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The topic is Viral.

I think we're all pretty familiar with this word and concept at the moment. Virus, Pestilence, Plague, oh my! Anything to do with any of those would work. There is the more obvious interpretation of virus, although it might also suggest computer viruses and other types as well. The topic could also do with the newer meaning of viral as being much discussed because of some aspect especially unique or tantalising, or becoming very well known very quickly, sometimes for the wrong reasons; this might include infamous literary books, or ones that struck a particular chord in the zeitgeist, or books with plots, themes or titles involving something of that nature.


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 Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 448 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off – . 1977 . England
  
  
• Blindness by José Saramago
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 309 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off 1 . 1995 . Portugal
  
  
• A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel DeFoe
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 218 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1722 . England
  
  
• The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 320 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2019 . U.S.
  
  
• Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 205 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1939 . U.S.
  
  
• The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 225 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off 2 . 1994 . U.S.
  
  
• Fever by Mary Beth Keane
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 336 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2013 . U.S.
  
  
• The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 312 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off – . 2006 . U.S.
  
  
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 306 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off – . 1969 . U.S.