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The Classics Club

I first read about The Classics Club on Lakeside Musing in 2015.  I was intrigued.  I have read a lot of classics in my life, but I want to read more.  I have a LOT of classics in my “to read” bookshelf at home so I started this journey.  I ended up reading some on my list, and a lot not on my list.  My first five years in the classics club ended January 1, 2021.  Round two was January 1, 2021 with and ending date of January 1, 2026.  It's hard to believe I will now be starting on Round three from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031!! What do you think of my reading list?

My “to-read” classics list for 2026-2030:
  1.  Morte Arthur by Author Unknown
  2. A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott
  3. Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott 
  4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (reread)
  5.  The House of the Spirits  by Isabel Allende
  6. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
  7. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
  8.  Robot Empire by Isaac Asimov
  9. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
  10.  The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  11. Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  12.  The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
  13. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (reread)
  14. Letter from Peking by Pearl Buck
  15. Evelina by Frances Burney
  16. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
  17. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (reread)
  18. My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather
  19. The Professor’s House by Willa Cather
  20.  Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
  21.  Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov
  22. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
  23. By the Pricking of my Thumbs by Agatha Christie
  24. Cat Amongst the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
  25. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
  26. The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
  27. Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
  28. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (reread)
  29. The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie
  30. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
  31. Witness for the Prosecution and other stories by Agatha Christie
  32. The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper
  33. Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
  34.  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
  35.  Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  36. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (reread)
  37. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (reread)
  38. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (reread)
  39. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  40.  Crime and Punishment by Fyoder Dostoyevsky
  41. The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  42. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
  43. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
  44. Hungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier
  45. The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier
  46.  Scrapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
  47. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
  48. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
  49. The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  50. Saratoga Creek by Edna Ferber
  51. The Story of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
  52. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  53. A Room with a View by EM Forrester (reread)
  54. Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin (reread)
  55. Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
  56. Warleggan by Winston Graham
  57. The Black Moon by Winston Graham
  58. The Four Swans by Winston Graham
  59.  King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
  60. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  61. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
  62. The Blithedale Romance by Nathanial Hawthorne
  63.  Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  64. The Complete Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway 
  65. False Colours by Georgette Heyer
  66. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
  67. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
  68. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer
  69. The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer
  70. The World According to Garp by John Irving
  71. The Trial by Kafka
  72. Pet Cemetery by Stephen King
  73.  The Stand by Stephen King
  74.  Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
  75. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
  76. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (reread)
  77. Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
  78. Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
  79.  Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
  80. It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
  81.   Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis
  82.  The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maud Hart Lovelace
  83.   Heidi:  A Story for Girls by H.A. Melcon
  84. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  85. Jazz by Toni Morrison
  86.  Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  87. Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter
  88. The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
  89. Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter
  90.  Laddie by Gene Stratton Porter
  91.  Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
  92. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  93.  Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
  94. The Mistletoe and the Sword by Anya Seton
  95.  My Theodosia by Anya Seton
  96. The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (reread)
  97. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (reread)
  98.  Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
  99.  This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
  100. The Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton
  101. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  102.  Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  103. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (reread)
  104. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (reread)
  105. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien (reread)
  106. The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien (reread)
  107. The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien (reread)
  108. The Death of Ivan Ilych and other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
  109. Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
  110. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  111. Essays and Sketches of Mark Twain
  112. Around the Moon by Jules Verne
  113. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (reread)
  114. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (reread)
  115.  Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
  116.  Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
  117. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
  118. The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
  119. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
  120. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
  121. Native Son by Richard Wright
  122.  Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
  123. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (reread)
Classic Club reads from 2021 to 2026:
  1. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (2025 reread)
  2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (reread)
  3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (reread)
  4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (2023 reread)
  5.  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (reread)
  6. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (2025 reread)
  7. Emma by Jane Austen (reread)
  8. Emma by Jane Austen (2022 reread)
  9. Persuasion by Jane Austen (reread)
  10. Persuasion by Jane Austen (2024 reread)
  11. Persuasion by Jane Austen (2025 reread)
  12. Go Tell it On the Mountain by James Baldwin
  13. The Heroine by Eaton Stannard Barrett
  14. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (reread)
  15. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (reread)
  16. The Professor by Charlotte Bronte (reread)
  17. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (reread)
  18. Sons by Pearl S. Buck
  19. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (reread)
  20. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (reread)
  21. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote (reread)
  22. 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
  23. After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
  24. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
  25. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
  26. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
  27. Crooked House by Agatha Christie 
  28. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
  29. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
  30. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (2023)
  31. A Deadly Affair by Agatha Christie
  32. Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie
  33. Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
  34. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
  35. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
  36. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
  37. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
  38. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
  39. Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
  40. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
  41. Midwinter Murders by Agatha Christie
  42. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
  43. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
  44. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
  45. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
  46. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
  47. The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
  48. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
  49. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
  50. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
  51. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
  52. Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
  53. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
  54. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
  55. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
  56. The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
  57. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
  58. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
  59. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
  60. Third Girl by Agatha Christie
  61. The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
  62. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
  63. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
  64. Why Didn't They Ask Evans by Agatha Christie
  65. The Twits by Roald Dahl
  66. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (reread)
  67. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (reread)
  68. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier (reread)
  69. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (reread)
  70.   Middlemarch by George Eliot
  71. So Big by Edna Ferber (reread)
  72. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2025 reread)
  73. Mountain Interval by Robert Frost
  74. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
  75. The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol
  76. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  77. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  78. The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne (reread)
  79. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
  80. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
  81. Venetia by Georgette Heyer
  82. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  83. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (reread)
  84. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
  85. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (reread)
  86. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (reread)
  87. Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery (reread)
  88. The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery (reread)
  89.  The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Conner
  90. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  91. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  92.  The Street by Ann Petry
  93. Peter Rabbit and Other Stories by Beatrix Potter
  94. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
  95. Waverly by Sir Walter Scott
  96. Katherine by Anya Seton (reread)
  97. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (reread)
  98. Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart
  99. Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
  100. The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
  101. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
  102. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  103. Haunted Tales Edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (contains stories by Oscar Wilde, HG Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, etc.)
  104. The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter edited by Jessica Harrison
  105. Golden Age Christmas Mysteries Edited by Otto Penzler

Classics Club list I read from 2016 to 2021:

1.  Christmas Treasury by Louisa May Alcott 
2.  Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
3.   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (reread)
4.  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5.  Emma by Jane Austen (reread)
6.  Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (reread)
7.  Persuasion & Poems by Jane Austen (reread)
8.   Pride and Prejudice with Songs from Regency England by Jane Austen (reread)
9.  The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt  
10.  If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
11.   The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
12.  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
13.  Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
14.    A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
15.   Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
16.   Alexander’s Bridge by Willa Cather 
17.  The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
18.  The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
19.  And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
20.  Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
21.  Matilda by Roald Dahl
22.  Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl
23.  The Twits, The Minpins, and The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
24.  The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
25.   A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (reread)
26.  Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
27.  Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (reread) (1/16)
28.   So Big by Edna Ferber
29.  Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
30.    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
31.  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
32.  A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer
33.  Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
34.  Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 
35.  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
36.   The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
37.  Young Pioneers (Let the Hurricane Roar) by Rose Wilder Lane
38.  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
39.  The Call of the Wild by Jack London
40.   The Giver by Lois Lowry
41.  So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
42.  Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43.  Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
44.  Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
45.  Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
46.  Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
47.  Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
48.  Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
49.  Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
50.  At the Altar:  Matrimonial Tales by L.M. Montgomery
51.  Christmas with Anne by L.M. Montgomery
52.  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
53.  A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
54.  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
55.   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
56.   The Cay by Theodore Taylor  
57.  From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
58.  The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
59.   Stuart Little by E.B. White
60.  The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
61.  Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
62.   Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
63.    On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
64.  By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
65.  The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)

6 comments:

  1. *ೃ༄ JillianMarch 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM

    Wow, this is a big list! I just wanted to say hello. I popped over here to read your remarks on Little House in the Big Woods. I'd also like to read your #116. I've read half and love it. :)

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  2. Laura's ReviewsMarch 16, 2016 at 1:30 PM

    It is a very large list - probably too ambitious! I'll see where I'm at in five years, and whatever is left will be the start of a new list :-)

    I've owned Swiss Family Robinson since I was a kid and have never read it, but love the Disney movie classic. I think I'm going to see if I can get my sons to read it with me as well - it seems right up their alley!

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 8, 2016 at 3:48 AM

    This is a wonderful list. Each time I visit another person from The Classics Club, it make me want to tweak my list.

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  4. Elena AliceAugust 22, 2020 at 8:13 PM

    What a great list! You've made great progress! I read and loved these titles on your list: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Life and Adventure of Santa Claus, Jane Eyre, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, And then There Were None, The Little Prince, Phantom of the Opera, Christmas with Anne (and all the Anne books), Trumpet of the Swan

    And these are the ones that our lists have in common: Northanger Abbey, A Little Princess, Keeper of the Bees, Cry Beloved Country, Kidnapped, Laddie, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

    There are so many titles I have never heard of as well!

    Here is my list of 75 classics, if interested: https://elle-alice.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-classics-club-55-classics-in-5.html

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  5. ShellieJSeptember 26, 2023 at 12:12 PM

    I joined the Classics Club last year. I am seriously struggling to read my 50 books lately. I just don't want to! Looking at your list is making me want to get started again :) quite an impressive list of books you've read!

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