I am excited to be joining the Classics Club challenge in order to read and promote more of the books which stand the test of time. Thank you to The Classics Club blog for promoting the challenge and for encouraging others to read these books. The challenge involves listing 50 classic books I want to read in the next five years and as I post a review I link it to the listed title. It is a fun way to interact with other classic lovers and bloggers as well as getting out of my comfort zone of reading my usual authors and more modern historical fiction books. Here is my current list below for the first round.
Goal: read and review 50 classic books by January 2028
My list:
1. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
5. Poldark by Winston Graham
6. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
7. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
9. The Witness For the Defense by A.E.W. Mason
10. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
11. Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
12. The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White
13. Saint Peter's Fair (Cadfael Chronicles Book 4) by Ellis Peters
14. Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie
15. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
16. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
17. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
18. Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith
19. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
20. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
21. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
22. Howards End by E.M. Forster
23. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
24. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
25. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
26. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
27. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
28. Britannia Mews by Margery Sharp
29. 1984 by George Orwell
30. Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote
31. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
32. Wonder Cruise by Ursula Bloom
33. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
34. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
35. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
36. The Hollow by Agatha Christie
37. The Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain
38. The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters
39. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
40. This Side of Glory by Gwen Bristow
41. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
42. Now, Voyager by Olive Higgins Prouty
43. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
44. Katherine by Anya Seton
45. Devil Water by Anya Seton
46. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
47. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Book One) by C.S. Forester
48. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
49. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
50. Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
What a great list! Love to see lots of classic mysteries on there as well as the heavier weight fiction. Austen, Christie and Conan Doyle are three of my favourite authors, and of the others that I've read, Vanity Fair would be my highlight. Hope you enjoy reading your way through your list!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I have not read anything by Conan Doyle yet so I knew that had to on there. I am glad you liked Vanity Fair and recommend it :)
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