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The authors for March botm: Goytisolo - Hartley

Books over 600 pages are not included and books that have been past botm in 2022 are also not included. Voting for the botm starts today and ends on the 24th when the winners will be announced. Only books that have not been previous botm (*) in past 10 years (2015 +) will be added to the randomizer. Each book you choose will be fed into the randomizer for an opportunity to be chosen by the randomizer.

HOW TO VOTE:
Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. Everyone gets one free vote. if you have participation points you can have up to 4 additional votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 different choices. Please see how to obtain participation points in the Annual Point Challenge explanation.

Juan Goytisolo - Spain
1. Marks of Identity - 1966, 352 pages

Julien Gracq - France
2. The Opposing Shore - 1951, 304 pages

Günter Grass - Poland/Germany
3. The Tin Drum - 1959, 580 pages, 2013 botm
4. Cat and Mouse - 1963, 191 pages, 2019 botm*
5. Dog Years - 1965, 576 pages

Lewis Grassic Gibbon - Scotland
6. Sunset Song, 1932, 272 pages

Alasdair Gray - Scotland
7. Lanark: A Life in Four Books

Henry Green - UK
8. Back - 1946, 218 pages
9. Loving - 1945, 206 pages, 2019 botm*
10. Party Going - 1939, 176 pages
11. Blindness - 1926, 214 pages
12. Caught - 1943, 206 pages
13. Living - 1929, 224 pages

Graham Greene - England
14. The Quiet American - 1955, 180 pages, 2011 botm*
15. Brighton Rock - 1938, 269 pages, 2021 botm*
16. The Heart of the Matter - 1948, 272 pages
17. The Power and the Glory - 1940, 222 pages, 2021 botm*
18. The Honorary Consul, 1973, 265 pages
19. The End of the Affair, 1951, 160, botm 2017*
20. The Third Man, 1949, 157 pages
21. England Made Me - 1935, 207 pages

George Grossmith - UK
22. The Diary of a Nobody - 1892, 217 pages, 2013 botm

Sunetra Gupta - India
23. Memories of Rain, 1992, 198 pages

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez - Cuba
24. Dirty Havana Trilogy

Hella S. Haasse - Indonesia
25. Forever a Stranger and Other Stories

Mark Haddon - UK
26. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2003, 226 pages

Radclyffe Hall - UK
27. The Well of Loneliness, 1928, 414 pages

Mohsin Hamid - Pakistan
28. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, 2007, 228 pages, botm 2013

Patrick Hamilton - UK
29. Hangover Square, 1941, 334 pages

Dashiell Hammett - UK
30. The Maltese Falcon, 1939, 213 pages
31. Red Harvest, 1929, 215 pages
32. The Glass Key, 1931, 214 pages
33. The Thin Man, 1934, 201 pages

Knut Hamsun - Norway
34. Growth of the Soil, 1917, 435 pages
35. Hunger, 1890 134 pages

Peter Handke - Austria
36. The Afternoon of a Writer - 1987, 86 pages
37. The Left-Handed Woman - 1976, 87 pages
38. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick - 1972, 133 pages

Chad Harbach - US-WI
39. The Art of Fielding - 2011, 512 pages

Thomas Hardy - England
40. Jude the Obscure - 1895, 310 pages
41. Tess of the D’Urbervilles, 1891, 518 pages, 2009 botm
42. The Woodlanders, 1887, 447 pages, 2015 botm*
43. The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1886, 393 pages
44. The Return of the Native, 1878, 426 pages
45. The Hand of Ethelberta, 1876, 512 pages
46. Far From The Maddening Crowd - 1874, 433 pages

L.P. Hartley - England
47. The Go-Between

That's it folks. What have you read? What would you like to read?

I've read 24 of these and only have a couple I am considering; Sunset Song
The Heart of the Matter
The Glass Key
The Red Harvest
Return of the Native

I can get behind Sunset Song. I was able to pick it up for 0.99 on the kindle!

I have been interested in reading Henry Green - I have Back and its on my TBR - so would be interested in one of the others.

From Kristen's list, would enjoy Dashiell Hammett - I too only know the other more popular ones.

Hardy was a huge favorite of mine in high school so I might not mind re-reading because its been ages, but not my top choice.

I’ve read 17 of these, mostly Thomas Hardy or Graham Greene.

I’d be up for a Henry Green, the only one I’ve read is Caught so I could get behind Blindness, Living, Loving or Party Going

Sunset Song looks good, is short, and on audible, so I can also get behind it.

Other thoughts: I would like to save Left Handed Woman for my February keyword challenge. Always wanted to read The Third Man. I read Mayor of Casterbridge and Far From the Madding Crowd for my TBR last year but wouldn't mind doing another Hardy.

Just 20 read from this lot, that's on the lowish side for me. I have only two of them on my TBR shelves:

- Return of the Native (Hardy)
- Hunger (Hamsun)

I would not be unhappy if some of the Green/Greene books get picked. Or one of the Hammetts (not The Third Man).

I've read 16 of these, about usual for me. Like Pamela, about 7 of them were by Hardy or Greene.
A lot of these are in my to-be-read list (mostly far down), but Hall's Well of Loneliness and Gracq's The Opposing Shore are high on that list.
I would also read one of the 2 Hammet's I haven't read, Thin Man or Glass Key, preferably Thin Man because it's a core list book while Glass Key was dropped. Hardy's Jude the Obscure (which is a core) or Return of the Native would be good also. There seems to be good interest in Return of the Native.

I've read 30, including Sunset Song, and I own 4 of these, an unusually high number for both. Maybe there are even more British books than usual on this list. These are my TBRs:

Lanark by Gray
England Made Me by Greene
The Well of Loneliness by Hall
The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy

I might pick another and give them one vote each for the randomizer, but Lanark and Ethelberta are both pretty long. Also, I was planning to use Ethelberta for the February keyword challenge and Lanark for June. So maybe the other two, and three others.

The Well of Loneliness would be particularly good because I got it as a freebie on Audible. Those sometimes self-destruct before I get to them.

I'm going to put 5 votes towards Lanark since it's the only one left for me.

sunset song is coming up a lot, so I'll also add that I loved it, personally.

well, actually i have to set up my points and see how many have.

Pamela wrote: "I’ve read 17 of these, mostly Thomas Hardy or Graham Greene.

I’d be up for a Henry Green, the only one I’ve read is Caught so I could get behind Blindness, Living, Loving or Party Going"

Pamela and Patrick, shall we pick one of these to suggest? Living and Loving are both core and don't look bleak :)

Jenna wrote: "Pamela and Patrick, shall we pick one of these to suggest? Living and Loving are both core and don’t look bleak.

Yes, good idea Jenna. I would pick Living then as it’s the earlier one, I’ll vote for that unless you or Patrick would prefer one of the other Greens.

Pamela wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Pamela and Patrick, shall we pick one of these to suggest? Living and Loving are both core and don’t look bleak.

Yes, good idea Jenna. I would pick Living then as it’s the earlier on..."

Perfect, I'll put my votes there.

Jenna wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Pamela and Patrick, shall we pick one of these to suggest? Living and Loving are both core and don’t look bleak.

Yes, good idea Jenna. I would pick Living then as it’s..."

Sorry, I have read both. The ones I haven't read are Blindness, Caught and Back. I'll probably feed the randomiser instead.

I've read 20 of these, and the only ones I own that I have not read are the Hardy books and Growth of the Soil, which is on my TBR Takedown list. I'll have to see what our used bookstore has, but otherwise I'd go for a Hardy book, any except Tess, which I've read.

It's time to get your votes in. Last call for votes.

I have read 21 of these. 2 of Hardy, 2 of Green, all of Greene except England Made Me.
I will probably go with Sunset Song unless everyone is aligned on one of the Green I haven't read. I have read Back and Loving.

Winners are;

Sunset Song - Lewis Grassic Gibbon - Popular vote
England Made Me - Graham Greene nominated by Rosemary.

We had 13 books nominated this month. Thanks to all who voted. What will you be reading in March?

I have read Sunset Song so will be reading England Made Me.

Well I voted for Sunset Song - so I'd better read it! ;) Also, I see England made me is at the library(!) so maybe I can fit that one in too. We will see.

I also voted for Sunset Song so will read that and I ordered a used copy of England Made Me, so hopefully will read them both in March.

I will be reading both I think. It will be my last Greene on the list.

England Made Me is not easy to find here in Australia, so I might skip it. I should be able to get my hands on Sunset Song. Otherwise, I might end up finishing our annual read or I'll attack my randomised list.

I may read Sunset Song- my friends who've read it all gave it very good ratings. I have some other I've been trying to get to though (An Artist of the Floating World, Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Temple of Dawn) and started the huge Infinite Jest recently.

Very happy with that! I really appreciated Sunset Song when I read it, and of course happy with the randomizer :) This is the last Graham Greene on the list for me too.