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Voting for our June BOTM will begin 4/15 and go through 4/23 with announcement of winners announced on the 24. Our authors for June are Sayers through Å oljan. Everyone gets a free vote but you can use participation points up to 5 total votes including your freebie. Please feel free to try and persuade people to vote on books you really want to read. Send a PM to the shelf personality of to me.

Dorothy L. Sayers Oxford, England, The United Kingdom, 1893 to 1957
1. Murder Must Advertise 1933, 356 pages
2. The Nine Tailors, 1934, 397 pages

The Swarm is omitted

Arthur Schnitzler Austria, 1862 - 1931
3. Lieutenant Gustl - None But The Brave, 74 pages, 1900.

Bruno Schulz Ukraine, 1892-1942
4. The Street of Crocodiles - 1933, 160 pages

Leonardo Sciascia Italy, 1921 - 1989
5. To Each His Own 1966, 176 pages

Walter Scott Scotland - 1771 - 1832
6. Rob Roy 1817, 501 pages
7. Ivanhoe 1819, 541 pages
8. The Monastery, 1820, 370 pages

W.G. Sebald Germany 1944 to 2001
9. Vertigo 1990, 263 pages
10. The Rings of Saturn 1995, 296 pages
11. Austerlitz 2001, 415 pages

Anna Seghers Germany 1900 to 1983
12. Transit, 1944, 272 pages

Requiem for a Dream, omitted, 2018 BOTM

Will Self England, United Kingdom, 1961
13. Great Apes, 1997, 404 pages
14. How the Dead Live 2002, 404 pages

Meša Selimović Bosnia and Herzegovina 1910 - 1982
15. Death and the Dervish 473 pages, 1966.

Sam Selvon San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, 1923 - 1994
16. The Lonely Londoners 1956, 142 pages

Ousmane Sembène GambiaJanuary 1923 - 2007
17. God's Bits of Wood 1960, 252 pages

Victor Serge Belgium 1890 - 1947
18. The Case of Comrade Tulayev 1947, 400 pages

The Suitable Boy omitted, >600 pages

Shahan Shahnour Turkey, 1903 - 1974
19. Retreat Without Song 1929, 155 pages

Akhil Sharma India, born 1971
20. An Obedient Father, 2000, 288 pages

Lao She China, 1899 - 1966
21. Rickshaw Boy 1937, 300 pages

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley England 1797 - 1851
22. Frankenstein, 1818, 288 pages

Carol Shields United States 1935 - 2003
23. The Stone Diaries, 1993, 361 pages
Unless omitted, 2018 BOTM

The Tale of Genji omitted > 500 pages

Nevil Shute England, The United Kingdom 1899 - 1960
24. A Town Like Alice 1950, 359 pages.

Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland, 1846 - 1916
25. Quo Vadis 1894, 589 pages

Alan Sillitoe Nottingham, The United Kingdom 1928 - 2010
26. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1958, 192 pages.

Iain Sinclair Wales, The United Kingdom, 1943
27. Downriver 1991, 544 pages
28. London Orbital 2002, 577 pages
29. Dining on Stones 2004, 464 pages

May Sinclair Cheshire, The United Kingdom, 1863 - 1946
30. Life and Death of Harriett Frean 1922, 184 pages.

Upton Sinclair Maryland, United States, 1878 - 1968
31. THE JUNGLE 1906, 335 pages

Isaac Bashevis Singer Poland, 1902 - 1991
32. The Magician of Lublin, 1959, 208 pages
33. The Manor 1967, 442 pages

Indra Sinha Colaba, India, 1950
34. Animal's People 2007, 374 pages

Josef Škvorecký Czech Republic 1924 - 2012
35. The Engineer of Human Souls 1977, 592 pages

Sleigh omitted, > 600 pages

Ali Smith Scotland, 1962
36. The Accidental, 2005, 306 pages
37. There but for the, 2011, 357 pages
38. Winter, 2017, 322 pages

Zadie Smith London, UK, 1975 pages
39. White Teeth 2000, 488 pages
40. On Beauty 2005, 445 pages

Tobias Smollett Scotland 1721 - 1771
41. The Adventures of Roderick Random 1748, 476 pages
42. Humphry Clinker 1771, 414 pages
Peregrine Pickle omitted > 600 pages

Antun Å oljan (1 December 1932, Belgrade - 12 July 1993, Zagreb) was a Croatian writer in a period of Cold War. He wrote four novels: Izdajice (1961, Traitors), Kratki izlet (1965, A Brief Excursion), Luka (1976, The Harbour) and Drugi ljudi na mjesecu (1978, Other People on the Moon), as well as short stories, theatre and radio plays and poems.

Antun Å oljan, The Port is not translated.

I have read 10 of these and would love to read Death and the Dervish but there are many other on this list I would be open to also.

I've read 9 of these. (White Teeth, On Beauty, Winter, The Accidental, Animal's People, The Jungle, The Stone Diaries, Frankenstein, Austerlitz)

I have Great Apes sitting unread on my shelf.

I will have to poke through the rest of these to see what appeals to me.

I've read 13 of these. Many authors in this list that I have not read anything by. I know I have these on my shelf to read; Sillitoe book, White Teeth and Rings of Saturn.

I have read 13, too.

I've only read 14 of these, which is so much less than usual (so that's a plus choice wise). Out of the ones I haven't read, I'd be most interested in ones I know I can get on audio or ebook easily:

1) The Case of Comrade Tulayev (audible)
2) Rickshaw Boy (audible)
3) The Stone Diaries (bookscool)
4) The Magician of Lublin (audible)
5) The Accidental (bookscool)
6) There but for the (bookscool)
7) White teeth (audible)
8) On Beauty (bookscool)
9) The Adventures of Roderick Random (librivox)
10) Humphry Clinker (RB audio)
11) Vertigo (bookscool)
12) The Rings of Saturn (bookscool)
13) Austerlitz (bookscool)
14) Great Apes (audible)
15) Murder must advertise (audible)

I know it's a big list lol, but I'd be equally down for any of these depending on what other people want.

Thanks for doing the research

Guess I'm a slacker, I've only read eight of them ;)
There are many I would like to read, in preference order:

Engineer of Human Souls (already have a copy I was planning to read soonish).
Either of the Singer novels, esp The Manor but also Magician of Lublin [used copies < $5].
The Nine Tailors (enjoyed Murder Must Advertise) [the ebook is avail to me].
Winter- [ebook is avail to me].
The Street of Crocodiles- [used copies < $5].
I'd like to read the Case of Comrade Tulayev but can't get it from the university library now and it costs >$10 used copies.

I have read 28 of these :(. Books mentioned by others that I am interested include:

Adventures of Roderick Random
The Engineer of Human Souls
Great Apes
The Manor
Vertigo
White Teeth

Others I am interested include:
The Monastery
An Obedient Father
Quo Vadis
Transit

The following are excluded from the Randomiser:

Requiem for a Dream (BOTM 2018)
Unless (BOTM 2018)
Frankenstein (BOTM at least twice)

I have read 14 of these, currently own another 4 that are sitting on my TBR shelves, and I just got another one drawn in my randomized list. Options, options...

Whelp, Bookscool just went down (ugh), so I'm going to limit my vote to audiobooks. Based on what other people have put up, I'll likely vote for either White Teeth or Great Apes.

We have three people now saying they'd like to read White Teeth. I have it pretty far down in my TBR list but its in there. I see I can get the ebook or audio-ebook so I would be ok with this one.

I'm good with White Teeth.

I have it on the shelf so it would work for me

Alrighty: White teeth it is.

Kristel wrote: "Voting for our June BOTM will begin 4/15 and go through 5/23 with announcement..."

There was a typo here, I'm pretty sure it should have said "through 4/23..."

Yes, thanks for the catch, George. Voting is over on 4/23.

My choice would be The Monastery, 1820, 370 pages

I have it on Kindle.

I haven't read any of them as usual.

I walked upstairs to "my library" and looked at which books out of this selection I have there unread... Turns out I have only one TBR still.

Also would love to read: Meša Selimović Death and the Dervish but I don't own a copy and since that is my criterium for this month... Nevil Shute will get my vote

I happen to own Death and the Dervish but that is not likely to win. I have read White Teeth and a Town Like Alice. However, I could vote for Great Apes or The Monastery.

The popular vote went to White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The randomizer chose #11 Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald.

What will your June plans be?

Not exactly how I wished it to pan out, but I should be able to source and read both.

I will be reading White Teeth as I have already read Austerlitz.

I lost track of the day of the week and see that I called the vote a day early but really White Teeth was so far ahead it probably would not have made a difference. Voting was light with only 7 voting. Only 4 books receiving votes.

I haven't read either of these this time...nice. That hasn't happened since last year. I'll see if there's an easy way for me to get Austerlitz now that bookscool is down.

Amanda wrote: "I haven't read either of these this time...nice. That hasn't happened since last year. I'll see if there's an easy way for me to get Austerlitz now that bookscool is down."

Amanda wrote: "I haven't read either of these this time...nice. That hasn't happened since last year. I'll see if there's an easy way for me to get Austerlitz now that bookscool is down."

Amanda wrote: "I haven't read either of these this time...nice. That hasn't happened since last year. I'll see if there's an easy way for me to get Austerlitz now that bookscool is down."

I could only find used copies through Better World Books. Did not find any audibles.

I enjoyed White Teeth, hope you all do too!

Kristel wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I haven't read either of these this time...nice. That hasn't happened since last year. I'll see if there's an easy way for me to get Austerlitz now that bookscool is down.""

It's not unreasonably priced on Kobo as an ebook so I'm good: going to read both :)

Both sounds good. Will try to read them!

I found that Austerlitz is available as an audio, so I will go that route.

Kristel wrote: "I found that Austerlitz is available as an audio, so I will go that route."

In English? Where is that? Because I did notice audible had it except only in German.

Amanda wrote: "Kristel wrote: "I found that Austerlitz is available as an audio, so I will go that route."

In English? Where is that? Because I did notice audible had it except only in German."

Darn, i will need to return it. I do that every now and then. But there is an english one

I exchanged the German for an English edition (Audible) Austerlitz if anyone is interested in reading this as an audible. There is also a Nook and Kindle editions available. Used books are available.

Austerlitz happens to be one of the 20% of this month's candidates that I have read, as an audiobook from the library about 10 years ago (it wasn't to my taste, though I think the writing was very articulate).
I will read White Teeth either in ebook or audio-ebook. Most of my goodreads friends & those I follow have rated it four or five stars so I look forward to it.

I have read White Teeth but I will read Austerlitz

Gail wrote: "I have read White Teeth but I will read Austerlitz"

And it’s the opposite for me! Great choices.

I have read and enjoyed both of these. This will give me more time to read some of my randomized list in June. :)

And for the first time I have read both, so I will use June to catch up with Journey to the West and some off list reading, maybe Hilary Mantel's trilogy. I am re-reading Wolf Hall before watching the television series.

Pip wrote: "And for the first time I have read both, so I will use June to catch up with Journey to the West and some off list reading, maybe Hilary Mantel's trilogy. I am re-reading Wolf Hall before watching ..."
I read Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies recently. Have not read the third book yet.