Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

I have been perusing the menu and since I need to reduce the piles of TBR books in my house, I have selected a slice of Challenge 1: "New & Old TBR". I really like trying out new authors so Challenge 3: "New authors" will make a pleasant side dish, as will Challenge 8: "Travel the World One Book at a Time", because I like to try authors from different countries around the world.
That may well be enough, but I cannot resist having a portion of Challenge 16: "Terry's Book Chain". Finally, I will finish up with a wedge of Challenge 20: "Your 2026 Impulse Reads". (This will probably be a big wedge!)


Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR (see post 2 for details)
Challenge #3 - New Authors (see post 3 for details)
Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Book at a Time (see post 4 for details)
Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain (see post 5 for details)
Challenge #20 - My 2026 Impulse Reads (see post 6 for details)

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1914 or earlier
I don't like choosing books in advance but here are some possibilities that I own
The Mysteries of Udolpho. Actually, this is pretty certain because I hope to join the buddy read in February.
The Warden
The Sorrows of Satan; or, The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Trilby
Self Help by Samuel Smiles
Maurice (published 1972, but it was written 1913-1914 and the publication was deliberately delayed so I am counting it based on when it was written)

1915-2006
Possibilities include:
The Scapegoat or Rule Britannia
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Young Adolf


Others:
I have hundreds of possibilities but these were looking particularly tasty when I was searching for the classics I've listed here:
The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce
Macbeth: A True Story
Making Money (or maybe a Vimes or Granny Weatherwax book)
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Piranesi
A Sentimental Murder: Love and Madness in the Eighteenth Century
The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb (Hungarian author)

Challenge #3 - New Authors

I am going to try to complete this challenge using my owned books:

There are many possibilities, but these are some I am thinking about using for this:
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
The Enchanted April - Elizabeth von Arnim
The Art Thief - by Noah Charney
Golden Hill - Francis Spufford
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Book at a Time

Another challenge I want to complete using my own books. Some of the possibilities:

The Legend of the Ice People by Margit Sandemo (Norwegian-Swedish author, book set in Scandinavia)
Four Mothers by Shifra Horn (Israeli author, set in Jerusalem)
A Gentle Creature and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian author, "A Gentle Creature" is set in St Petersburgh, I don't know about the other stories but I think most of his stories and novels are set in St Petersburgh)
The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder (Norwegian author, book set in Norway)
Lethal Investments byK.O. Dahl
(Norwegian author, book set in Norway)

Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain

I have chosen to start with a form of "Vanish". I know "Vanish" or some variant doesn't need to be in every title, but there were so many interesting books with "Vanish" in the title I decided not to change it. I could have filled this challenge 4 times over just with books with titles containing "Vanish".

1. The Vanishing Point: Stories – A Brilliant New Collection of Literary Fiction by Paul Theroux
2. The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
3. Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
4. Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World by Patrick Joyce
5. Vanish by Shelley Burr
6. Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades by James Fox
7. The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
8. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages by Matthew Green
9. The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue
10. Panic as Man Burns Crumpets: The Vanishing World of the Local Journalist by Roger Lytollis
11. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure by Katherine Rundell
12. The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley

Challenge #20 - My 2026 Impulse Reads

Goodness you have some interesting titles here...many brand new to me! I am going to have fun watching how this comes together for you. Happy reading!

What an interesting approach to Terry’s Book Chain! I hope you have fun as they vanish from your TBR!

A really cool approach to Challenge 16. Have a great time with your planning and reading!