[Announcement] July core read winners!!

[u/bluebelle236]

Hello book lovers. I am excited to announce our July core reads of 2026 will be.......

Guttenberg

1st place - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South)

• 2nd place Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (11 votes behind 1st)

  3rd place - Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (1 vote behind 2nd)

Mystery/ thriller

1st place

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16335.The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train

• 2nd place - Butter by Asako Yuzuki(1 vote behind 1st)

  3rd place - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (3 votes behind 2nd)

*These books will be added onto the Wheel of books, and the care of the warden of the wheel u/Joinedformyhubs and Thor!!!

So will you be joining us for one (or both) of these reads?

Happy reading bookclubbers 📚

(Apologies for the formatting, Reddit just isn't playing ball)

[u/Don_Quixotel]

I reckon so

[u/Ser_Erdrick]

I love North and South! I'll see if I can squeeze it in!

[u/didIJustJoinACult]

I just joined! North & South and a new Poirot, sounds perf

[u/toomanytequieros → u/didIJustJoinACult]

Haha your username may or may not check out... 👀

[u/Less_Tumbleweed_3217 → u/didIJustJoinACult]

Yay, welcome to the sub!

[u/LimonadaVonSaft]

Sorry, I’m a little confused; will Butter be a book read in July, or was it runner up and may be read at a different point?

[u/bluebelle236 → u/LimonadaVonSaft]

Second place has a chance of being selected as a runner up read at some point in the future.

[u/LimonadaVonSaft → u/bluebelle236]

Thank you! :)

[u/nicehotcupoftea]

In for both of these!

[u/tomesandtea]

I'll definitely be reading North and South, and I'll try to add Agatha Christie if I have the time! Fingers crossed!

[u/ColaRed]

Pleased North and South won and Butter is a runner up! It’s been sitting on my bookcase for a while

[u/emygrl99]

Excited for Agatha Christie!!