It’s time for another Classics Club Spin!
Hosted by The Classics Club blog, the Classics Club Spin is a reading adventure where participants come up with a list of classics they’d like to read, number them 1 to 20, and then read the book that corresponds to the “spin” number that comes up. This will be my 5th time participating — although for the Classics Club, it’s spin #33!
Here are the dates and guidelines from the host blog:
On Sunday 19th, March, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by the 30th April, 2023.
We’ll check in here on Sunday the 30th April to see who made it the whole way and finished their spin book!
What’s Next?
- Go to your blog.
- Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List.
- Post that list, numbered 1-20, on your blog before Sunday, 19th March.
- We’ll announce a number from 1-20.
- Read that book by 30th April.
These Classics Club Spins are so much fun, and such great motivation for breaking out of my normal reading routines — so of course I’m going to do it again! I’m mostly preserving my list from last time, swapping out the book I just read and one other that I’m a bit less interested in right now. As for the rest of the books on my list, I’d be happy to read any of them!
And now for the good stuff…
Here’s my list of 20 classics for the next Classics Club Spin:
- Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne DuMaurier
- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
- An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Peony by Pearl Buck
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- Howards End by E. M. Forster
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
- Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Wish me luck! I’ll post again on Sunday once the spin results are announced!
My previous Classics Club spins:
Spring 2022 (CCSpin29): The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
Summer 2022 (CCSpin30): Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Fall 2022 (CCSpin31): A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
Winter 2022/2023 (CCSpin32): O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Bookshelf Fantasies 
I have read several of these and quite a few others are on my CC list (but not my spin list). Since it’s still Women’s History Month, I hope you get The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
Thanks! I actually read The Awakening way back when during my college years, but since I barely remember it, thought it would be good to include. Can’t wait to see what I end up with!
I have read 6 here.
Your #17 is really lovely.
Here is my list:
https://wordsandpeace.com/tag/classics-club/
Thanks! I actually read #17 back in high school, eons ago, and remember that it was lovely, but unfortunately don’t recall much of the detail, so I’m eager for a reread.
There are so many favorite books on your list! Too many to root for just one. Can’t wait to see what you spin. 😀
Thank you! I think I’ll be happy no matter which book I end up with!
Lots of great books there, and lots that I haven’t read too! Of the ones that I have read, my top picks would probably be Picnic at Hanging Rock or The Painted Veil. Though of course you can never go wrong with Christie… Hope whichever one you get turns out to be a winner!
I’m looking forward to both of the ones you mentioned… but honestly, I’m pretty sure I’ll be happy no matter which one I end up reading!
Howards End is great! I’ve got Maugham on my list as well, but a different one. Happy spinning!
Thank you! I’ve had a copy of Howards End for quite a while now, so I’d be very happy to end up reading it for this spin. But really, I’d be happy with any of these!
Interesting list here. I’ve read a few of these, and a couple are on my list as well (going up on my blog tomorrow). Good luck to us all!
I always love these spins! A few on my list will be re-reads (but of books that I read so long ago that they’d be practically new to me). 🙂
Oh, I do like A Night to Remember. It’s a nonfiction classic, so it is somehow left off a lot of lists. I do hope you read that one.
I’ve been on a bit of a Titanic kick lately, and I’ve been wanting to read A Night to Remember for quite a while. I think even if it’s not the spin pick, I’ll end up reading it sometime soon.
I hope you get to read something good! It’s always fun to see what everyone ends up with the spin😁
I always enjoy these spins! So much fun.
I got around to reading Dracula not too long ago and it wasn’t as perfect as I’d hoped it would be but I’m glad I got around to it! I did enjoy Asimov’s Foundation though. I hope you enjoy these when you get around to them! 😀
Thank you! I’ve actually read Dracula, but it was so long ago that I’d be happy to do a reread. 🙂
I will always wish you an Australian classic – so fingers crossed for A Picnic at Hanging Rock !
And I’d be happy to get more recommendations on Australian classics! If Picnic doesn’t come up for me this time, I’ll probably grab a copy and read it anyway.