I also nominate Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

'The Crimson Petal and the White', by M. Faber. Weird book, but good.

I nominate "A Small Death in Lisbon", which is apparently some local phenomenon now because someone at Elliot Bay listed it as a staff recommendation and has held the top spot in sales there for months.

In keeping with the contemporary works in translation theme from book 2, I also nominate "The Seducer" -- from the Seattle P-I review: "His wife's murder sets off a picaresque journey of mystery, discovery and remembrance for a famed European TV documentary producer, a celeb noted for his unerring success with women. This creative and enthralling mega-novel won Scandinavia's highest honor and is the first American translation of a work by one of Norway's (and Europe's) reigning masters of fiction."

Can Mods only do polls?

Here's the old list (minus the first two books) and the new list based on the posts here:

Old poll
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
I, Lucifer by Duncan Glenn
Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Howard's End by E.M Forster

New Poll
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Crimson Petal and the White by M. Faber

Shall we combine the poll or just do the new list?

Let's see what else gets nominated from the old list first, (or if we have any other additions) then we can do a poll. I'm going to retract Water Music (Snowflake read my mind) for later. It's a tome and, after reading a fairly hefty book, I think a shorter one would be better. I, Lucifer is still on my "must read" list, so I will nominate that one from the old list.

We can have up to 10 on a Poll but I think that's a bit much.

I've read both Devil in the White City (recently, so I can discuss), Middlesex (which was about a year ago and I won't read it again, but remember enough) and Howards End (ages ago).

I'd like to renominate Cloud Atlas, since upon purchase I discovered it was Booker Prize nominie. I will read and comment on it regardless, I'm sure just maybe not in the next month.

Do my nominees not count?

Yes, but because I'm an idiot, I missed the 2nd page. My bad! Mea culpa!:(

You're not kidding. I've dived into that book about four times now and never conquered it. Fascinating concepts, but I guess I am just too linear- narrative-headed. I ended up waving the white flag each time.

I do enjoy POE's "Haunted" CD, however, which I'm told is a sort of "companion" to the book. (Poe is Mark D's sister.) I'll be blinkered if I could tell you how it relates to the novel, but it's a nifty album.

Would there be any willingness to consider non-fiction titles. I know I'm weird in that 90% of my reading is non-fiction.