Here's my book list for the Classics Club Spin
- A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
- Agnes Grey by Ann Bronte
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
- Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- Daisy Miller by Henry James
- Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
- Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
- It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- The Covenant by James Michener
- The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
- The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
When the spin number is announced on Sunday 19 October I will read that book before December 21, 2025. Will you be joining in? Check out the announcement post HERE.
What a great list! I've read a bunch, and I'd be happy to read almost all of the others! Can't wait to see what the spin results turn out to be!
ReplyDeleteLisa, thanks so much. I'm looking forward ot planning my reading when Sunday arrives.
DeleteHave fun! I'm not a big fan of the Classics. I've read All Quiet on the Western Front, Mrs. Dalloway, The Bell Jar, and The Great Gatsby. Can't say I really enjoyed any of those. Now, throw in a Willa Cather novel or one of John Steinbeck's big books, and I'm in!
ReplyDeleteLes, it can be anything at least 25 years old so...things like Michener, Lord of the Rings...like that can count. I do have two Steinbeck books on my list. It's a fun way to make a list for 5 year goal.
DeleteI've been surprised to read classics I thought I would hate...and I ended up loving!
DeleteAwesome list! I have read 6 of them. #12 is fabulous
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emma. I do look forward to more du Maurier so I will get to Scapegoat soon, if that's not my spin number.
DeleteI was just in Dresden! I've been thinking I ought to reread Slaughterhouse Five. Hope you get soemthing fun!
ReplyDeleteReese, that sounds fantastic. I would love to travke more. Can't wait to see what book I get.
DeleteYou have several on your list that I should put on my list. One of them on your list that I want to read is The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.
ReplyDeleteI keep coming up with more titles besides my original 50 so I've started a draft for the list! Maybe I'll get that Ford book this spin.
DeleteI keep a long list of books I (might) want to read before I die.
DeleteThat old saying "so many books, so little time" is starting to be very real for me now!
DeleteI have not heard of most of these. I was going to join The Spin Club, but I don't (to my knowledge) have 50 classics I want to read. So, I just added a page to my blog, called it Classics, and called it a day, LOL!
ReplyDeleteCindy, start by going to the Classics Club and making your list. You may be surprised! But you have a good system with your tab of Classics.
DeleteOoo...what a great list! I have read several and there are some that are also on my TBR. I love The Great Gatsby and have read it several times. I'm rooting for that one for your spin! ;)
ReplyDeleteKaren, thanks! I just saw the number is 17 so I will be reading The Good Soldier.
DeleteSome I've read, and some I've now reserved at the library. Thanks for the idea. Old books that need to be read or re-read.
ReplyDeleteClaudia, I have been having fun with the list making and reading as well.
DeleteGood list. I've read Catch 22 and The Great Gatsby.
ReplyDeleteJoy, I read The Great Gatsby decades ago and just saw my book number is 17. So I will be reading Ford Madox Ford. I am looking forward to Catch 22 and I already have the followup book for that called Closing Time.
DeleteI was going to join this but didn't, hopefully next year I will.
ReplyDeleteVicki, I had looked at other folks list of books to get some ideas. Then I joined this year and have been making my way through. The Spin is just a fun game you can participate in if you choose.
DeleteEnjoy your reading!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin!
DeleteI got the classics out of my system when I was in my early twenties but I hope you enjoy the challenge!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy reading week
Shelleyrae, I am enjoying the books and the list making!
DeleteWow I just peeked and the spin is 17! So it appears you are on for The Good Soldier. I don't know anything about it but I hope it makes for a good read. I like others on your list and would be game for the Muriel Spark novel. I still need to read that one.
ReplyDeleteSusan, we can make the Spark novel one of our buddy reads upcoming. I am up for a few with you. Yes, just saw I am reading the Ford book. Downloaded it last night.
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