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The topic is Something New Under the Sun.

Some may think there is nothing new under the sun, but we beg to differ. This topic may include any new or contemporary books as well as any books about something new, novel or innovative. It may also include books with 'sun' in the title, books relating to the concept of 'under the sun', or however else you may interpret the topic for inspiration.


Detailed nominating and voting guidelines can be found here. Basically, nominations are open for about four days and each person may nominate up to three literary selections which will go automatically to the vote. Voting by post then opens for four days, and a voter may give each nomination either one or two votes but only has a limited number of votes to use which is equal to the number of nominations minus one. Any questions, feel free to ask.

We hope that you will read the selection with us and join in the discussion.

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Nominations are complete. Initial voting is complete. Run-off voting is complete. Final results-

• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
  Post . Goodreads . 278 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off – . 2009 . Poland
  
  
• The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
  Post . Goodreads . 763 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 1983 . U.S.
  
  
• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
  Post . Goodreads . 351 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 3 . 1985 . U.S.
  
  
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  Post . Goodreads . 259 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off – . 1932 . England
  
  
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
  Post . Goodreads . 209 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off – . 1927 . England
  
  
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  Post . Goodreads . 532 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1847 . England
  
  
• The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott
  Post . Goodreads . 346 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 1 . 1819 . Scotland
  
  
• Italian Hours by Henry James
  Post . Goodreads . 302 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off – . 1909 . U.S. & England
  
  
• The Early Stories of Truman Capote
  Post . Goodreads . 185 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2015 . U.S.
  
  
• Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino
  Post . Goodreads . 086 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 1986 . Italy & Cuba
  
  
• Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
  Post . Goodreads . 247 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off – . 2010 . Oman