MobileRead Book Club Selections List

Elfwreck · 07-26-2011, 04:25 PM

This is a list of all the books read as part of the Mobileread Book Club so far, with links to the discussions. (Someone asked if we had a list, and we didn't, so I put one together.) I like the idea of "we don't have to stop discussing it when the month is over," but once the thread falls off the first page, it's hard to find again. This should make it easier to pick up the discussions later.

Categories are chosen by a combination of discussion and votes in the Book Clubs forum.

2008
November: Fiction A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
December: MR Classic Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

2009
January: Science Fiction The Time Traders by Andre Norton
February: MR Contemporary Refuge by Richard Herley
March: Nonfiction Professor and the Mad Man by Whincester Simon
April: MR Author Neptune Crossing by Jeffrey A. Carver
May: Horror Dracula by Bram Stoker
June: MR Classic King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
July: Humor Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
August: Contemporary Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
September: Mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
October: MR Author Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer, Also: Verdant Skies by Steve Jordan
November: Classic The Trial by Frans Kafka
December: 2nd Chance: Runners-up Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers

2010
January: Science Fiction The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
February: Romance Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
March: Nonfiction (tie) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and Stiff by Mary Roach
April: Humor The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
May: Classic The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
June: Thriller/Suspense The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
July: Fantasy (trees/magic) Sheepfarmer's Daugher by Elizabeth Moon
August: Free For All The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
September: Mystery/Crime Killing Floor by Lee Child
October: Horror Risen by Jan Strnad
November: Science Fiction Old Man's War by John Scalzi
December: Classic The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

2011
January: 2nd Chance: Runners-up The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
February: Romance A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
March: Nonfiction The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
April: Humor Hal Spacejock 01 by Simon Haynes
May: Classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
June: Thriller/Suspense Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
July: Fantasy (trees/magic) The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss
August: Free For All Slaughterhouse Five by Kurk Vonnegut
September: Mystery/Crime The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert van Gulik
October: Horror The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
November: Science Fiction A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
December: Classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

2012
January*: Runner Up Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
February: Romance Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March: Thriller/Suspense Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
April*: Humour The Princess Bride by William Goldman
May: Fantasy Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
June: Classic Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
July: Mystery/Crime Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
August*: Free For All The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
September: Nonfiction A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Edwards
October: Horror Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu
November: Science Fiction Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
December*: Classic Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

* The voting this month was visible.

2013
January: Second Chance - Persuasion by Jane Austen
February: Romance - A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
March: Travel/Adventure - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
April: Classics - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
May: Mystery/Thriller - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
June: Award Winners
July: Non-fiction
August: Science Fiction
September: Banned/Challenged Books
October: Patricia Clark Memorial Library (MobileRead Library)
November: Foreign (Books originally written in a language other than English)
December: Short Stories

sun surfer · 07-26-2011, 04:33 PM

Thank you for putting the work into making this list! This is a great resource.

issybird · 07-26-2011, 04:37 PM

Adding my thanks. This is terrific.

Nyssa · 07-26-2011, 05:15 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will bookmark this post!

Hamlet53 · 07-26-2011, 07:45 PM

Adding great thanks. This is very interesting and I am sorry I was not around for a number of these. Maybe this could be moved up to the sticky section?

Nyssa · 07-26-2011, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Adding great thanks. This is very interesting and I am sorry I was not around for a number of these. Maybe this could be moved up to the sticky section?

Great suggestion Hamlet!

GA Russell · 07-26-2011, 11:42 PM

Karma to you!

HomeInMyShoes · 07-27-2011, 02:47 PM

Groovy.

sakura-panda · 07-28-2011, 10:03 AM

I'm not much of a participant

, but I love to read the book club discussions. (One day I'll read and post, but so far I've just been reading the threads without reading the book, or I've read the book so long before that I don't remember the details.) Thanks for posting the titles and links!

Elfwreck · 08-28-2011, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vavapne

I am reading "Sven the zombie slayer' by Guy James, and I enjoy it a lot.

Nominations for October's book won't be open for a while, and it'll get its own thread, like the September nominations thread. (Just letting you know that leaving a note here won't count toward the official selection process; this is just a list of past nominations & vote-winners.)

nook2 · 09-22-2011, 02:27 PM

Does subscribing to this thread update me to your newly selected titles for future months?

I'll keep an eye on the selected books and if one catches my eye I'll join in that month. How do we start our own book clubs here?

Elfwreck · 09-26-2011, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nook2

Does subscribing to this thread update me to your newly selected titles for future months?

Not yet? Subscribing to a thread doesn't get you notified when the original post is edited. I could, however, post a reply when I update, which would let people know there's a new book listed. (That's a good idea, actually; I think I'll do that. Probably not for the voting thread, but once the discussion's actually started, I can add a comment so people who've subscribed to this list know when something new is up.)

Quote:

I'll keep an eye on the selected books and if one catches my eye I'll join in that month. How do we start our own book clubs here?

You make a post that says "New Book Club: [topic]," and if people think it's interesting, they reply and start talking about those books. The only "officialness" to the MR "official" book club is that the mods move the threads to the sticky part of the forum during the month when they're happening, and they'd be happy to do that with pretty much any relevant thread.

They're not going to sticky everything, but another active book club shouldn't be a problem. If we get three dozen active book clubs? They'll make a new forum for book clubs.

Ron. · 09-26-2011, 01:04 PM

nice work!

Nyssa · 10-22-2011, 10:44 PM

There were two books up for discussion in October '09?

HomeInMyShoes · 10-24-2011, 10:24 AM

^As well as March 2010. There was a tie in the voting and they just went with both before they've tried to come up with an actual winner now.

07-26-2011, 04:25 PM	#1
Elfwreck Wizard Posts: 4,988 Karma: 21320468 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Clié; PRS-505; EZR Pocket Pro	Book Club Selections List This is a list of all the books read as part of the Mobileread Book Club so far, with links to the discussions. (Someone asked if we had a list, and we didn't, so I put one together.) I like the idea of "we don't have to stop discussing it when the month is over," but once the thread falls off the first page, it's hard to find again. This should make it easier to pick up the discussions later. Categories are chosen by a combination of discussion and votes in the Book Clubs forum. 2008 November: Fiction A Passage to India by E.M. Forster December: MR Classic Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 2009 January: Science Fiction The Time Traders by Andre Norton February: MR Contemporary Refuge by Richard Herley March: Nonfiction Professor and the Mad Man by Whincester Simon April: MR Author Neptune Crossing by Jeffrey A. Carver May: Horror Dracula by Bram Stoker June: MR Classic King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard July: Humor Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome August: Contemporary Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell September: Mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie October: MR Author Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer, Also: Verdant Skies by Steve Jordan November: Classic The Trial by Frans Kafka December: 2nd Chance: Runners-up Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers 2010 January: Science Fiction The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster February: Romance Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell March: Nonfiction (tie) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and Stiff by Mary Roach April: Humor The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald May: Classic The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne June: Thriller/Suspense The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan July: Fantasy (trees/magic) Sheepfarmer's Daugher by Elizabeth Moon August: Free For All The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler September: Mystery/Crime Killing Floor by Lee Child October: Horror Risen by Jan Strnad November: Science Fiction Old Man's War by John Scalzi December: Classic The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 2011 January: 2nd Chance: Runners-up The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams February: Romance A Room With A View by E.M. Forster March: Nonfiction The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin April: Humor Hal Spacejock 01 by Simon Haynes May: Classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy June: Thriller/Suspense Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett July: Fantasy (trees/magic) The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss August: Free For All Slaughterhouse Five by Kurk Vonnegut September: Mystery/Crime The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert van Gulik October: Horror The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells November: Science Fiction A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller December: Classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 2012 January: Runner Up Black Rain* by Masuji Ibuse February: Romance Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald March: Thriller/Suspense Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane April: Humour The Princess Bride* by William Goldman May: Fantasy Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman June: Classic Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott July: Mystery/Crime Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters August: Free For All The Shadow of the Wind* by Carlos Ruiz Zafon September: Nonfiction A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Edwards October: Horror Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu November: Science Fiction Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell December: Classic Ethan Frome* by Edith Wharton * The voting this month was visible. 2013 January: Second Chance - Persuasion by Jane Austen February: Romance - A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute March: Travel/Adventure - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne April: Classics - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle May: Mystery/Thriller - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler June: Award Winners July: Non-fiction August: Science Fiction September: Banned/Challenged Books October: Patricia Clark Memorial Library (MobileRead Library) November: Foreign (Books originally written in a language other than English) December: Short Stories __________________ When I'm not here, I'm somewhere else. Mind the rainbows. Last edited by Elfwreck; 05-01-2013 at 04:28 PM. Reason: Add Apr link, May selection

07-26-2011, 04:33 PM	#2
sun surfer keep calm and carry on Posts: 1,259 Karma: 6665144 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: the shade of the morning sun Device: ipad mini & sony 950	Thank you for putting the work into making this list! This is a great resource. __________________ apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves

07-26-2011, 05:15 PM	#4
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 5,032 Karma: 42241845 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle 3 (Wifi Only), Kindle Paperwhite	Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will bookmark this post! __________________ 2013 Challenge Discussion Thread. 2013 Challenge List Thread.My Reading Challenge for 2013 My Reading Progress for 2013.My GoodReads Reviews for 2013.My GoodReads Thread for 2013

07-27-2011, 02:47 PM	#8
HomeInMyShoes Ginormous Intergalactic Posts: 9,956 Karma: 33625427 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: junkyard Device: Kindle3	Groovy. __________________ Reading Lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane

07-28-2011, 10:03 AM	#9
sakura-panda Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1119720 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Sony PRS-505/SC, Kindle 3, iPad/iPhone (Bluefire/Kindle), Sony T1	I'm not much of a participant , but I love to read the book club discussions. (One day I'll read and post, but so far I've just been reading the threads without reading the book, or I've read the book so long before that I don't remember the details.) Thanks for posting the titles and links! __________________ ~ Katie ~ 2013 Read Book List Goodreads Reading Challenge *

07-26-2011, 04:37 PM	#3
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 2,111 Karma: 19726700 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Touch, Nook, 350, 950, Fire	Adding my thanks. This is terrific.

07-26-2011, 07:45 PM	#5
Hamlet53 American Senator Posts: 2,825 Karma: 25550144 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony 900, Nook Color (androided), Coby 10.1" Kyros Tablet	Adding great thanks. This is very interesting and I am sorry I was not around for a number of these. Maybe this could be moved up to the sticky section?

07-26-2011, 11:42 PM	#7
GA Russell Argos win the Grey Cup! Posts: 3,367 Karma: 11423475 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: jetBook Lite, Libre Pro	Karma to you!

09-22-2011, 02:27 PM	#11
nook2 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 500 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch	Does subscribing to this thread update me to your newly selected titles for future months? I'll keep an eye on the selected books and if one catches my eye I'll join in that month. How do we start our own book clubs here?

09-26-2011, 01:04 PM	#13
Ron. Evangelist Posts: 448 Karma: 864744 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3, LookBook, Nook Simple Touch	nice work! __________________ 86 Books in 2011

10-22-2011, 10:44 PM	#14
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 5,032 Karma: 42241845 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle 3 (Wifi Only), Kindle Paperwhite	There were two books up for discussion in October '09? __________________ 2013 Challenge Discussion Thread. 2013 Challenge List Thread.My Reading Challenge for 2013 My Reading Progress for 2013.My GoodReads Reviews for 2013.My GoodReads Thread for 2013

10-24-2011, 10:24 AM	#15
HomeInMyShoes Ginormous Intergalactic Posts: 9,956 Karma: 33625427 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: junkyard Device: Kindle3	^As well as March 2010. There was a tie in the voting and they just went with both before they've tried to come up with an actual winner now. __________________ Reading Lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane

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