Dan Pelzer, who died on July 1 at age 92, is having a viral moment after his relatives shared his 109-page log featuring every single book he finished over more than 60 years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-man-kept-a-meticulous-list-of-all-3599-books-hed-read-since-1962-when-he-died-his-family-published-it-online-180987074/
https://what-dan-read.com/
― StanM, Saturday, 2 August 2025 05:54 (twelve hours ago)
NYT did one of their fancy scrolling image articles on it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/books/man-died-book-list-thousands.html
I like it, it's interesting. It does make you feel like you know part of who he is. There's going to be a lot more of these lists in the age of letterboxd and similar sites.
― adamt (abanana), Saturday, 2 August 2025 07:12 (eleven hours ago)
I thought it was a Fall track at first
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 2 August 2025 09:18 (nine hours ago)