Classic Author Focus: Herman Melville

Herman Melville Herman Melville was an American author best known for his ambitious and symbolic novel, Moby Dick, which was not a success during his lifetime. Although he began a career as a successful writer, by the time of his death, he was no longer well known until a revival in 1919 around the anniversary …

Your Lucky Spin Number Is…

If you joined the game last week, find number 8 on your CC Spin #37 List! That's the CLASSIC you are challenged to read by 2nd June 2024.  We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole journey. We plan to provide support and encouragement to …

CC Spin #37

Hello, Clubbers! It's time for another Classics Club Spin! What is the spin? It's easy. At your blog, before next Sunday 21st April, 2024 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 …

Classic Author Focus: Magda Szabó

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó was a Hungarian novelist of both children's and adult novels. She also wrote essays, plays, memoirs, and poetry. She is the Hungarian author most translated into other languages. Szabó was born in Debrecen, Austria-Hungary, where her father was an academic. As a child, she spoke four languages with her father and …

Did You Finish Your Spin?

Today's the Day! On the 15th January, 2024 we announced the latest Classic Club Spin, challenging you to read book 20 on your CC Spin #36 list by 3rd March. Did you read your book? Did you write about it, or not? What's Next? In the comments below, tell us what book you read, and what you thought …

Classic Author Focus: Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins was a 19th century British author of sensation novels and plays who is considered a pioneer of detective fiction. His The Moonstone is considered the first example of police procedural fiction. He was a friend and disciple of Charles Dickens, who accepted his stories for publication in his journals and collaborated …

Classic Author Focus: Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly Nellie Bly, whose real name was Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist who was most famous for her trip around the world (inspired by Verne's book) and her undercover exposé on a mental institution. She more or less created the idea of investigative journalism. Bly was born in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania. Her …

Your Lucky Spin Number Is…

If you joined the game last week, find number 20 on your CC Spin #36 List! That's the CLASSIC you are challenged to read by 3rd March 2024.  We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole journey. We plan to provide support and encouragement to …

CC Spin #36

Hello, Clubbers! It's time for another Classics Club Spin! What is the spin? It's easy. At your blog, before next Sunday 21st January, 2024 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 …

2024 Book Blogging Events of Possible Interest to Classic Clubbers

We at The Classics Club take note of blogging events that could be of interest to others. Here are a few… 2024 (ALL YEAR) 2024 Ozathon Lory at Entering the Enchanted Castle will start a readalong of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. The Book Stop, home of a fellow Oz fan, will be joining Lory as …

Classic Author Focus: Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft was an English philosopher, writer, and strong advocate for women's rights. She is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Women, which argued that women were deliberately educated to make them frivolous and incapable and that if they were educated like boys, they would be better wives and mothers …

Did You Finish Your Spin?

Today's the Day! On the 9th October, 2023 we announced the latest Classic Club Spin, challenging you to read book 2 on your CC Spin #35 list by 3rd December. Did you read your book? Did you write about it, or not? What's Next? In the comments below, tell us what book you read, and what you thought …

Classic Author Focus: W. H. G. Kingston

W. H. G. Kingston W. H. G. Kingston was a 19th century English writer known for boys' adventure stories. I have a small collection of his books, and I thought he might have had an exciting life, because they are set all over the world (the Amazon, the Rocky Mountains, Panama, Russia, at sea, for …

Classic Author Focus: Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing Although she was born in Iran (then Persia) and lived there until she was six, Doris Lessing is considered a British/Zimbabwean (then South Rhodesia) writer. She is known for epic novels about the human experience in the 20th century and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Her father left a job …

Your Lucky Spin Number Is…

If you joined the game last week, find number 2 on your CC Spin #35 List! That's the CLASSIC you are challenged to read by 3rd December 2023.  We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole journey. We plan to provide support and encouragement to …

CC Spin #35

Hello, Clubbers! It's time for another Classics Club Spin!What is the spin? It's easy. At your blog, before next Sunday 15th October, 2023 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 …