Thanks everyone for your excellent suggestions for my list of Great Books in US Intellectual History. I highly recommend everyone read through the comments section of my post—a thread that might easily serve as a primer for future comprehensive exams in our field. I certainly learned a lot. So, without further ado, I give you my list of 24 books. These are the books that I plan to read and blog about over the next two years, on average of one per month, give or take. Based mostly on your suggestions, my original list numbered over 40. In other words, Read more