Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Son
- Author
- Philipp Meyer
- Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 561
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Three generations of a Texas family from Comanche captivity through cattle to oil — a multi-century account of how a fortune gets made and what it costs.
Where I saw it: In the reply thread to @moseskagan’s question, “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (April 13, 2025) — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved to his Apple Note “Books To Read”; the full set of replies lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet). It was listed there as “The Son by Philipp Meyer”.
Connections
- Historical Fiction — The genre the thread was asking about.
- Frontier — The setting: Texas from the Comanche era forward.
- Oil & Gas — Where the family fortune ends up.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.