A lot of my blogger friends are members of the Classics Club, and since this seems to be my year of jumping on the bandwagon, I decided to join. Here is my list of fifty classics in five years.
Only one is currently in-progress, Frankenstein, the rest are books that I plan to read or reread within the next five years.
Most are novels, but there are a couple of non-fiction books in there as well.
- Mystery Mile, by Margery Allingham
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
- Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte
- Villette, by Charlotte Bronte
- The Thirty-nine Steps, by John Buchan
- In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
- Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather
- A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
- The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (reread)
- David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (reread)
- Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (reread)
- Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens
- Frenchman's Creek, by Daphne du Maurier
- The Scapegoat, by Daphne du Maurier
- Middlemarch, by George Eliot
- Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot
- The French Lieutenant's Woman, by John Fowles
- A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster
- The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith
- The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
- A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
- A Movable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway
- Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling
- The Sybil, by Par Lagerkvist (reread)
- The Blue Castle, by L.M. Montgomery
- Jane of Lantern Hill, by L.M. Montgomery
- Miss Marjoribanks, by Margaret Oliphant
- Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- The Black Arrow, by R.L. Stevenson
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by R.L. Stevenson
- Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck (reread)
- Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck
- East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (reread)
- Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
- War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
- Dr. Thorne, by Anthony Trollope
- Framley Parsonage, by Anthony Trollope
- The Small House at Allington, by Anthony Trollope
- The Last Chronicle of Barset, by Anthony Trollope
- Can You Forgive Her, by Anthony Trollope
- The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
- The Buccaneers, by Edith Wharton
- The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
- The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
- Germinal, by Emile Zola
- The Paradise, by Emile Zola
Looks to be a great list!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your commentary on Frankenstein when you have completed it.
I've read some of these & have some on my list too. I do like Joyce Carol Oates and have read Blonde - it took me ages and is different from some of her other books, some of which I don't like very much and some I love. I liked Blonde very much. I think it's one of her best books (of the ones I've read).
ReplyDeleteWhere do you think I found out about Blonde, Margaret? Your blog, of course! :)
DeleteOh, fancy that! I do hope you like it.
DeleteGreat list - welcome to The Club! I see several of my favorites on your list, and quite a few overlaps with my own, too.
ReplyDeleteI joined earlier this year and am really enjoying it so far. My reading of classics has increased tremendously since joining! Our lists are actually quite different in terms of selection so it will be fun to see your posts on books not on my list!
ReplyDeleteYou have several on your list that are on mine too. I really love this challenge, but it's more than a challenge...it's a community builder.
ReplyDeleteI'm hosting a post-2000 "modern classic" read-a-long in May at my blog, but I don't see any of the titles I have up for vote on your list. You can still check out the poll if you like in the top right sidebar of my blog.
What a great list, Jane - all the Trollope, and then James McPherson's book as well! I'll look forward to your reviews, and you've got me thinking which of these I need to add to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Club! Looks like an incredibly challenging list. In Cold Blood and David Copperfield are two of my favorites. I started my list last year, and it's really motivational to have a list to keep going back to.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the club! Many I haven't read from your list. Sounds a lot of fun too.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Club :-) You have an interesting list. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteYou have some great books on your list. It always amazes me how many different options there are out there under the umbrella of "classics" -- definitely something out there for everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog earlier this week :)
Agnes Grey is one of my favorites! :)
ReplyDeleteI just joined the Classics Club too! Your list looks great; I adore Frankenstein.
ReplyDeleteYou have some of my favorites on your list, including Crossing to Safety and In Cold Blood. Welcome to the Club!
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