I can see various difficulties with a strictly "classics" reading group. Instead, this:
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
[...] What could be of interest to me and perhaps to others would be an occasional “buddy read” of a specific book nominated by an individual inviting others to join him or her in reading and discussing it.
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strikes me as a better suggestion. It's more flexible: there could be multiple running at the same time; there are no specific time limits. It's just a informal arrangement among 2 or more people interested in tackling the same book.
You could have a pinned thread of outstanding suggestions and when multiple people say they're ready for a particular book a new thread for that book could be started and away it goes.
Edited to add: The ideas thread could be like those reading target threads, where people reserve a post to hold the list of books they'd like to buddy ready. When a few people have the same books listed they might hook up (PM or another discussion thread or whatever) and organise when etc.