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Welcome to November voting. The author choices for are Drakulic to Ferrante. Voting is open from the 15th through the 23. Winners will be announced on the 24th. Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post and don't forget to vote.

Also give us your comments and opinions. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points.

HOW TO VOTE:
1. Make your choice or choices from the list that is posted here.
2. You get one free vote and if you have participation points you can have up to 5 votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 choices.
3. Send a Personal Message to either me or the shelf personality for Reading 1001.
4. If you only comment here on your choice it won't get counted so don't forget to send that message.
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Books Excluded:
The Count of Monte-Cristo >1000pgs
The Three Musketeers >600 pgs
Justine, botm 2021
The Judge and His Hangman, 2021 botm
Daniel Deronda, >800 pgs
Middlemarch >900
Celestial Harmonies> 800 pgs

Slavenka Drakulić. Croatia
1. As if I am not there: A novel about the Balkans, 2019 botm

Theodore Dreiser, US
2. Sister Carrie

Daphne du Maurier , UK
3. Rebecca

Alexandre Dumas, France
4. La Reine Margot

Patricia Duncker, Jamaica
5. Hallucinating Foucault, 2017 botm

Marguerite Duras
6. The Lover, 2009, 2013
7. The Vice-Consul
8. The Ravishing of Lol V. Stein

Lawrence Durrell India Not eligible this time

Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Switzerland, not eligible this time

Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Peru
9. A World for Julius

Umberto Eco, Italy
10. The Name of the Rose, 2011 botm
11. Foucault's Pendulum

Maria Edgeworth, England
12. Castle Rackrent
13. The Absentee
14. Ormond 2019 botm

Jennifer Egan, US
15. A Visit from the Goon Squad, 2013 botm

Dave Eggers, US
16. The Circle

Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt
17. Women At Point Zero, botm 2018

George Eliot, England
18. Silas Marner, 2009, 2017 botm
19. The Mill on the Floss
20. Adam Bede >600 but I will let it be here

Bret Easton Ellis, US
21. Glamorama
22. American Psycho
23. Less Than Zero

Ralph Ellison, US
24. Invisible Man, 2017 botm

James Ellroy, US
25. The Black Dahlia, 2019 botm

Willem Elsschot - Belgium
26. Cheese

Shūsaku Endō, Japan
27. Silence, 2015 botm
28. Deep River, 2019 botm

Per Olov Enquist, Sweden
29. The Book About Blanche and Marie

Anne Enright, Irish
30. The Gathering

Olaudah Equiano Benin
31. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Louise Erdrich - US
32. Love Medicine,

Venedikt Erofeev, Russian
33. Moscow Stations

Laura Esquivel - Mexico
34. Like Water for Chocolate

Jeffrey Eugenides US
35. The Marriage Plot, 2015 botm
36. Middlesex
37. The Virgin Suicides, 2011 botm

Michel Faber, Netherlands
38. Under the Skin

Eugenia Fakinou - Egypt
39. Astradeni

J.G. Farrell, UK
40. Troubles
41. The Siege of Krishnapur, 2018 botm
42. The Singapore Grip

William Faulkner - US
43. The Sound and the Fury
44. Absalom, Absalom!, 2011 botm
45. Go Down, Moses
46. The Hamlet

Sebastian Faulks - UK
47. Birdsong

Elena Ferrante, Italy
48. Troubling Love
49. The Story of the Lost Child

That's the list. Which ones have you read? Which would you like to read in November?

The only one I haven't read is "Astradeni" which was previously difficult to find, but has been recently added to open library (yay!). So, obviously voting for that one, and will read it in the next couple of months regardless.

I would be most interested in The Singapore Grip.

I have read about 25 of these and there are five currently languishing on my TBR shelf:

The Circle (Eggers)
The Virgin Suicides (Eugenides)
Troubles (Farrell)
Troubling Love (Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child (Ferrante)

Troubling to see that there are two troubling titles in my short list: maybe I should go to the trouble of backing one of them?

I have read 19 of the eligible books in this section of the list, plus 4 of the ones that are excluded. By November I will be done with at least one more, and I don't currently own most of the rest at the moment, but I think I can get The Virgin Suicides at the library and that would finish out Eugenides for me.

I've read 30 of these and the ones I am interested in no one has mentioned.
So I will just see how things come out.

I have also read 30 and that is probably my personal best to date. I have read Astradeni, the one book that Amanda has not read. I have read Singapore Grip. I have not read Troubles by Farrell but have read Troubling Love. I would vote for Troubles if anyone else is interested in that. I would be open to many others also so I will wait to see what others think.

Gail wrote: "I have also read 30 and that is probably my personal best to date. I have read Astradeni, the one book that Amanda has not read. I have read Singapore Grip. I have not read Troubles by Farrell but ..."

I haven't read Troubles either so that might be a good option.

I have read 30, which is far more than usual, I don’t have any that I haven’t read actually on my shelf, so I am happy to sit out and see what comes up.

I've also read 30. I haven't read The Singapore Grip and I own that one. I've read the others by Farrell.

Of Patrick’s list, the only one I’ve read is The Virgin Suicides. I’ve read all of Eugenides 1001 books.

I would be interested in The Circle (Eggers) or The Virgin Suicides (Eugenides).

Heck, I'll go for Troubles then!

I've read 20 of the eligible ones, which is more than usual for me. The only one I see that I really want to read soon is Endo's Silence, but will certainly consider others.
I have a copy of Astradeni that I read recently that I will send to any of our group that ask.
I would read Troubles or Singapore Grip- I liked his Seige of K.

Rosemary wrote: "I've also read 30. I haven't read The Singapore Grip and I own that one. I've read the others by Farrell."

Oh no, I have confused my Farrells! I have read the Singapore Grip and Troubles. It's The Siege of Krishnapur that I own and haven't read.

I also have The Circle by Dave Eggers. I think I will vote for that.

It sounds like we may have quite a split in the vote this month!

I've read 5. I can only read one Ferrante book per year and have already read one of her Neopolitan books this year (they are good, just draining.) I could go for The Circle or Troubles. I haven't read Like Water for Chocolate yet and have it on my shelf, but I'm probably in the minority. (maybe it will turn up as the random pick...)

I've only read 1: The Book About Blanche and Marie. (Very boring, as I remember).
I am reading the Neapolitan novels, but as they are 4 books I don't think anyone else will vote for this.
Sooo I'm going with The Virgin Suicides, since I loved the movie.

I have read 17 of these (voteable ones) which must be a record! I am going to vote for Silence because I have owned it for years and really want to read it.

I have read both of the Ferrante books, Like Water for Chocolate and The Siege of Krishnapur which others have mentioned.

Just a reminder, today is the last day to get your votes in. Announcing winners tomorrow.

Winners for November botm are;
Popular vote: Troubles
Randomizer pick: Hallucinating Foucault

Voting results:
The Circle 8
Troubles 17
Less than zero 1
Astradeni 5
Virgin Suicides 1
Singapore Grip 1
silence 6
cheese 1

What will you be reading in November?

I read Troubles fairly recently so won’t reread it. Hallucinating Foucault is short and sounds quite intriguing, so I think I’ll read that one.

Loved both of these books, so hope others enjoy too. I can mod Hallucinating Foucault if no one else wants to claim it.

I read Troubles in February as a randomiser, so will not re-read. Hallucinating Foucault is on Kindle, but sadly not on Audible. My credits continue to pile up.

Also looking forward to Hallucinating Foucault!

I've read Hallucinating Foucault, 6 years ago, probably when it was a botm for this group before.
I'm interested in reading Troubles. However its on the long side and I'm trying hard to break my PR for most books read in a year; I still may be able to fit it in though. I find I can get it from a couple libraries. I better go read a book now.

I'm about 40% through Troubles, it goes pretty quickly. It got a lot of votes so I look forward to a good discussion.