List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

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
66 users · 350 views
 
made by Rparkinson27
avg. score: 4 of 63 (7%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 2
1
Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot) (Honoré De Balzac)
Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot) (Honoré De Balzac)
2
Eugenie Grandet (Honore De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet (Honore De Balzac)
3
Seven Ages of Paris (Alistair Horne)
Seven Ages of Paris (Alistair Horne)
4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
5
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
6
Ninety-Three (Victor Hugo)
Ninety-Three (Victor Hugo)
7
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
8
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
9
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Paul Fussell)
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Paul Fussell)
10
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury (Drew Gilpin Faust)
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury (Drew Gilpin Faust)
11
Paris, City of Dreams (Mary McAuliffe)
Paris, City of Dreams (Mary McAuliffe)
12
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
13
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
14
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
15
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 (James Kaplan)
16
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
17
The Dawn of the Belle Epoque (McAuliffe)
The Dawn of the Belle Epoque (McAuliffe)
18
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (David Maraniss)
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (David Maraniss)
19
The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
20
James (Percival Everett)
James (Percival Everett)
21
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
22
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
23
North Woods (Daniel Mason)
North Woods (Daniel Mason)
24
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War (Michael Gorra)
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War (Michael Gorra)
25
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 (Aaron Sachs)
26
Heart of American Darkness (Robert Parkinson)
Heart of American Darkness (Robert Parkinson)
27
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
28
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
29
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (Elliott West)
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (Elliott West)
30
Freedom's Dominion (Jefferson Cowie)
Freedom's Dominion (Jefferson Cowie)
31
City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque (Mike Rapport)
City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque (Mike Rapport)
32
Eisenhower: In War and Peace (Jean Edward Smith)
Eisenhower: In War and Peace (Jean Edward Smith)
33
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
34
True Grit
True Grit
35
The Searchers (Lemay)
The Searchers (Lemay)
36
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
37
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
38
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
39
The Contested Plains (Elliott West)
The Contested Plains (Elliott West)
40
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Page 1 of 2
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN