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Originally Posted by treadlightly
I don't believe a poll is the best way to go about looking at that information. How many and which books were read by a voter is interesting. If someone had read 10/12 nominees and found Book X to be the best, that is valuable information to me. And if they felt like describing why, that is even better information. If Book Y was their second choice and that happens to be my first choice, then reading Book X (if I hadn't previously) might be a great suggestion for me. A poll won't capture any of this.
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I agree re naming the book/author for each of the decades (one decade per thread). The more qualitative info can't be captured as you say, but one could hope that posters may state their reasons for a particular vote.
I am volunteering to create this survey. As it will sit independently of the decade voting thread, a link could be provided in the first post.
If you look at some of the current comments in 1900-1910 Voting thread you will note that posters have read varying numbers of the listed books, from 2 onwards to 16, out of 18 books. Add me to the 2 currently read as well. Although the voting poll will be open for a month and that does allow members to read one or more of the other selections before casting their vote.