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Reading for Pleasure 2024

Non-work reading for the year. Did a big turn through the American West, continued French & started Russians. Finished the Caro LBJ volumes. Began & ended the year with Balzac, thus the pic.
Faves: North Woods, Continental Reckoning, True Grit, All the Pretty Horses, Path to Power, James, Lonesome Dove, 3 Shades of Blue
Least favs: Necessary Trouble, Cities of the Plain, Lost Illusions
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Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot) (Honoré De Balzac)
Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot)
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Honoré De Balzac
Eugenie Grandet (Honore De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet
2
Honore De Balzac
Seven Ages of Paris (Alistair Horne)
Seven Ages of Paris
3
Alistair Horne
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
5
Victor Hugo
Ninety-Three (Victor Hugo)
Ninety-Three
6
Victor Hugo
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
7
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
8
Alexandre Dumas
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Paul Fussell)
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945
9
Paul Fussell
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury (Drew Gilpin Faust)
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
10
Drew Gilpin Faust
Paris, City of Dreams (Mary McAuliffe)
Paris, City of Dreams
11
Mary McAuliffe
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
12
Gustave Flaubert
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
13
Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
14
Jules Verne
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (James Kaplan)
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
15
James Kaplan
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
16
Jules Verne
The Dawn of the Belle Epoque (McAuliffe)
The Dawn of the Belle Epoque
17
McAuliffe
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (David Maraniss)
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
18
David Maraniss
The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
The Path to Power
19
Robert Caro
James (Percival Everett)
James
20
Percival Everett
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
Means of Ascent
21
Robert Caro
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
22
Robert A. Caro
North Woods (Daniel Mason)
North Woods
23
Daniel Mason
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War (Michael Gorra)
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War
24
Michael Gorra
Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times (Aaron Sachs)
Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
25
Aaron Sachs
Heart of American Darkness (Robert Parkinson)
Heart of American Darkness
26
Robert Parkinson
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
Empire of Cotton
27
Sven Beckert
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
28
Robert A. Caro
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (Elliott West)
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
29
Elliott West
Freedom's Dominion (Jefferson Cowie)
Freedom's Dominion
30
Jefferson Cowie
City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque (Mike Rapport)
City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque
31
Mike Rapport
Eisenhower: In War and Peace (Jean Edward Smith)
Eisenhower: In War and Peace
32
Jean Edward Smith
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
33
Patricia Highsmith
True Grit
True Grit
34
The Searchers (Lemay)
The Searchers
35
Lemay
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
36
Jack Schaefer
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing
37
John Williams
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World
38
Paulette Jiles
The Contested Plains (Elliott West)
The Contested Plains
39
Elliott West
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
40
Larry McMurtry
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