Classics Club Spin #2

It's time for the second Classics Club Spin!  The premise is simple - you make a list of 20 books from your Classics Club list you haven't read yet and the wonderful people at The Classics Club will pick a number and you read that book.  Last time I ended up reading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (and it was a great read.)

The first time I picked books from different categories but this time I decided to choose 20 books that I have at home on my shelf or on my Kindle.  The number is picked next Monday and I have until July 1 to read.  So here is my list:

  1. The Age of Innocence - Edith Warton
  2. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. Pamela - Samuel Robertson
  4. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
  5. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
  6. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
  7. Native Son - Richard Wright
  8. The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
  9. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
  10. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  11. Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne
  12. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
  13. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
  14. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  15. Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
  16. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
  17. Emma - Jane Austen
  18. Candide - Voltaire
  19. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
  20. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell

Comments

  1. The Relentless ReaderMay 15, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Good luck with the spin ;) I hope we get a good number. I have Les Mis on my list as well.

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  2. RivMay 15, 2013 at 11:11 AM

    So much goodness in your list - Never Let Me Go, Jane Eyre, The Woman In White, Wuthering Heights... Good luck with the Spin :)

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  3. UnknownMay 15, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    What a great list, a few of my favourites on it.

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