Vote For The Next Book!
It’s time to decide which book the Absolute Beginner Book Club will read next!
If you are interested in reading along, please look at the nominated books and cast your votes. Each link below will take you to the nomination page for that book, which gives an overview of the book, and shows some sample pages.
We would be planning to start reading this book around the 13th November. If the first choice is a shorter book/manga then we will read the book in second place immediately after.
Guidance on book difficulty:
The number next to the books is a guidance on book difficulty, as rated by forum users. A score of 3 means the difficulty was judged to be “just right”. A higher score means it has been judged more challenging. The maximum score is 5.
This is only a very rough judgement of difficulty. Do look at the sample pages for yourself in the original nomination posts.
The Choices
Books
| Book Title | Description |
|---|---|
| 日本昔ばなしアニメ絵本 | Japanese Fairy Tales - Set of 18 |
| 福娘童話集 | Lucky Princess Fairy Tale Collection (Website) |
| こぐまのクーク物語 春と夏 | Kuuku the Bear Cub’s Story, Spring and Summer |
| 日本の昔ばなし | Japanese Folk Takes Collection (Issun-boshi & other stories) |
| もしかしたら名探偵 | Detective Milky Sugiyama |
| ミラーさん | Mr Miller |
| 都道府県のおはなし 低学年 | Stories of the Japanese Prefectures (Lower grade reader) |
Manga
| Manga Title | Description |
|---|---|
| あたしンち | My Family |
| Wanted | Short stories from the creator of One Piece |
| こばと | Kobato |
| ハピネス | Happiness |
| 三ツ星カラーズ | Mitsuboshi Colours |
Vote Now! Which book would you like the Absolute Beginner Book Club to read next?
You can vote for up to three choices. I will keep the poll open for a few days.
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Japanese Fairy Tales Set of 18 [2.7]
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Lucky Princess Fairy Tales Website [3.2]
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Kuuku the Bear Cub’s Story [2.9]
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Japanese Folk Tales Collection (Issun-boshi & other stories) [2.4]
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Detective Milky Sugiyama [2.4]
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Mr Miller [2.8]
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Stories of the Japanese Prefectures [3.0]
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My Family/Atashin’chi [3.1]
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Wanted [3.5]
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Kobato [3.6]
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Happiness [2.8]
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Mitsuboshi Colours [2.9]
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