Please rank all five choices; it makes for more accurate results. I’ll post the results link in a bit, so everyone can watch the changing results as votes come in.
One person had voted when I had the first link up briefly, and the vote accidentally got deleted when I made a correction to the ballot. The vote was for You Are Here, but RCV is anonymous so I don’t know who it was. So whoever you are, please vote again … I wouldn’t want any accusations of election fraud. 
Results link to watch: Election Results
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I voted again, really only voted that way because the other 4 have at least a 12 week wait at my library, but maybe I’ll get a skip the line copy if we pick one of the others. I rarely comment, but really enjoy reading along with this group. Thanks @Mary13 for all your great work.
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I just finished The Story of Arthur Truluv and, late to the party, I really liked it. As for Maddie’s social isolation, I totally get it. Likewise, I don’t think the book glorifies teen pregnancy/single motherhood. As far as I am concerned, a new child is a blessing, period! I read this thread on the subway coming home from a storytelling event honoring adoptive and foster parents. Most of the parents who spoke had been in the foster care system themselves as children, and they were so eloquent about themselves, their parents (birth, adoptive and foster) and the birth families of their own kids! So I just wanted to take note of that, IMHO of course.
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There are five books, and so far, there have been five votes – with five different choices for first place! On the bright side, it’s good to know the choices have a wide appeal.
As a result, what you see if you look at the results at this particular moment in time is a (temporary) winner that was chose via “random tie-breaker” – meaning the computer basically pulled a name out of a hat.
Which is a long way of saying, “Vote!” It’s your civic duty. 
Also, ranked choice voting works best if you list all five books in desired order, rather than just your top choice. (Ranking more than one “candidate” does not weaken your first choice voice. It just helps avoid ending up with your least favorite.)
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I’ve been traveling and was afraid I missed the vote. Didn’t want to not complete my civic book club duty!
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I planned NOT to vote because I liked all the choices. I have now voted also. Thanks for the push.
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Looking up all the books so I can make informed vote choices now.
OK voted. I’m hoping I can get these at library—maybe even an ebook so I can read while traveling in November.
On thing to note if this matters to you: Homecoming is 560 pages!
Returning home now after four day assisting with grandchildren while daughter in Atlanta on business trip.
Will look at options soon and vote unless something is selected- and that is fine- whatever is selected will try !
Also, glad the “ classic” is postponed just too much going on in the world 
Civic duty 
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I’ll try to vote by end of day!
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Nothing to do with next month’s choices but I am reading this:
The Last Black Unicorn (A Bestselling Comedian Memoir) Kindle Edition
and loving it. Vulgar moments for sure but definitely rings true. Perhaps a future selection.
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Thanks for kindle You are Here $2.99 info, just bought it
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Voted for the first time! Fun process. One of the books has many holds at our library, others are mostly available, so…let’s see which one wins this round.
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Ah, but don’t forget, tragedies are cathartic and thus have health benefits:
The end result of an experience of catharsis is a moral or spiritual sense of renewal, and audiences often describe feeling “lighter” after intensely emotional endings to a story. Essentially, catharsis brings audiences down with tragic endings and then the audience feels that they have been able to release some of their own sadness, anxieties, or fears along with what they felt as a result of the story. What is Catharsis in Literature? Definition, Examples of Literary Catharsis – Woodhead Publishing
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This was the best voter turnout we’ve ever had – 22 people! And the winner is unquestionably You Are Here by David Nicholls. It’ll be nice to have a “hilarious, hopeful, and heartwarming love story” for the holidays.
The Kindle book is still $2.99, so if that’s your preferred medium, zip on over to Amazon, since it’s a limited time special and the price could jump back up at a moment’s notice.
I’ll start a new thread.
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Thank you, @Mary13 for being our faithful leader!
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I put my name of the hold list at public library. Will see what happens.
I put the book on hold on Libby before the voting ended - relied on early returns! I think I will also put a hold on a hard copy.