Voting for the 2019 One Read book is now closed. We appreciate everyone who cast a vote for either “Nomadland” by Jessica Bruder or “Sourdough” by Robin Sloan.
We will announce the winning book on May 29 here at oneread.org.
In the meantime, read more about the two finalists.
The reading panel has completed its work, considering the more than 160 titles nominated for One Read 2019. Here is the timeline for voting on the finalists and the announcement of the winning book.
Monday, April 15 at 7:20 a.m. we’ll be on 1400 KFRU with David Lile to announce the two finalist titles.
April 15 through May 3 you can cast your vote right here at oneread.org, at any DBRL facility or bookmobile and, in Columbia, at Barnes & Noble.
The winning book will be announced Wednesday, May 29. Thank you for your ongoing support of One Read!
We have just a couple more One Read 2017 nominations to share with you before the reading panel starts the difficult job of narrowing down the list.
“Sisters in Law” by Linda Hirshman is a dual biography of “Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first two women to serve as U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The author is a lawyer who has presented cases to the Supreme Court. This nonfiction title tells the life stories of the two women who ‘went to the Supreme Court and changed the world,'” explains our nominator. Many of the issues these two women tackled in court could provide endless topics for discussion.
Read about some of the other titles nominated for One Read 2017.
Throughout the month we are continuing to highlight a few of the many books nominated for One Read 2017.
Like last year’s One Read selection, “Bettyville” by George Hodgman, “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson is a memoir. Stevenson, a lawyer, is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and his book recounts his experiences as a young lawyer working with inmates on death row in Alabama.
Bryan Stevenson’s actions have been compared to those of Atticus Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, which was our One Read book back in 2003.
This book has a couple of nominations, and one nominator writes: “for anyone who longs for social justice — this is the book!! A well-crafted, true story of working with innocent death row inmates to restore them to freedom.”
Check out some of the other books nominated by readers for One Read 2017.
We continue to highlight just some of the more than 140 books nominated for One Read 2017.
Elizabeth Strout’s books have regularly been nominated for One Read in the past, and this year is no exception. “My Name Is Lucy Barton,” Strout’s newest novel, was only published earlier this year, but is already being touted as a book club favorite. In the novel, Lucy is recovering from what should have been a simple operation, but she is left with an unexplained illness. When her estranged mother suddenly appears at her bedside, Lucy is forced to deal with memories from her impoverished childhood.
Our nominator writes that the book is full of “good discussion topics like family dynamics, class and gender,” and adds that the author, Elizabeth Strout, “is an amazing speaker.”
See some of the other titles that have been nominated for One Read 2017.
