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Help select what we'll read and discuss next!


The topic is X.

This could lead a few directions. It could be something to do with x marking the spot, such as adventure, treasure seeking, finding some person, place or thing that is lost or hidden. It could also be something to do with x as a censor, such as books that were banned at some point or somewhere, books that were controversial, or plots having to do with books, people, society or whatnot being banned, jailed, repressed or censored for ideas. It could also be something to do with the Roman numeral meaning ten. It could also be something to do with an ex or exes. It could be something to do with x as in the standard symbol for variables in maths, or to do with mathematicians, logic, coherence/incoherence, etc. It could even be something to do with the X Window System! Or, it could just be something to do with a title with a word beginning with an x, or if stretched even just an x somewhere in the title. There's a lot of possibilities with 'X'.


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 now complete. Initial voting is complete. Run-off voting is complete. Final results-

• The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 298 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 2019 . U.S.
  
  
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 592 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off 2 . 1957 . Russia
  
  
• 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 316 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 2019 . Turkey, England, France, Spain, Jordan & U.S.
  
  
• Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 303 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off 0 . 1968 . U.S.
  
  
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 242 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off – . 1882 . Scotland
  
  
• Hard Times by Charles Dickens
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 321 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 1854 . England
  
  
• The Decameron: Selected Tales by Giovanni Boccaccio
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 192 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1348 . Italy (Republic of Florence)
  
  
• The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 327 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2014 . Morocco, U.S. & England
  
  
• Crusoe’s Daughter by Jane Gardam
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 265 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1985 . England