Lee Child’s Jack Reacher Series Complete Novel List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

I have been creating lists for my Dad of the novels by his favorite authors so he can make sure he has read all of them. You can see my John Grisham complete list, John Sandford lists, and Michael Connelly complete list. This post is a complete list of all the Jack Reacher novels by […]

Michael Connelly Novels Complete List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

I am continuing to compile complete lists of the books of some of my Dad’s favorite authors for him. You can see my John Grisham complete adult novels list and all my John Sandford lists. In this post, I am going to list all the novels by Michael Connelly. The Black Echo (1992) — Featuring: […]

John Sandford’s Other Novels

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

I created complete lists of John Sandford’s Prey series, Kidd series, and Virgil Flowers series for my Dad. Here is a final list of Sandford’s other novels. First, a complete list of the Singular Menace series, which was written with Michelle Cook: Uncaged (2014) Outrage (2015) Rampage (2016) A complete list of John Sandford’s Letty […]

John Sandford’s Virgil Flowers Complete List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

Here is a complete list of all John Sandford’s Virgil Flowers series books. I compiled this for my Dad, who wants to make sure he has read all of Sandford’s work. You can see the other John Sandford lists I made for him here. Dark of the Moon (2007) Heat Lightning (2008) Rough Country (2009) […]

John Sandford’s Kidd Series Complete List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

This post includes another list, this one of the books in John Sandford’s Kidd Series, that I created to provide for my Dad as he ensures that he has read all the books of a few of his favorite popular authors. You can see the other John Sandford lists here. The Fool’s Run (1989) The […]

John Sandford’s Prey Series Complete List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

Much like with John Grisham, my Dad is trying to make sure he has read all of John Sandford’s books. So, I am putting together a series of lists for him. They will all be tagged with John Sandford if you are looking for them. Rules of Prey (1989) Shadow Prey (1990) Eyes of Prey […]

John Grisham Adult Novels Complete List

By Jeff on January 5, 2026

My Dad reads a few popular authors, including John Grisham. He wanted to make sure that he has read all Grisham’s adult novels, but could not find a definitive list. So, I put together – using AI and Wikipedia – a comprehensive list in chronological order of all these books. At the end of the […]

Weekly Roundup #27

By Jeff on November 9, 2025

After the loaded Roundup #26, we are back to a more reasonable number of recommendations. I spent the week in Rochester, slowly getting back into running after the injury and working on a new website and app. But on to my suggestions… First off, just in case you missed it, I recently posted about my […]

Favorite Days on the Camino de Santiago

By Jeff on November 5, 2025

As I mentioned in my last roundup, ML and I just got back from three months out west. Getting back to Rochester and hanging with friends, everyone asks what our favorite part of the trip was. And while I struggle to answer that, the question reminds me that I wrote about a favorite section of […]

Weekly Roundup #26

By Jeff on November 3, 2025

It has been way more than a week since the last roundup, but what else is new? I am back in Rochester after three months out West and have some time and a few things to say. So, I should be more active on the blog.  In the meantime, I have a ton of recommendations.  […]

My American Revolution reading list

By Jeff on October 15, 2025

Here is a very idiosyncratic and incomplete list of my favorite scholarly works on the American Revolution. Some are classics in the historiography, others continue to influence how I think about the conflict, and several are newer works that have reshaped the direction of research in the field as well as my own understanding and […]

To the Bright Edge of the World

By Jeff on October 1, 2025

In To the Bright Edge of the World, Eowyn Ivey has written a novel that respects both history and mystery, refusing to reduce either to the other. The book complicates rather than simplifies, unsettling the boundaries between animal and human, past and present, fact and story.

Weekly Roundup #25

By Jeff on September 8, 2025

We are now over two weeks into living on the road (and five weeks since we left Rochester). After the Hoh, we came down the Oregon Coast, reminding ourselves once again what a beautiful place it is. And we are now in Eureka, California, having just spent the last three days communing with the redwoods. […]

Hoh Rainforest and an Injury

By Jeff on September 2, 2025

We are up in the Hoh Rainforest for a couple days. And I would love to take the Hoh River Trail then head north over Bogachiel Mountain, and then through the Seven Lakes Basin over to Sol Duc. That would be a 25 or so mile run with 5000 feet of vertical climb, which seems […]

Weekly Roundup #24

By Jeff on August 25, 2025

I am coming at you from the Hoh Rainforest out on the Olympic Peninsula. ML and I are spending a few days enjoying the place while she takes video for a collaborative project she is working on. From here, we will be meandering down the coast to Northern California over the next couple weeks. The […]

Grand Canyon R2R2R Run Intro

By Jeff on August 21, 2025

For the last several months, I’ve been training for a rim to rim to rim run in the Grand Canyon (R2R2R). During the effort, I will cover around 45 miles throughout the day. Leaving before sunrise, it all begins by pounding down seven miles and 4800 vertical feet on the South Kaibab Trail. I will […]

Weekly Roundup #23

By Jeff on August 13, 2025

It has now been a little over two weeks since the last missive. Not too bad, but not quite weekly. In that time, I did manage to stain the deck and replace the hot water heater in the van before departure, although all that seems like a distant memory now. After leaving Rochester, we dropped […]

Weekly Roundup #22

By Jeff on July 28, 2025

It has been a long time – over two years – since our last weekly roundup. I will have more to say about that huge gap in a later post. But, for now, I just want to get up another roundup. We are two days away from our departure for three months out west. As […]

A Description of a Historiographical Essay, Bibliographic Essay, and Literature Review

By Jeff on July 25, 2025

I just had a student ask me the differences between a historiographical essay, a bibliographic essay, and a literature review. I figured I would share my response below for those readers who might be interested (and for the long tail of the internet). I was surprised by how clear the differences became once I started […]

Appalachian Trail Near Me

By Jeff on September 23, 2024

Over the last week, I managed to get out on the Appalachian Trail three times while ML and I made a little weekend trip down to Asheville. Those short hikes – maybe a pair of 2 milers and a 5 miler – whet my appetite for more of the AT. So, now that we are […]