Est 2017

Seeking Truth & Beauty Through The Great Books

This reading project is an attempt to read the greatest books ever written.

Currently Reading

Just Finished
The Greek Way
The Greek Way
Reading Now
The Iliad Emily Wilson
The Iliad
Up Next
Iliad Companion
A Companion to The Iliad

The Great Books+

The Great Books Plus

I started The Great Books+ in March 2023. It’s a reading plan of 200 of the greatest books & authors of all time and I am reading them from oldest to newest. I will pair most books with a guidebook (hence the + sign).

Recent Podcast Episodes

Mythology
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
The Histories
The Histories by Herodotus
Persians Book
Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Stung With Love
Sappho
Theogony & Works and Days
Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod
Babylon
Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek

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