Well ... since I seem to have inadvertently sparked something ...
If I were setting up a classics book club (which I'm not), I would start with one of the many online lists of 100 must-read books, eliminate books not in public domain everywhere (so as to avoid anything too modern and/or geographically restricted), gather additional suggestions, then ask people to vote for their top 10 or so choices to winnow the list further and create a slate of books for the year. That way, potential participants would know the schedule up front and could plan accordingly.
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