Classics Club Spin #39

 

I am rather terrible at finishing my spin books, but it’s fun to play along anyway. The details on The CC spin can be found here, but generally the idea is to select a list of 20 books on the classics club list that I have been meaning to read. Then next Sunday, October 20, the Classics Club website will post a number between 1 & 20, and that is the book that I will read.

I have a Classics Club “list” posted, but I decided to just make up a list of 20 books that I consider to be classics in some respect from my print TBR for this spin.

  1. His Excellency Eugene Rougon by Emil Zola
  2. Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin
  3. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
  4. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
  5. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
  6. The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
  7. Stoner by John Williams
  8. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Armin
  9. Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
  10. Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto
  11. The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
  12. Good Behavior by Molly Keane
  13. The School for Love by Olivia Manning
  14. Abigail by Magda Szabo New Grub Street by George Gissing
  15. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
  16. The Vicar’s Daughter by E.H. Young
  17. Funeral in Berlin by Len Deighton
  18. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
  19. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
  20. The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

So, which one will it be?

13 comments

    1. I’ve read two of Dorothy Whipple’s books and loved both of them. Stoner was everywhere a few years ago, which is when I bought it, and it’s just been languishing on my shelves since!

    1. I will be reading Villette whether it comes up on the spin or not! I’m finishing up Charlotte Bronte this year, and I am currently in the middle of Shirley. So, putting it on my list was sort of cheating . . . haha.

      I will check out your list!

  1. Good list. I just started on Farrell’s trilogy (review is up) so didn’t include the next book–too soon. I’ve read Villette by Charlotte Bronte
    The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (the movie is also good) and they were both worth it.

    1. I read Troubles several months ago, so I also took a break before even contemplating picking up the second book!

  2. The only book from your list I’ve read is The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. I hope you get the Agatha Christie. It’s one I’m not familiar with.

    1. I own a bunch of the Penguin Classics editions of Graham Greene’s books, but I have only read a couple of them. I agonized over which book to put on the list!

      The Christie book will be a reread for me – I have a GR group where we are reading one Christie a month, and Ordeal by Innocence is the November book. However, I can tell you that it is a good mystery, especially for one of her later mysteries, which tend to be a bit weaker than the early/mid career mysteries.

  3. I read The Tortoise and The Hare for an earlier spin – it was a fascinating insight into an English marriage at that time.
    Also read some great reviews for Abigail & J.G. Farrell thanks to the 1970 Club this week.

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