It’s time for another Classics Club Spin which acts as a timely nudge to make progress with our Classics Club lists. Here’s how it works:
- Before Sunday 15th November, create a list of 20 books that remain to be read on your Classics Club list.
- On 15 November 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 list by 3rd January 2027.
My Spin List
For the last Classics Club Spin I read Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham. What will the spin gods pick for me this time?
- The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
- Victoria Four-Thirty by Cecil Roberts
- The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake
- The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
- A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by George Simenon
- The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
- Beyond the Black Stump by Nevil Shute
- Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
- Trial by Terror by Paul Gallico
- Shannon’s Way by A. J. Cronin
- The Story of Esther Costello by Nicholas Montserrat
- The Red Rock Wilderness by Elspeth Huxley
- The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
- Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
- Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester
- Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
- Quartet by Jean Rhys
- Stephen Morris by Nevil Shute
- The Outsider by Albert Camus
There are a number of reading events taking place this month including Reading Scotland and Novellas in November, so either numbers 11, 18 or 20 would be great because that would kill two birds with one stone. And number 6 would be appropriate for the upcoming festive season.
If this was your list, which book would you be hoping for – or dreading?
