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Saturday, August 15, 2026

Classics Club #45

And the spin landed on #18...The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles to be finished by October 4.




I did not even get to my spin selection from last time, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, so it's on the list again. Hopefully, I will succeed this time.

What is the spin?

At your blog, before Sunday, August 16, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain "to be read" on your Classics Club list.

This is your Spin List.

You have to read one of these twenty books by the end of the spin period.

On Sunday, May 17, 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 October 4, 2026.

For full details and to join in, visit the Classics Club blog here.
  1. The Wasps, The Poet and the Women, The Frogs (3 plays), Aristophanes
  2. The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
  3. The Witch of Ravensworth, George Brewer
  4. The Plague, Albert Camus
  5. 2001: The Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
  6. The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. The Doll: The Lost Short Stories, Daphne DuMaurier
  8. A Mirror of Witches, Esther Forbes
  9. Grendel, John Gardner
  10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain Poet (Translator - Simon Armitage)
  11. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Roger Lancelyn Green
  12. The House of Seven Gable, Nathaniel Hawthorne
  13. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
  14. Come Along With Me, Shirley Jackson
  15. Let me Tell You, Shirley Jackson
  16. The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
  17. The Monk, Matthew Lewis
  18. The Theban Plays, Sophocles The Oedipus Cycle, Sophocles*
  19. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
  20. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
*I found the above edition on my shelf. Same three plays. I had forgotten I had it. Better translation.

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2 comments:

  1. This looks like a great list! I haven’t read many of the titles; but I have read The Phantom of the Opera and Of Mice and Men. And I have The House of Seven Gables on my TBR. There are several on your list that the titles alone intrigue me! They are The Last Unicorn, The Witch of Ravensworth, and A Mirror of Witches. I’m definitely going to look those up. Good luck with the spin! 😊

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    1. Thank you! I hope you add some to your TBR. Thanks for visiting too!

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