Ronald Grigor Suny has finally finished his book on the early life of Stalin, Stalin: Passage to Revolution and it has a release date of October 6, 2020. I'm a big fan of Suny's work, and have been waiting for him to publish this for years, so actually preordered it yesterday (second time I've ever done so; first was a book when I was a kid). This will be at least the fourth book on Stalin's early years (I have two of the others) but seeing it listed at 800+ pages I'm really curious to see what Suny says.

Hello there! I'm interested in East Asian history, with a particular interest in Korea. I am looking for recommendations of texts covering the period from the late nineteenth century to 1910, mainly about the end of the Joseon dynasty, and the annexation by Japan.

Additionally, upon hearing of the passing of Lee Teng-Hui today, I am interested in reading about the transition that Taiwan made into democracy.

Thanks in advance!

Hope I’m not too late for this, but any recs on

• magic and religion in the Middle Ages (especially interested in how astrology but by no means the only thing)
• religion and sexuality in the Middle Ages (also knights and sexuality)

I know these are pretty broad, but I’m really open to anything

I am looking for 2 book recomendations:

1. Based of my question here I looking for a book about the political and historical context of Shakespeare's plays.
2. I am looking for a bigginer introduction to the reformation and the european wars of religion.

Thank you!

Hey, I've seen you this sub linked so many times in /r/goodlongposts and similar subreddits, and this has kinda sparked an interest in history again. But at the same time, not enough to read a whole slew of books just to understand what the most important things were that happened in history.

I'm looking for books on Europe and North America, something like Bil Wurtz' history of the world or history of japan, but in book form (and hopefully with more detail than that video). So something very broad, that'll give me a general understanding of how different societies evolved over time.

Also, I want to thank everyone on this sub. At school, I (and the teacher, I guess) always approached history as this huge collection of events and when they happened that I needed to remember for my tests. I dropped it as soon as I was able to. And this sub shows that it is so, so much more than that.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for books about the Low Countries ca 1000-1500? I'm especially looking for information about "Frisian freedom" and how it worked in practice. Thanks in advance!

Any book recommendations on the siege of Carthage during the 3rd punic war. What I've read so far only covers the 2 year long siege briefly, quickly moving to the day the romans finally broke through. Is there a book that goes into more detail on the siege?

Can anyone recommend a good account of the Air and Naval War in the Mediterranean 1939-43?

Almost all my early education and subsequent primary interest has been extremely Anglo-American in focus and perspective. I'd love some recommendations on broad histories of the rest of the world that can help provide some cultural context and pique my interest in other eras/regions. In particular, I'd love to read more about the African continent and its histories, Persia, eastern Europe, Russia, and east Asia, for a start.

I'm also a fan of histories of medicine and would love to learn more about medicine in different areas of the world over time.