The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #28

 

"Words and Peace" is a blog I've been following for a couple of years and I have always found some interesting new (or olde) books there, especially French ones.

On her page, I found the posts by "The Classics Club" asking us to create a post, this time before next Sunday 17^th October 2021, and list our choice of any twenty books that remain "to be read" on our Classics Club list. They'll then post a number from 1 through 20 and we have time until Sunday 12^th of December 2021 to read it.

In the meantime, I read five more books from my old list (Classics Spin #27) which I usually replace by some new ones. Since I want to finish my oldest classic novels first (as published in my Classics Club list) before buying new ones, I simply added the first ones to the end of the list. They are all in chronological order.

1.    Eichendorff, Joseph von "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und andere Novellen" (Life of a Good-For-Nothing) - 1826
2.    Keller, Gottfried "Novellen" (Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe u.a.) "Novellas" (A Village Romeo and Juliet and others) - 1855/56
3.    Van Dyke, Henry "The Story of the Other Wise Man" - 1896
4.    Martin, Catherine "The Incredible Journey" - 1923
5.    Mandelstam, Ossip "The Din of Time" (Шум времени/Shum vremeni) - 1925
6.    Cather, Willa "Shadows on the Rock" - 1931
7.    Christie, Agatha "Murder on the Orient Express" (Hercule Poirot #10) - 1934
8.    Némirovsky, Irène "La Proie" [The Prey] - 1938
9.    Fallada, Hans "Every Man Dies Alone" (Jeder stirbt für sich allein) - 1947
10.    Böll, Heinrich "The Silent Angel" (Der Engel schwieg) - 1949/50
11.    Kazantzakis, Nikos "The Last Temptation of Christ" (Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός/O telefteos pirasmos) - 1951
12.    Highsmith, Patricia "The Talented Mr. Ripley" - 1955
13.    Eichendorff, Joseph von "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und andere Novellen" und andere Novellen" (Life of a Good-For-Nothing) - 1826
14.    Keller, Gottfried "Novellen" (Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe u.a.) "Novellas" (A Village Romeo and Juliet and others) - 1855/56
15.    Van Dyke, Henry "The Story of the Other Wise Man" - 1896
16.    Martin, Catherine "The Incredible Journey" - 1923
17.    Mandelstam, Ossip "The Din of Time" (Шум времени/Shum vremeni) - 1925
18.    Cather, Willa "Shadows on the Rock" - 1931
19.    Christie, Agatha "Murder on the Orient Express" (Hercule Poirot #10) - 1934
20.    Némirovsky, Irène "La Proie" [The Prey] - 1938

Since I want to finish my oldest classic novels first (as published in my Classics Club list) before buying new ones, I simply added the first ones to the end of the list.

If you want to take up the challenge, here is the post: The Classics Spin #28 

Here are all the books on my original Classics Club list.
And here is a list of all the books I read with the Classics Spin.