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It's time for our next round of suggestions!

Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2023 list in the third post on this thread.

A little reminder of how things are done around here:

How it works:
- The topics for the 2023 reading challenge list will be determined by a series of mini-polls, the number of which depends on the number of prompts winning in each mini-polls
- Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15 suggestions are received and “seconded��.
- The voting thread will open the day after suggestions go live. You can find the schedule here.
- The poll will be posted after the voting thread is opened for 24 hours, and will remain open for three full days.
- Each user has 8 votes to spread between their favorite (top) and least favorite (bottom) prompts
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list (between 2 and 5 depending on how the votes are spread)

Rules:
- Each member can only suggest OR second one prompt
- Suggestions close after 15 total seconded prompts

When suggesting and seconding, feel free to provide examples and descriptions that may help other members understand the prompt better. These descriptions and examples will be copied over to the voting thread for further discussion.

As always, please express any and all feedback (respectfully, of course), either here or in The Wild Discussion.


Moving on to Voting:
1. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the list this year
2. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
3. A book set in the Indian subcontinent
4. A book related to something lucky
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
6. A family saga
7. A book with an interracial relationship (love, friendship, family)
8. A book in which a main character or main subject is a member of a royal family or the nobility
9. A book related to loneliness or isolation
10. A book set in an apartment building/complex
11. A book that answers the question "What if"
12. A book set during the Roaring Twenties (1920's)
13. A book about a character with a supernatural ability
14. A memoir
15. A book that involves a moral dilemma or question

A book related to loneliness or isolation.

In the time of Covid and with so many people working from home now, I feel like loneliness is a pandemic all its own. My wife is a therapist and she has talked to so many people since Covid happened that are really just struggling with profound loneliness. I don’t know if this is a theme we have ever explored before, but thought it might be a good one that would lend itself to fiction or non-fiction equally since it is such a universally human condition.

Listopias:
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This one may have books that work too:
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a book connected to the phrase: »Money is power.«

A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the list this year. This is a resubmit of a pre- poll suggestion that didn’t make it the first time.

Sherri wrote: "A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the list this year. This is a resubmit of a pre- poll suggestion that didn’t make it the first time."

I second!

In honor of the 60th anniversary of MLK's I Have Dream speech and his hope "little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." read a book with an interracial relationship (love, friendship, family).

A book with 4 or more colors on the cover.



For the voting thread you can find the examples code here:

A book related to something lucky

Could be a lucky object is part of the story, on the cover or in the title. Cats are often considered lucky for example. Could be a story about a lucky character, eg they win the lottery, have a lot of lucky escapes or soul survivor.



And for Animal Crossing fans:

A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover.

Some examples:

A book set in the Indian subcontinent.

The Indian subcontinent is a region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. It includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Nancy wrote: "A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover.

Some examples:



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Oh, wow, I love so many of these. I live for cover hunts though, so I second this one.

Resubmitting: A book that involves a moral dilemma or question.

Mahi wrote: "A book set in the Indian subcontinent.

The Indian subcontinent is a region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. It ..."

I second this one

(Using my suggestion turn to post for Ann).

A book that answers the question "What if".

Ann's ideas "I am reading one right now. "What if" Marie Curie had NOT invented radiation etc.. It could go many ways. I read one years ago about Jack in the Beanstock. Also in Seattle where I live there is a book club reading "what if" the big one hits...earthquake of 8.0 or more. Or "what if" a war came out with a different result."

The prompt is not limited to Alternate History but since that would be the route I'd go here is a list.

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I’ll second “a book related to something lucky��

Alicia wrote: "A book with 4 or more colors on the cover.

[bookcover:Manslaughter Park|53171415..."

I second!

(I love a colorful, especially brightly colored, book cover)

Family saga.

/shelf/show/...

I should add that the prompt about loneliness does not have to be a downer of a book. It could be about someone who overcomes loneliness. Might work well for romance. Could be about someone on a quest like Lord of the Rings. Or the book that immediately came to mind for me was Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

Shannon wrote: "A book related to loneliness or isolation.

In the time of Covid and with so many people working from home now, I feel like loneliness is a pandemic all its own. My wife is a therapist and she has ..."

I used my second already but like this suggestion more than I initially thought. There are a lot of main characters that would fit the bill, which is the direction I'd want to take it.

This list is by the person who did the third one in the original suggestion, but seems worthy of posting:
/list/show/1...
(a lot of beautiful/colorful titles on this list as well!)

A book in which a main character or main subject is a member of a royal family or the nobility.

Tina wrote: "Family saga.

/shelf/show/..."

Second

I second interracial relationship.

Jillian wrote: "(Using my suggestion turn to post for Ann).

A book that answers the question "What if".

Ann's ideas "I am reading one right now. "What if" Marie Curie had NOT invented radiation etc.. It could g..."

Jillian, I stumbled across a book last night called What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions and thought about your prompt! I hope this gets seconded and make it in.

Tina wrote: "Family saga.

/shelf/show/..."

Some more resources for this one from when we did multigenerational family saga in 2019: /topic/show/...

Lindsey wrote: "A book in which a main character or main subject is a member of a royal family or the nobility."

I second this!

I suggest a book set in an apartment building/complex.

Tina wrote: "Family saga.

/shelf/show/..."

LOL- I just looked at my Bookbub newsletter for today and there was a book with an interesting title so I read the description and it began "Family saga." I was like hmm, what would make me read a family saga? We have an answer!

I’ll second a book connected to loneliness or isolation.

I would’ve seconded the Indian subcontinent buts already been done.

Good prompts!!!

Shannon wrote: "A book related to loneliness or isolation.

In the time of Covid and with so many people working from home now, I feel like loneliness is a pandemic all its own. My wife is a therapist and she has ..."

I also love this prompt. Here are a few Listopias on solitude:
Best fiction about solitude
Best nonfiction about solitude
I Want to Be Alone (Going on the theory that learning to value certain things about solitude is one way to deal with isolation.)

A book set during the Roaring Twenties (1920's).

The 1920's was an exciting decade full of change. The Great war was over, the economy was booming. Music and culture: The jazz age, Harlem Renaissance in NY, Paris salons with artists and writers, The Lost Generation, a Moveable Feast.
Women more freedoms, the right to vote, flappers, pants! Prohibition and organized crime.

A memoir

Dang, I can tell I'm going to have a hard time already! I love so many of these!

For apartments, here's a listopia: /list/show/1...

Nancy wrote: "Dang, I can tell I'm going to have a hard time already! I love so many of these!"

I was just gonna ask if we could stop now cause I have 8 votes (but I want apartments and 1920s too!)

I'll second A book set in an apartment building/complex

I’ll second A book that answers the question "What if"

I'm caught up through message 36... please make sure I've gotten all of it!

I second set during the Roaring Twenties

I will second What If prompt

3 spots left!

Harini, that prompt was already seconded by Abbie. Feel free to suggest or second something else!

A book about a character with a supernatural ability

It's great to see two great cover prompts since we have less of those picked so far!

Since I was already doing the research, I am just going to put a few extra Listopias for the What if? prompt here. (So glad that one got seconded too!)

You Could Be a Black Mirror Episode ("Black Mirror ... examines modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated consequences of new technologies.")
Unbeatable Premise
What if? reading list (Books mentioned in Randall Munroe's book What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions)

T. wrote: "A book about a character with a supernatural ability"

I second this!

3) A book that is the 2nd or 3rd in a series
(For 2023)

I second a memoir.

NEW SUGGESTION:

For a Cover Prompt: "A book where the cover contains non-horizontal text"

Examples:

On an angle: by Claire Willett

In the round: by Danny Trejo

Around the perimeter: by Richard Antoine White

This is definitely an all upvote round for me! So excited

I hope someone seconds "A book that involves a moral dilemma or question". I would, but I made a suggestion before I noticed that this one had been re-suggested.