My list for Classics Club Spin No. 45 #ccspin

It’s time for another Classics Club Spin. Here’s how it works:

• Before Sunday 16th August, list 20 books that remain to be read on your Classics Club list. (This is your Spin list.)
• On 16th August the folks at The Classics Club will post a number between 1 and 20.
• The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin list by 4th October 2026.

My Spin List

I enjoyed the book chosen for me in the last Classics Club Spin – A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie – so I have my fingers crossed for this one.

1. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
2. The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
3. The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
4. Victoria Four-Thirty by Cecil Roberts
5. The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake
6. The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
7. A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by George Simenon
8. The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
9. Beyond the Black Stump by Nevil Shute
10. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
11. Trial by Terror by Paul Gallico
12. The Story of Esther Costello by Nicholas Montserrat
13. The Red Rock Wilderness by Elspeth Huxley
14. The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
15. Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
16. Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester
17. Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
18. Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham
19. The Satanist by Denis Wheatley
20. Stephen Morris by Nevil Shute

I’m in the mood for some short stories so 1, 3, 7, 8 or 18 would suit me. If this was your list, which book would you be hoping for – or dreading?