For those of you looking for a more "general history" book which is also a great way to get people interested in the past, I highly recommend E.H Gombrich's A Little History of the World. A bit old admittedly; 1936 when the first edition was published, though you can easily find newer ones with additional material by other historians included. This book was one of my first ones when I was starting out on history (and the name AskHistorians was about three years away from ever becoming a commonplace utterance of mine), but it is frankly an amazing work of story-telling which traces some of the general trends, civilisations, and progress that our societies have undergone in the past four millennia or so. I also rather like the minimalist design of the cover and the illustrations inside the work, so bonus points for aesthetic there. It's probably one of the few history books I could fall asleep reading, not because of how boring or argumentative it is, but simply by how it flows so well and reads like your old bedtime story (and since that story is based on true fact, all the better!).

Hi! Does anyone have any reading recommendations about the Joseon Dynasty?

Are there any good books on the history of Korea from Gojoseon to the end of the three kingdoms period? I'm currently reading Korea old and new but it doesn't exactly go into a lot of detail for this period (and gives me the sense that it's a bit outdated in places by now.)

I am looking to read more about the Jizamurai. Are there any good records of one domain so I can try and get a clear picture of the economic activities taking place?

Any favorite books on late colonialism, and/or decolonization?

I’d love recs for books on any aspect of the history of Hong Kong.

Any books on proxy conflicts in the cold war, especially civil wars where both superpowers powered different rebel parties under ideological or material reasons? I'm new here and I'd love some recommendations thanks

Hey. Could anyone recommend history books on Central America, particularly El Salvador and Panama. (Spanish, English, German, Italian, French). Thank you very much.

Any books on the global war that Britain waged with France, Spain, and the Netherlands during the American Revolutionary War? (I haven't seen a good name for it anywhere.)

I know I'm asking for quite a range here, but very interested in military orders with religious ties or religious orders with close connections to combat, anywhere from templars to shaolin monks who trained in martial arts. Thinking anywhere from 400 AD to 1500-1600, anywhere in the world. Would be interested in books on specific topics, or encyclopedias that cover religion and violence. Curious especially about theologies and philosophies that legitimate combat, whether they were considered "orthodox" or contrary to religious doctrine by the dominant culture, what daily life/spiritual ritual looked like, etc.