Another Classics Spin!

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader
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The fine folks over at The Classics Club are holding another spin. I love these! 
My list is very similar to the 20 books I picked for the first spin. 
  1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
  3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
  4. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  5. Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
  6. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  8. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
  9. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  10. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  11. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  12. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
  13. My Antonia by Willa Cather
  14. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  15. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
  16. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  17. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
  18. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
  19. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  20. Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

Are you participating in the Classics Spin?

Published by Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader

49 thoughts on “Another Classics Spin!”

  8. I enjoyed the Spin enormously last time around, so taking part this time too. I see we both have Bleak House in the list – and you also have Les Miserables – ouch! 🙂

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  11. thanks for letting me know about the Spin, I'd like to participate this time! Good luck, glad that Little Women eeked it's way back into your list. 🙂 Gotta get my list together. Handmaid's Tale, Frankenstein and Robinson Crusoe are on my overall list too. I look forward to reading those three.

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  12. Sounds exciting! I'm going to have to think about this one. I've got a bunch of review copies to make my way through, so I'm not sure I can take the time, but it would certainly be fun and challenging. I like your list; some of them would be on mine, too. I checked out the Classics Club and was relieved to see that re-reads are permitted (thank goodness, as there are books and plays I read years ago that I would love to read again.) So I may give this a try.

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  22. I'm doing this spin for sure! Finalizing my list right now. Only putting one on it that I'm really dreading reading–On the Good Life by Cicero–but I ultimately want to read it, so it's a win-win, right?

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  24. I have read a few of these, but many moons ago. I really need to read more classics. 😦 I just read My Antonia though, around the time I was reading all that Goolrick. And I am about to reread The Wind in the Willows, it is the perfect time of year. You should take your kids on a picnic near a riverbank, and start reading it together. :)Good luck on your spin! Maybe I will look it up and try it out, to give myself a bit of a kick in the pants to get reading classics more frequently. 🙂

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  30. Another great list! Les Miserables, 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, Wuthering Heights – Oh. So. Good! I haven't read My Antonia, yet, but Willa Cather is one of my favorite writers. I also really liked Robinson Crusoe much more than I expected to… and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest is great! I'm hoping some people read it for the \”Beats of Summer\” event next month. I think you're going to be okay regardless of which number pops-up – great list! Good luck!

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  31. I'm reading Les Mis now. It's a loooooong read 😛 but good so far!The Wind in the Willows is super fun! Rather silly but a great story :DLittle Women is my FAVORITE book!! I've listed it to re-read. It's been ages!We've got several CC titles in common :)Good luck!!

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  38. Great list! I was surprised at how easily I was able to delve into Anna Karenina. I think it sounds much more intimidating than it is. Also- My Antonia is absolutely beautiful. I need to re-read it soon. This list reminds me that there are many more classics that I need to read.Rebecca @ The Key to the Gate

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  40. Whew! You have some bricks on there. Good ones, though. I also have 1984 and My Antonia on my spin list. I loved Catch-22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest when I read them as a teen. I really need to read them again. I hope you enjoy whichever book you end up with!

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  42. Great list! Of Mice and Men is such a good (and short) read! Watership Down?! The Handmaid's Tale?! Fingers crossed that we end up with good reads.

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