It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! If you’re not sure what they are, here’s a reminder:

The rules for Spin #44:

* List any twenty books you have left to read from your Classics Club list.
* Number them from 1 to 20.
* On Sunday 17th May the Classics Club will announce a number.
* This is the book you need to read by 5th July 2026.

And here’s my list:

1. The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott
2. The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope
3. The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
4. The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
5. The Women’s War by Alexandre Dumas
6. The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
7. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
8. The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
9. The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
10. Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
11. Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
12. Othello by William Shakespeare
13. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
14. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart
15. Judith by Noel Streatfeild
16. No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym
17. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
18. The Kill by Émile Zola
19. The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham
20. The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley

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As I just started a new Classics Club list in January this year, I had plenty of books to choose from for my Spin list. It was tempting to just include shorter books, but as I will still need to read the long ones eventually I’ve put a few of those on the list as well.

Which number do you think I should be hoping for?