NON-FICTION BOOK POLL
BRAND NEW POLLING METHODWe're going to try a brand new way of selecting our books for group discussion. Please forget all past book selection rules and procedures for this particular book selection. If this new method works well we may start using it regularly.
ONLY VOTE IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE
It is common sense that we only want people voting that are going to participate in the book discussion in the event one of their selected books wins. We're not doing a poll of which books you like or want to read one day. This poll is to select a book we can all read and discuss as a group so you have no business voting if you have no intention of actively discussing the book with us.
EVERYONE CAN VOTE NO MATTER HOW MANY FORUM POSTS
Everyone can vote no matter how many posts they have on the forums or how long they have been a member of BookTalk.org. If you're brand new with only 1 or 2 posts you are still welcome to vote but ONLY VOTE IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE.
VOTE FOR AS MANY BOOKS AS YOU LIKE
Each person can vote for as many books as they like. If you like every single book on the poll then select every book and cast your vote. We're trying to find the book (or books) that interest the most people. Those winning books will be announced as group discussion books. So you may vote for as many as you feel you would actually read and discuss with us as a group.
CHANGE OR UPDATE YOUR VOTE AT ANY TIME DURING POLLING PERIOD
While the poll is up you are free to change your votes however you like. There are a lot of books on this poll and to make an educated decision you will need to read the book descriptions of each book. This takes time so read a few now and cast your vote for them if you think you would enjoy discussing them. Then, a few days later, come back and research some more books. You can change your vote as much as you like up till the end of the polling period.
NO SCHEDULED END DATE TO THIS POLL
This poll doesn't have a scheduled end date. As votes come in we'll easily see which books have captured the most interest. As members you can see how many people have voted for each poll. As the administrator I can see this plus the names of each person that voted for each book. I'll make a judgment call on when to announce a winner (or winners) based on the volume of votes for the most popular books AND the activity level of the people that voted. All you need to do is research the books and select the ones you would like to talk about. I'll handle the rest.
POLL CHOICES:
BOOK 1 - Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner's Guide by Robin Dunbar, Louise Barrett, John Lycett BOOK 2 - Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised student edition by Thomas Hobbes
BOOK 3 - Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
BOOK 4 - 2012: Science or Superstition (The Definitive Guide to the Doomsday Phenomenon) by Alexandra Bruce
BOOK 5 - The Road of Lost Innocence: As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The true story of a Cambodian heroine by Somaly Mam, Ruth Marshall
BOOK 6 - The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
BOOK 7 - Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
BOOK 8 - Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action by Peter W. Navarro and Greg Autry
BOOK 9 - Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East by Asef Bayat
BOOK 10 - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
BOOK 11 - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
BOOK 12 - A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi
BOOK 13 - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
BOOK 14 - Breaking the Code: A Father's Secret, a Daughter's Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything by Karen Fisher-Alaniz
BOOK 15 - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
BOOK 16 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
BOOK 17 - The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor Lavey
BOOK 18 - December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World by Craig Shirley
BOOK 19 - The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks
BOOK 20 - Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel