The fifty-fifth book: #1010 Tobias George Smollett - Roderick Random
There are a lot of picaresque novels from this era on the list - it was clearly a popular genre at the time. However, they feel like often they hit some similar beats, especially in the early story (abandoned or forced to leave) and at the end (they're wealthy after all!). To that point, I find it hard to distinguish at least some of them. This one has some good moments though, a nice focus on some of the naval experiences and mostly far more decent conversations that a lot of these books. There have been some good passages - even if I missed out on some of the connecting material, I think I got more of the story than it most of these.