Think about it this way, a public poll is a specific choice to shed a layer of anonymity.
@pdurrant -- suggest something to me? My knowledge of books written before at least ~1950-60 is rather sketchy. A problem, I know
perhaps this is the right opportunity to amend that.
I mainly read Sci-Fi/Fantasy, although I do enjoy mysteries as well -- Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes (that's the one I read).
And I can't stand books with animals as the characters.