I signed up to join a read-along of Proust, which Trevor from Mookse and Gripes has been setting up for the new year around the same time. I felt the need to read Dickens. My mind then started to drift, and as I have for many a year, I always feel even though I have reviewed over 1400 books, the blog is light on classic books in translation. Now, this is partly the fact I am to drawn to shiny new books and a little bit of me not being overly confident in reading classics. I often get upset, but I have been putting off reading a pile of books on my TBR. So I’ve drawn. Line in the sand and decided on 2025 as a year for classic books worldwide. I have put the cut-off year of 1939 so they have to have been originally published before 1939. To me, that seems a good point, including World War I and the run-up to the war in Europe, which has always been a period that has interested me. Of course, as far back Greek classics I read Homer and a few other years ago, but know there is some great new translations of classic around and some publishers have been brought out lost classics and new translations of books.. I am due to sort out my library at home early in the new year and will be doing a shelf for the coming year and I will also be going through my copy of 1001 books to see if there is any books to get. I want to cover as many countries in the next year.

Have you a  favourite classics from around the world ?