I’m looking for books about Siberian indigenous cultures and religions and their interactions with local and national governments. I’m especially interested in the early Soviet period, but recommendations covering any era are greatly appreciated.

Also, this is much much broader, but I’d love some recommendations on books/articles about women and LGBT people in history. They can be biographies, broad overviews, pop history or properly academic, and any time or region is fine. Thanks!

Serious-book request:

What are some readable and affordable (yet academic or very serious pophist) books about the Inca? Religion and/or gender focus is best, but social or socio-cultural history in general is my strong preference.

Lighter-reading request:

So apparently (read: judging by what I stream on YT in the background while I work) I am obsessed with extreme mountain-climbing/mountains-that-people-climb documentaries--search for "K2 documentary" and such to see what I mean. Anyone have recommendations for that, in fun-type book form? I guess think Into Thin Air, or even better, the alpine version of Shadow Divers.

Related things like early polar expeditions are also fair game. :)

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P.S. If you've never read Shadow Divers, hop to it. It's about the deep-divers who discover and explore a sunken U-Boot off the coast of New Jersey. The epilogue gets very "Clean Kriegsmarine," which, no, but except for that.

I keep asking. Hopefully. I'm desperate for books on US shipbuilding. Naval and civilian. Especially in the first half of the 20th century. I can only find stuff on more recent rundown of industry. Help much appreciated.

I’m interested in the early stages of the Gunpowder Treason Plot (prior to when Guy Fawkes entered the fray). Any recommended readings on the historical context, lives of the original conspirators, and any other elements of the conspiracy?

Any good books about the "Satanic Panic" of the 70s and 80s?

Are there any good books giving a general overview of the history of Africa? That might be too broad a subject for one book to cover decently, I know, but I would like an idea of what to look for if I want a broad overview of the major events in African history.

Does anyone have good recs on the history of divination / "seeing into the future"? I'd be most interested in an overview of ancient practices, but overviews within a specific region would be welcome too.

I’ve recently been getting more into the history of the Indian subcontinent and I was wondering if anyone had any good book recommendations for the Maurya, the Gupta, the Mughals or the Chola. I’d also be thrilled for any books covering the Indian Jewish community and/or their languages because I’m considering doing a project on that and I’m deeply fascinated by that topic. Thanks! Edit: I’m not super picky, basically anything pre- or immediately post colonization I’m happy with.

I just started dipping my toes into Latin American history. Particularly the relationship between the US and Latin American countries. I'm currently reading Lars Schoultz's Beneath the United States, as well as Eduardo Galeano's The Open Veins of Latin America and the third volume in Galeano's Memory of Fire series: Century of Wind which is a great collection of his writings.

I'm planning on reading more Larz Schoultz, specifically his book on the Cuban Revolution: That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution. And I'm also considering Jon Anderson's Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life.

But I'm also looking for recommendations. I'm still just getting into it, but I'd love some recommendations for topics to look into and books to read. I'm definitely interested in learning more about the Estrada Cabrera government in Guatemala, as well as the Mexican Revolution if anyone has any recommendations on that.

Hello fellow historians and history-lovers!

I'm working on a project right now that I am thinking is going to touch on the history of the slave trade in the United States, especially the post-1808 period. Specifically, it will be about the 1840s and 1850s, but I'm also interested in the more general post-1808 American slave trade. Can anyone point me towards the best literature on the subject? Thanks!

Edit: come to think of it, I would also be interested in British illegal slaving in the beginning an middle of the twentieth century, such as it existed (I'm less familiar with Britain than the US).