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Help select what we'll read and discuss next!


The topic is The Zodiac.

This is wide-ranging and could be any plot, character or word in a title having something to do with the zodiac. This might be a western zodiac sign (Libra, Leo, Gemini, Aries, Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Cancer) or one of their associations (scales, balance, lion, twins, ram, bull, virgin, maiden, scorpion, water bearer, fish, goat, archer, centaur, crab), or a Chinese zodiac animal (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig). It could be a zodiacal element (air, fire, water, earth, metal, wood), a direction associated with the Chinese zodiac (west, north, east, south) or the concept of yin and/or yang from the Chinese zodiac. It might concern a more enigmatic association with astrology, horoscopes, divination, mysticism, fortune telling, tarot, cusps, the heavens, constellations, celestial bodies, planets, stars, sun, moon, etc. There's also more esoteric zodiacs (Hindu, Vedic, Greek, Celtic, etc.) that could be inspiring.


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. First round voting is complete. Run-off voting is complete. Final results-

• The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 097 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off 3 . 1977 . Brazil & Ukraine
  
  
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 858 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1985 . U.S.
  
  
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 247 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off – . 1926 . U.S.
  
  
• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 269 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off – . 2009 . Poland
  
  
• Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Porter
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 205 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 1939 . U.S.
  
  
• Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 248 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2010 . Oman
  
  
• My Name Is Venus Black by Heather Lloyd
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 384 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off 0 . 2018 . U.S.
  
  
• The North Water by Ian McGuire
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 325 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2016 . England
  
  
• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
  Post . Goodreads . Preview . 246 Pages . Votes 2 . Run-off – . 2019 . U.S. & Vietnam