Thursday Reading & Recommendations | December 09, 2021

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Previous weeks!

Thursday Reading and Recommendations is intended as bookish free-for-all, for the discussion and recommendation of all books historical, or tangentially so. Suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:

  • Asking for book recommendations on specific topics or periods of history
  • Newly published books and articles you're dying to read
  • Recent book releases, old book reviews, reading recommendations, or just talking about what you're reading now
  • Historiographical discussions, debates, and disputes
  • ...And so on!

Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion of history and books, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.

pnonp

🇨🇦 Readable survey books on Canadian history, anyone? Thanks!

thebigbosshimself

This is a bit of a stupid question, but what exactly is a historical dictionary? I found a book called "a historical dictionary of Eritrea" and I'm not sure if I should get it

ediblelawns

What book have you found most helpful/impactful as a historian and why?

Paulie_Gatto

I'm looking for books that are of similar style and quality to Fernand Braudel. I've read both of his major works on the Mediterranean and on the early modern era. Are there historians out there that are similar to him? Thanks!

pinkkittenfur

Can anyone recommend some good books on the Weimar republic? I checked the book lists and there weren't any.