Classics Club Spin #45: The Result

The result of the latest Classics Club Spin has been revealed today. The idea of the Spin was to list twenty books from my Classics Club list, number them 1 to 20, and the number announced by the Classics Club represents the book I have to read before 4th October 2026. The number that has been selected is… 18 And this means the book I need to read is… The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans’ deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later ‘sea tanks’ emerged from the deeps to claim people… For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water – one of the compounds upon which life depends – is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise… The Kraken Wakes is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks…