I found this interesting meme on Deb Nance’s Readerbuzz. To join the “club,” one makes a list of 20 classics, posts the list on her blog, then Deb will use a spinner to choose a number. If you wish to “join,” it’s not too late. First, post your list. Deb has spun the spinner last Saturday, and the number is 14; you are to read book #14 by Jan. 30th, 2021.

Here is my list:

1. Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin
2. My Uncle Silas H.E. Bates
3. Looking Backward. Edward Bellamy
4. The Death of the Heart Elizabeth Bowen
5. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Alexander Brown
6. Tarzen of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler
8. The Plague Albert Camus
9. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John Le Carre
10. The Horse’s Mouth Joyce Carey
11. Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
12. The Ox-Bow Incident Walter Van Tilburg Clark
13. The Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
14. Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
15. Origin of the Species Charles Darwin
16. Out of Africa Isak Dinesen
17. Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
18. Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
19. Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser
20. The American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser

Ok, Deb, it looks like I’ll start with Lord Jim. I sure hope it’s good!

Want to play along? Use google or whatever search engine you wish to get a list of “classics,” list twenty of them, and get started!