It’s time for another Classics Club Spin.
Before next Sunday, 20 October 2024 create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list. On that day the Classics Club will post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by the 18th December, 2024.
Here’s my list:
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
- The Stars Look Down by A J Cronin
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
- Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Friends and Heroes by Olivia Manning
- The Birds and other short stories by Daphne du Maurier
- I’ll Never be Young Again by Daphne du Maurier
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
- The Go Between by L P Hartley
- The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Daisy Miller by Henry James
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Friends and Heroes by Olivia Manning
- Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
- Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
I hope it’s one of the shorter books! Which one/s would you recommend?
BooksPlease 
I always enjoy your CCS list, Margaret. You’ve got such varied choices. There are several there that I’ve not read, so I’ll be specially interested to know which one you get!
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Ooh, lots of great books there! Nicholas Nickleby and Bleak House, of course, but neither of them could count as short! The Go-Between is shorter and brilliant, so that would be my pick. – that, or Brighton Rock. But The Lost World is good fun, and I loved The Birds collection. Good luck!
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Here’s hoping you get North and South or the Great Fire!
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I’ve read Brave New World and Go Set a Watchman, so if you get either of those, I think you’ll enjoy either of them. Well… you can’t really enjoy Brave New World, but it is well written! I have Daisy Miller on my list as well, so best of luck to us both!
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Great list, Margaret. I love Dickens, so I hope you get one of his.
Here is my list:
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-classics-club-classics-spin-39.html
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We both have Bleak House on our list, but I’m not sure I want something that long (and “hard”) this time of the year. I hope you get The Birds. That’s a fun collection of her stories and would be good to read near Halloween!
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awesome list! I have read only 3.
I wish you #19.
I have read many by Daphne, but not your #10 yet!
Here is my list:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/10/15/the-classics-club-the-classics-spin-39/
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Brighton Rock and The Go-Between are 2 of my most favourite books ever, but then I do like the idea of a Daphne duMaurier!
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The George Orwell is really interesting, if a bit depressing.
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Glad to see an Orwell on your list, but a good read should be coming your way whichever way the cc gods spin this time.
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I’d recommend Dombey and Son and also North and South. Not short books unfortunately but well worth the investment of your time
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Oh, The Lost World is such a fun adventure novel! I would like to re-read that one day. I love North and South and Bleak House. The Birds and Other Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier has been on my personal reading list for a while now.
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