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The Classics Club
2022-2027
The Classics Spin #33
Time for a new spin!
At your blog, before Sunday, March 19, create a post to list your choice of any twenty books that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
On Sunday March 19, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by April 30, 2023.
Here are 20 titles I have selected from my 4th list of 150 classics.
In this list of 20, the first 3 titles are books on my physical book shelves, and ll the rest are mysteries.
| 1 | Edgar Allan Poe | Major Tales (1849) |
| 2 | Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Dalloway (1925) |
| 3 | MIchel Tournier | Vendredi (1969) |
| 4 | Rudolph Fisher | The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem (1932) |
| 5 | Raymond Chandler | The Big Sleep (1939) |
| 6 | Freeman Wills Crofts | Inspector French’s Greatest Case (1924) |
| 7 | Anthony Berkeley | The Layton Court Mystery (1925) |
| 8 | Brian Flynn | The Billiard Room Mystery (1927) |
| 9 | Patricia Wentworth | Grey Mask (1928) |
| 10 | Andredi Platonov | The Foundation Pit (1930) |
| 11 | Dashiell Hammett | The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| 12 | John Dickson Carr | It Walks By Night (1930) |
| 13 | Gwen Bristow, Bruce Manning | The Invisible Host (1930) |
| 14 | various authors | The Floating Admiral (1931) |
| 15 | Francis Iles/Anthony Berkeley | Malice Aforethought (1931) |
| 16 | Dashiell Hammett | The Thin Man (1934) |
| 17 | E. C. R. Lorac | The Murder on the Burrows (1932) |
| 18 | John Dickson Carr | Hag’s Nook (1932) |
| 19 | Alice Campbell | The Click of the Gate (1932) |
| 20 | Ethel Lina White | Some Must Watch (1933) |
COME BACK ON MONDAY MARCH 20
TO SEE WHICH BOOK I HAVE TO READ SOON.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU READ?
WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE?
PLEASE SHARE YOUR OWN LIST!
Words And Peace 
I think the only one I’ve read is Mrs. Dalloway, but a lot of these look tempting. I’ll be curious to see which book you get😁
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Yes, classic mysteries are greta, there are so many half forgotten gems out there
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Now that I’ve discovered Lorac, I hope you get hers!
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Thanks! I may have added this book to my TBR thanks to you, I can’t remember
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I’ve only read one of the Dashiell Hammett titles, The Maltese Falcon (which was great) but not the other you mention, just The Glass Key which was twisty but also kept me engaged. Mrs Dalloway is on my to-read wishlist, but maybe later this year. Good luck with whatever you get though!
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Thanks!
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I’ve read The Big Sleep and watched the film and was still not clear what was happening 🙂
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Oh oh!
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Ooooh! 1930’s!! I’ve read the Chandler & Maltese Falcon & some books from the other crime writers but not those ones – Crofts, Lorac & Berkeley. I’ve read a short story by Poe & some of his poetry but not anything else.
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And I’ll be discovering John Dickson Carr!
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I didn’t much care for Mrs. Dalloway, but you might like it. However, The Click of the Gate is really good! Good luck!
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At this point, I have a felling I’ll indeed
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Oh, and The Invisible Host is amazing!
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Good to know! I’ll get to it soon enough
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Very, very short. You could read it in one sitting easy!
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Good, that will compensate for Les trois mousquetaires that I just sarted reading with a student. Reading just about 50 pages a week will last us for a while, lol
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The only one of your books that I’ve read is Mrs. Dalloway, but it’s a book I loved.
We have two books in common, so, just for fun, I’ve shifted my numbers so that they line up.
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You are too funny!
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So many books that I have never heard of, we can never finish reading all the classics even if those are the only ones we read.
From your list, I have only read Mrs. Dalloway.
Thanks for visiting my list.
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Yes, especially if we consider the classics of various countries
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And we always should do that.
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Indeed
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Mrs Dalloway is brilliant but all those mysteries look fantastic although the only one I’ve read is The Big Sleep, which put me to sleep!
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Really? Is that just a pun or trully it was not engrossing and suspenseful?
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Love your list! Very eclectic. I hope you get the one you’re most wishing for. 🙂 Thanks for visiting my blog.
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I do tend to read eclectically, lol
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I can’t say I’ve read any of these, but I am interested in The Thin Man! Good luck with your spin!
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Definitely a classic movie!
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Oh, I loved The Conjure-Man Dies! So much so that it won the crime category in my Book of the Year Awards in 2021. I do hope you get it, but if not I hope you get one you enjoy as much as I enjoyed it!
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Well I didn’t, but anyway, I am planning to read these pretty soon
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That’s a fun-looking list. I’ve read Mrs. Dalloway & several of the mysteries, but not that Crofts, which I want to. I love The Thin Man, and the movie version with William Powell and Myrna Loy is a treat.
The Big Sleep is great, but even Chandler had to admit he didn’t know who killed the chauffeur! 😉
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Hilarious about Chandler! Thanks for sharing this
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A really neat list! My girlfriend recently read in French Mrs. Dalloway and couldn’t stop raving about it, telling me to try it out too. I hope you enjoy these! Happy reading 😀
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Thanks for stopping by Lashaan. I’m at a point where I should really enjoy her writing
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