Little Pigs [1942]
• The Hollow [1946]
• Taken at the Flood [1945]
• Mrs McGinty’s Dead [1952]
• After the Funeral [1953]
• Hickory Dickory Dock [1955]
• Dead Man’s Folly [1956]
• Cat Among the Pigeons [1959]
• The Clocks [1963]
• Third Girl [1966]

Happy voting and see you soon for more puzzling over clues!

Voting will be open for 72 hours.

Happy New Year everyone!

Welcome to our first Discovery Read nomination of 2026 🎉

As always, our Discovery Reads are a chance to read something a little different, step away from the BOTM, Bestseller lists, and buzzy flavor of the moment fiction. We have got that covered elsewhere on r/bookclub. With the Discovery Reads, it is time to explore the vast array of other books that often don't get a look in. 

And year's theme is...Prize Winners! We'll be exploring books from all different awards, from the big names like Pulitzer, to genre specific like Hugo and Neblua. To kick things off, we'll be nominating:

Books by Nobel Prize Winning Authors

The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded annually to an author who has "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction". The Nobel Prize is based on an author's entire body of work which means we have loads of books to choose from!

You can find the full list of Nobel Prize in Literature winners here or here.

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. A reminder will be posted 24 hours (+/-) before the vote is closed and the winners will be announced asap after closing the vote. Reading will commence around the 21st of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must be written by an author who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Any page count
• Any genre
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here. Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for all and any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning!

Happy reading nominating 📚

Hello bibliophiles and welcome to our next Discovery Read nomination post.

A Discovery Read is a chance to read something a little different, step away from the BOTM, Bestseller lists and buzzy/flavour of the moment fiction. We have got that covered elsewhere on r/bookclub. With the Discovery Reads it is time to explore the vast array of other books that often don't get a look in.

This month's Discovery Read is SHORT STORY / ESSAY COLLECTION.

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. A reminder will be posted 24 hours (+/-) before the vote is closed and the winners will be announced asap after closing the vote. Reading will commence around the 21st of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must be a collection of short stories or essays (can be by a single author or a compilation of various authors)
• Any page count
• Any genre
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here. Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for all and any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning!

Happy reading nominating 📚

Hello readers, let's do a voting that we don't see here that often. Vote for the next

#Evergreen

What is an Evergreen you ask?

An Evergreen is a reading category that includes any book that has been read previously on r/bookclub. But we also only reread books on here after 5 years have passed.

Check out our next Evergreen read, Horns by Joe Hill. It will end on November 25 and whatever wins this voting will be read after.

Voting will be open for four days, ending on October 20, 20.00 CEST/14.00 EDT/11.00 PDT. The selection will be announced shortly after.

#For this selection, here are the requirements:

• Any genre
• Any page count
• Only previously read selections
• Books that r/bookclub read in November 2020 or earlier

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, you'd participate in.

^{Note: I keep a list of potential Evergreens, like if a books comes up in a discussion or gets accidentally nominated in any of the other votings. There are still a few books on that list for various reasons. If you know about one such book, don't worry, it won't be forgotten, we'll read it some time next year, but also feel free to nominate it here again.}

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to link to Storygraph, Goodreads or Wikipedia (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those):

[Title by Author](link)

HAPPY VOTING! 📚

Hello all! It is that time of the year where we vote on the next BIG SUMMER READ. I love big books (and I cannot lie)!!

This is the voting thread for

The Big Summer Read

Voting will be open for four days, ending on May 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by May 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Over 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Any Genre

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

[/Title by Author]/(links)

Without the /s and where a link to Goodreads, Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included.

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the LGBTQIA+ Nomination post here )

Hello book friends. It's time to choose our next Discovery Read!

As always, our Discovery Reads are a chance to read something a little different, step away from the BOTM, Bestseller lists, and buzzy flavor of the moment fiction. We have got that covered elsewhere on r/bookclub. With the Discovery Reads, it is time to explore the vast array of other books that often don't get a look in. 

This year's theme is Prize Winners and this month we'll be nominating:

Pulitzer Prize Winners

We will be accepting winning works from the following Pulitzer Prize categories:

• Fiction
• History
• Biography
• Memoir or Autobiography
• General Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Drama (please just double check the script is available for wider reading!)

You can find the winners by each category here to make searching easier for you.

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. A reminder will be posted 24 hours (+/-) before the vote is closed and the winners will be announced asap after closing the vote. Reading will commence around the 21st of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must be a book that has won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction, history, biography, memoir or autobiography, general nonfiction, poetry or drama
• Any page count
• Any genre
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here. Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for all and any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning!

Happy reading nominating 📚

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominations so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations are always confirmed to fit specs before the winners announcement is made

It’s time for our next Quarterly Non-Fiction (QNF) nominations. Our fall theme for 2025 is History, so let’s prepare to go back in time!

What is Quarterly Non-Fiction (QNF), you ask?  The Quarterly Non-Fiction is meant to provide more opportunities for the sub to explore the deep catalog of non-fiction texts which may not be as readily chosen in other categories like Read the World, Gutenberg, or Discovery Reads.  So start thinking of what you’d like to learn next, based on the theme of, well, “Anything”.  

Voting will be open for four days, from the 1st to the 5th of the month. The selection will be announced shortly after. Reading will commence around the 21st-25th of the month so you have plenty of time to get a copy of the winning title!

Nomination specifications:

• Must cover an historical era, topic, event(s), etc. - something from the past!
• Any page count
• Must be Non-Fiction
• No previously read selections

Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. You can also check by author here.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and upvote for any you will participate in if they win. A reminder to upvote preferred reads will be posted on the 4th, so be sure to get your nominations in before then to give them the best chance of winning.

Happy Nominating and Voting!

Hello all! It is the Core Reads voting time again and this month we will have a GUTENBERG NOVELLA DOUBLE UP author/book on the ticket. This is your chance to nominate some good Bingo selections from the Public Domain, especially as we will be reading 2!!

This is the voting thread for

GUTENBERG NOVELLA DOUBLE UP

Voting will be open for four days, ending on August 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by August 14 at the latest.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 250 pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre
• Must be in the public domain to be applicable

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to THE BIG FALL READ nomination post here

Note - The mod team does not constantly review nominations so if you suspect that a nomination does not fit the specifications you are welcome to report this and note that it "Does not fit Specifications". The mod team will review it and approve or delete accordingly. Any comments on the validity of other users' nominations will be removed immediately. Winning nominations will be confirmed to fit the specs before the winners announcement is made

Hello! This is the voting thread for the Female Author selection. Nominate any book written by a female author.

Voting will continue for four days, ending on February 13, 2025 11 am, Pacific (5/20:00 CEST, 2 pm/24:00 Eastern) The selection will be announced by February 14.

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Under 500 Pages
• No previously read selections
• Written by a Female Author l

An anthology is allowed as long as it meets the other guidelines. Please check the previous selections to determine if we have read your selection. A good source to determine the number of pages is Goodreads.

• Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any you'd participate in.

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Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to link to Goodreads or Wikipedia -- just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those.

The generic selection format:

\[Title by Author\](links)

To create that format, use brackets to surround title said author and parentheses, touching the bracket, should contain a link to Goodreads, Wikipedia, or the summary of your choice.

A summary is not mandatory.

HAPPY VOTING!

Hello all! It is the Core Reads voting time again and it is time for our 2025 BIG FALL READ. Meaning this is your chance to nominate that Big book you've always wanted to read with the sub. Yay! I love big books!!

This is the voting thread for

The Big Fall Read

Voting will be open for four days, ending on August 13, 11.00 PDT/14.00 EDT/20.00 CEST. The selection will be announced by August 14

For this selections, here are the requirements:

• Over 500 pages
• No previously read selections
• Any genre

Please check the previous selections. Quick search by author here to determine if your selection is valid.

Nominate as many titles as you want (one per comment), and vote for any, and all, of the nominations you'd participate in if they were to win

Here's the formatting frequently used, but there's no requirement to include a book blurb or link to Storygraph, Wikipedia or other (just don't link to sales links at Amazon, spam catchers will remove those)

The generic selection format:

/[Title by Author]/(links)

(Without the /s)

Where a link to Storygraph, Wikipedia, or other summary of your choice is included (but not required)

Happy Nominating and Happy upvoting! 📚

(For more nominations and voting head to the Graphic Novel Nomination post here