Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

January 2026


Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt (1958)

Short Story Classics
Q1:Jan - March: The New York Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton For Women's History Month in the USA - MARCH

Hefty Classics
January-June: The Arabian Nights by Anonymous

Husky Classics
January-March: The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Slender Classics
January-February Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

Anthony Trollope: Chronicles of Barsetshire Series
January-February: The Warden

Authors From Around the World
January/February: The Flesh is Weak: Franz Kafka and Albert Camus

Author/Genre Classics
John Steinbeck

2026 Agatha Christie Year Long Read
Open Discussion format of anything related to Agatha Christie

Horror Classics
January-February: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)

Non-Fiction Classics
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (166 pages)

Frontier Western Classics
January-March
The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper - (Jan 1827) 566 pages

Wilderness Classics
January-March
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Jan 1903) 172 pages YA
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat (Jan 1956) 256 YA

Children's Classics
January-April Louisa May Alcott

Romance Classics
Regency The Grand Sophy - (Jan 1950) 328 pages

Members Birthdays in January
🎈 🎁 🎉

Josefina - 1st
Canavan - 1st
John - 2nd
Brenda - 7th
Wijan - 9th
Josh - 11th
Stuart - 18th
Laurie - 24th

Let us know if you are celebrating anything this month.

Happy New Year 🧨 and Best Wishes 💛

New Year's traditions focus on luck, renewal, and celebration, including fireworks, singing "Auld Lang Syne," watching the Times Square ball drop.

Resolutions, plus global customs like Spain's 12 grapes, Scotland's Hogmanay, Brazil's white clothes for peace, and Mexico's empty suitcase stroll for travel.

Many rituals involve food (pork, greens), cleaning, making noise (pots, firecrackers), and specific actions at midnight (kissing, opening doors) to banish bad luck and welcome prosperity.

What traditions do you like to honor with the New Year?

The resolution for getting back to reading is often one to try for.
Please share which traditions you enjoy and what reads you plan on delving into to start your New Year with?

I usually watch Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen ring in the New Year on CNN. One year they interviewed John Mayer who was sitting surrounded by cats in a cat cafe and Anderson couldn't stop laughing. I thought, that's what I want to do - ring in the New Year in a cat cafe! I don't think the ones we have here are open then.

Good question about what reads we are planning on starting the New Year with. I have to think about that and look at my TBR pile.

Melanie wrote: "sitting surrounded by cats in a cat cafe..."

Does sound like a good laugh!

My brother has his birthday on January 31st.

Luís wrote: "My brother has his birthday on January 31st."

Wish him a Happy Birthday and hope your family enjoys the celebration!

Lesle wrote: "Luís wrote: "My brother has his birthday on January 31st."

Wish him a Happy Birthday and hope your family enjoys the celebration!"

Thank you! Still left for him many days to celebrate, but thanks anyway.

Luís wrote: "Thank you! Still left for him many days to celebra..."

Oh so he is not like my Son, he thinks it is celebrated all month long!
You know...Birthday Month...Birthday Week...haha!

Lesle wrote: "The resolution for getting back to reading is often one to try for.
Please share what reads you plan on delving into to start your New Year with?"

In the last year or so I read half of Vanity Fair and then I set it down to read other books. I've decided that I'm going to start it again in the New Year. I'm looking forward to it!

Lesle wrote: "Luís wrote: "Thank you! Still left for him many days to celebra..."

Oh so he is not like my Son, he thinks it is celebrated all month long!
You know...Birthday Month...Birthday Week...haha!"

Yes. Such a spirit he has.

Melanie wrote: "In the last year or so I read half of Vanity Fair and then I set it down to read other books. I've decided that I'm going to start it again in the New Year..."

Sounds like a good plan Melanie.

Lesle, thanks! Do you have a New Years book you're planning to read?

Melanie wrote: "Lesle, thanks! Do you have a New Years book you're planning to read?"

The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper
It is a Heritage Press Published book with slipcover. It is pretty large almost coffee table size.


It's a shame the cover is missing from the link. It is a beautiful book.
I will probably read an Agatha book too. Thank you Melanie for asking.

I started Martin Chuzzlewit yesterday for this year's festive season. It would fix, I think.