What history books would you recommend?

by genbit on 10/15/2022, 3:01:23 AM with 6 comments
For a one trying to understand the current world better through history, what would you recommend to read?

  • by labrador on 10/15/2022, 4:44:54 AM

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1776)

    It's many volumes but I never considered not finishing.

    Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay (1841)

    Reading that helped me understand the NFT craze and how these things get going and usually end

  • by inphovore on 10/15/2022, 3:16:07 AM

    The 11 volume set “The Story of Civilization” by Will and Ariel Durant

    You can find it on audiobook.

    This will bring you up to speed from the dawn of pre-civilization through the era of Napoleon.

  • by scombridae on 10/15/2022, 11:26:11 AM

    For Middle East, Lawrence In Arabia by Scott Anderson.

    For computing history, Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond.

    For inspirational American stories, David McCullough (1933-2022) is peerless. The Wright Brothers nearly brought me to tears.

  • by cratermoon on 10/15/2022, 4:15:52 AM

    People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn

  • by slater on 10/15/2022, 3:08:17 AM

    Anne Frank's Diary