The ballot with book links:
#1 “Best Book of 2025 or recently”
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones – https://amzn.to/4r4x9KA
Library of Borrowed Hearts – Lucy Gilmore – https://amzn.to/4r8l7Q5
Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin – https://amzn.to/3ORuma0
The Book Thief -Markus Zusak – https://amzn.to/4bhLyy7
Becoming Little Shell by Chris LaTray – https://amzn.to/4smI6rW
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White – https://amzn.to/4rDyucc
#2 Literary Fiction
So Far Gone by Jess Walter –https://amzn.to/474AK3W
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett – https://amzn.to/4lmqdr3
The Storied Life of AJ Fickry by Gavrielle Zevin – https://amzn.to/4aIbPpf
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desa – https://amzn.to/4aJwfOB
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick – https://amzn.to/4kYafCY
#3 Book Published the Year I was Born
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut – https://amzn.to/4skH2ol
Interview with the Vampire -Anne Rice – https://amzn.to/4cUv5Ba
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin – https://amzn.to/4kZCwZQ
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – https://amzn.to/4aXLS3T
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb – https://amzn.to/4rnXVOh
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams – https://amzn.to/40ocpmd
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman – https://amzn.to/40H2Z52
#4 Non-Fiction
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris – https://amzn.to/400sgqP
Educated -Tara Westover – https://amzn.to/4l5j4ej
The Crazies by Amy Gamerman https://amzn.to/3OJi5V9
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson – https://amzn.to/404KqYo
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green – https://amzn.to/4aIyEJp
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius https://amzn.to/4soODm1
#5 Prize Winner
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai https://amzn.to/4aWhbfo
The Gathering -Anne Enright – https://amzn.to/4rnYmrT
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers – https://amzn.to/3OJM0wm
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz – https://amzn.to/4uiifTQ
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch – https://amzn.to/3MNtvGR
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon – https://amzn.to/46Bofgd
#6 Pirates
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty – https://amzn.to/4aWvmRB
The Princess Bride by William Goodman – https://amzn.to/4cmgnms
Pirates! by Celia Rees – https://amzn.to/3OTcgEx
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry – https://amzn.to/4r0aEq9
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler – https://amzn.to/3Mzy9Z2
#7 :”The Joker”: ♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏
Your favorite two books on this ballot that you didn’t vote for. This is a must-read. (An answer is required)
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