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Read-alongs, recommendations and round-ups

Aug 1, 2024 • Henry Eliot

The Call of the Wild (1 of 2) & Don Quixote's Descendants

Hidalgos, heroes and huskies

Jan 16 • Henry Eliot

The Call of the Wild (0 of 2), The Old Curiosity Shop (16 of 18) & The Age of Innocence

Bonanza Creek, a gentleman thief and a hideous idol

Jan 9 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (4 of 4), The Brothers Karamazov (0 of 16), Anna Karenina (12 of 14) & Jack London

Patronymics, oyster pirates and psychohistorians

Jan 2 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (3 of 4) & The Read the Classics Christmas Quiz 2025

Buttons, cigarettes and silk hats

Dec 19, 2025 • Henry Eliot

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild (1 of 2) & Don Quixote's Descendants

Hidalgos, heroes and huskies

Jan 16 • Henry Eliot

The Call of the Wild (0 of 2), The Old Curiosity Shop (16 of 18) & The Age of Innocence

Bonanza Creek, a gentleman thief and a hideous idol

Jan 9 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (4 of 4), The Brothers Karamazov (0 of 16), Anna Karenina (12 of 14) & Jack London

Patronymics, oyster pirates and psychohistorians

Jan 2 • Henry Eliot

The Brothers Karamazov

Dubliners (4 of 4), The Brothers Karamazov (0 of 16), Anna Karenina (12 of 14) & Jack London

Patronymics, oyster pirates and psychohistorians

Jan 2 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (2 of 4), The Call of the Wild & Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Omsk, Alaska and Llareggub

Dec 12, 2025 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (0 of 4), Anna Karenina (11 of 14) & The Brothers Karamazov

Sisters, pilgrims and vampires

Nov 28, 2025 • Henry Eliot

Dubliners (December 2025)

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (November 2025)

Beloved (October 2025)

The Trial (September 2025)

The Summer Book (August 2025)

Robinson Crusoe (July 2025)

Mrs Dalloway (June 2025)

The Counterfeiters (May 2025)

The Old Curiosity Shop

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (March 2025)

Persuasion (February 2025)

Anna Karenina

The Thin Man (December 2024)

Under the Volcano (November 2024)

The Haunting of Hill House (October 2024)

The Sorrows of Young Werther (September 2024)

Read the Classics with Henry Eliot

Read the Classics with Henry Eliot

Read-alongs, recommendations and round-ups

Recommendations

Rue de Chabrol

Renata Mosci Sanfourche

Heavy Meta

Tarra

Whisky Scholar

Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

Emily’s Walking Book Club

Emily Rhodes

Footnotes and Tangents

Footnotes and Tangents

Simon Haisell

Read the Classics with Henry Eliot

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