What is the Classics SPIN, you ask?
- Pick twenty classics books that you’ve got left to read..
 - Post that list, numbered 1-20, before Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
 - Classics club will announce a number from 1-20 on Tuesday. (See below for the spin number!)
 - Read that book by January 31, 2019.
 - Here is my list (below.) Join me and read along or make your own list or just cheer me on.
 
Title 
 | 
  
Author 
 | 
  
Number 
 | 
 
Bastard
  Out of Carolina 
 | 
  
Allison,
  Dorothy 
 | 
  
1 
 | 
 
Agnes
  Grey 
 | 
  
Bronte,
  Anne 
 | 
  
2 
 | 
 
The
  BFG 
 | 
  
Dahl,
  Roald 
 | 
  
3 
 | 
 
If
  On a Winter's Night a Traveler 
 | 
  
Calvino,
  Italo 
 | 
  
4 
 | 
 
Death
  Comes for the Archbishop 
 | 
  
Cather,
  Willa 
 | 
  
5 
 | 
 
Moonstone,
  The 
 | 
  
Collins,
  Wilkie 
 | 
  
6 
 | 
 
Tale
  of Two Cities, The 
 | 
  
Dickens,
  Charles 
 | 
  
7 
 | 
 
Adventures
  of Sherlock Holmes, The 
 | 
  
Doyle,
  Sir Arthur Conan 
 | 
  
8 
 | 
 
Big
  Sleep, The 
 | 
  
Chandler,
  Raymond 
 | 
  
9 
 | 
 
Silas
  Marner 
 | 
  
Eliot,
  George 
 | 
  
10 
 | 
 
Man's
  Search for Meaning 
 | 
  
Frankel,
  Viktor 
 | 
  
11 
 | 
 
Bridge
  of San Luis Rey, The 
 | 
  
Wilder,
  Thornton 
 | 
  
12 
 | 
 
Scarlet
  Letter, The 
 | 
  
Hawthorne,
  Nathaniel 
 | 
  
13 
 | 
 
So
  Big 
 | 
  
Ferber,
  Edna 
 | 
  
14 
 | 
 
Picture
  of Dorian Grey 
 | 
  
Wilde,
  Oscar 
 | 
  
15 
 | 
 
Hiroshima 
 | 
  
Hershey,
  John 
 | 
  
16 
 | 
 
Talented
  Mr. Ripley, The 
 | 
  
Highsmith,
  Patricia 
 | 
  
17 
 | 
 
Are
  You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 
 | 
  
Blume,
  Judy 
 | 
  
18 
 | 
 
Wild
  Sargasso Sea 
 | 
  
Rhys,
  Jean 
 | 
  
19 
 | 
 
Grapes
  of Wrath, The 
 | 
  
Steinbeck,
  John 
 | 
  
20 
 | 
 
I am really busy with Cybils judging right now so I won't start reading until late December. Notice, I've added two classic children's books this year and would dearly love an excuse to read both of them.
Watch this space. I will announce the spin number after the club announces the number on Tuesday!
And the SPIN number is....
19
I will be reading Wild Sargasso Sea. I've long wanted to read this book as a counterpoint to Jane Eyre. What will you be reading? Or will you join me? (Remember, I won't be starting the book until the end of December. Luck it is short.)


I've read several of them and enjoyed them. I used to be much more into classic literature than I am now. I've gotten lazy!
ReplyDeleteI also have Hiroshima on my list this time too - so I've just moved it to no. 16 to we can share it :-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rest of the list.
You have some great titles on the list and I look forward to seeing what you think of Wild...
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