26 Questions in 2026 (#3)

To kick off the new year the Classics Club posted a list of 26 questions designed to help members consider their relationship with reading classics. I plan to answer one question every few weeks throughout 2026. 

 #3 - Best book you’ve read so far with the club? Why?

I give all the books I read star ratings, and 5-star books are fairly rare -- I save that for books that were really wonderfully written and that really spoke to me in some way. Out of the 110 books I have read for the club there are only 8 that I gave 5 stars.

• The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• Roots by Alex Haley
• Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
• Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
• The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

I understand that the question asked for a favorite, but looking back at these amazing reading experiences I really can't put one above the others.