[Kevin8or]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I'd rather see a multi-select vote which might more accurately depict which books people would want to read and discuss.

Since multi-select votes aren't possible with the forum software, your next-best choice was the two-tiered voting.

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Sun surfer summed up the pros and cons nicely. I voted for a tiered system because it would mean the book would be selected by a majority, not potentially a small plurality.

To illustrate the point, last month's winner, A Canticle for Leibowitz, won with 12/71 votes, or 17%. For the 83% who didn't vote for Canticle, two-tier voting would have given them a run-off vote between Canticle & Hyperion. Hyperion might well have won. It's not perfect, but it's an improvement. More people will be happier with the winning book.