CC Spin #45!

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 It's time for the 45th Classics Club Spin!  You know the rules, so here's my list:

  1.  Amerika, by Kafka
  2. Thus Were Their Faces, by Silvina Ocampo
  3. Peter the Great's African, by Pushkin
  4. Lives, by Plutarch (vol I)
  5. Sybil, by Disraeli
  6.  Eichmann in Jerusalem, by Hannah Arendt 
  7. The Leopard, by di Lampedusa
  8. Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman (this would be quite a feat!)
  9. Conjure Tales, by Charles Chesnutt
  10. Polyhistor Solinus 
  11.  Folktales collected by Afanas'ev (vol I of 3)
  12.  Sagas of Icelanders (aiming for 50% by the due date)
  13.  The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins
  14. The Burning Plain, by Juan Rulfo
  15. The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay
  16. Sport of the Gods, by Paul Dunbar
  17. Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope
  18. The Well at the End of the World, by William Morris
  19. The Tale of Sinhue (ancient Egyptian poetry)
  20. The Once and Future King, by T. H. White
Hoping for: Once and Future King or Plutarch.  Nervous about: Life and Fate!  It's a brick!

What do you think?  Are you in the Spin and what are your picks?



Comments

  1. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book ToursAugust 12, 2026 at 5:37 AM

    Fabulous! I love original lists!
    I have only read #20 (the ful lseries), and decades ago, parts of Putarch's.
    Your tough 8 woud be a good one on my list🤣: https://wordsandpeace.com/2026/08/12/the-classics-club-the-classics-spin-45/

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    1. AnonymousAugust 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM

      (Jean here) Thank you! I've often admired your lists because I find French literature so intimidating.

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    2. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book ToursAugust 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM

      well, actually I don't have any French title in my 20 titles, and very few in my full list either. Having grown up in France, I did read a lot of classics in my younger years

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  2. BronaAugust 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM

    I would be nervous about the Grossman too - such doorstoppers!

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    1. AnonymousAugust 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM

      (Jean here) I knoooow, I really want to read those Grossman novels, and yet they terrify me!

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  3. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzAugust 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM

    I delighted in The Once and Future King, so I'm crossing my fingers for you for #20.

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  4. KarenAugust 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM

    I recently read The Once and Future King and loved it! So I’m rooting for that one. 😊 Good luck with the spin!

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