It’s time for another Classics Club Spin!.
What is the spin?
It’s easy – before next Sunday 17th May, 2026 I have to create a post that lists twenty books of my choice that remain “to be read” on my Classics Club list.
This will be my Spin List.
What’s Next?
A number is chose by the Classic Club determining which of of these twenty books I have to read by the 5th July, 2026 which is the end of the spin period.
The Classic Club
“On Sunday 17th May 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 5th July, 2026.
We’ll check in here on the 5th July to see who made it the whole way and finished their spin book!”
- 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 17th May 2026.
- We’ll announce a number from 1-20.
- Read that book by 5th July.
This is meant to be a fun, social way to read another book from your classics club list. We’re very relaxed about how you set it up, we simply want you to read more classics!
The Classic Club
Next Sunday?
On Sunday, 17th May The Classic Club will announce a number from 1 through 20. I will find the corresponding book on my Spin list, see below, then read (and hopefully, review) that book by 5th July 2026.
I will confirm the book here and on The Classis Club post not later than Monday, 18th May 2026.
Winner
The number chosen is No. 9 and that means I’ll be reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.
09. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham | 1951 | 272pp
My List
01. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | 1883 | 210pp
02. The Rose and The Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott | 1947 | 184pp
03. Silly Novels by Lady Novelista & other essays by George Eliot | 1902 | 100pp
04. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan-Doyle | 1902 | 176pp
05. The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien | 1937 | 310pp
06. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico | 1940/1 | pp64
07. Emma by Jane Austin | 1815 | 264pp
08. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | 1818 | 288pp
09. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham | 1951 | 272pp
10. The 4.50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie | 1957 | 256pp
11. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler | 1939 | 277pp
12. Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie | 1954 | 256pp
13. The Thin Man by Samuel Dashiell Hammet | 1933 | 259pp
14. The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham | 1929 | 240pp
15. Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden | 1939 | 270pp
16. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen | 1818 | 254pp
17. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1911 | 196pp
18. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf | 1929 | 172pp
19. A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft | 1792 | 134pp
20. Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf | 1922 | 181pp
That’s it –
So, what do you think? Have you read any of these books? Did you enjoy it/them? What book would you like to see me reading? Pop a comment below and let me know.
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