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.

“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!”

The Classic Club

• 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.

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.