1925 Club, hosted by Stuck in a Book and Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings, starts on Monday and we will all be reading and writing about books published in that year. 1925 was a great year for publishing – I have previously read and reviewed six books on my blog and thought I would list them before the week begins. If you haven’t decided what to read yet, maybe you can find some inspiration here, although some of these are now out of print.

Don’t forget, this is also the 10th anniversary of Simon and Karen’s clubs and we’ve been invited to celebrate by highlighting some of our favourite reads from earlier clubs. I’ll be doing that next week, but first here are my previous reviews of 1925 books:

The Professor’s House by Willa Cather – This quiet, reflective novel about a Professor in his fifties looking back on his life as he prepares to move house was the first Willa Cather book I read.

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie – One of Christie’s early thrillers rather than a detective story and the first of several books to feature Superintendent Battle.

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham – I loved this beautifully written book set in 1920s China during an outbreak of cholera.

Glorious Apollo by E. Barrington – This is a more obscure one! A fictional biography of Lord Byron with a focus on three of the women in his life.

These Mortals by Margaret Irwin – A fantasy novel inspired by Shakespeare and following the story of magician’s daughter, Melusine, and her companions the Cat, the Raven and the Snake.

The Little Chronicle of Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell – This novel imagines that after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, his wife Magdalena decides to write a chronicle of their marriage and their lives together.

I’ve also read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which I haven’t reviewed as I read it before I started blogging.

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Have you read any of these – or any other books published in 1925? Will you be taking part in 1925 Club next week?