After trying to get into fiction for 3+ years, I have finally concluded that fiction is not for me. I honestly do love reading about history though. Recommend me some non fiction kino, preferably history. I've never read a book on history though, most of my historical knowledge comes from wikipedia and youtube.
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My history recs:
>Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
>Albion's Seed
>The Golden Bough
AS is the easiest read- a straightforward investigation of English influence on America. The others are more of a commitment, but worth it.
thanks fren
Man if only there was a history-related board on IQfy
if only it wasn't pure shit
Amian is very straightforward, and you can read Julian, by Gore Vidal, for some extra dramatization
The Wars of Justinian, by Prokopios, is also straightforward, and very entertaining.
The Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, is the GOAT, but not a book for beginners
Anabasis, by Xenophon, is entry level. A very nice starting point to reading history. And Hellenics is ok, but you are supposed to read it after Thucydides
The Anabasis of Alexander, by Arrian, has a weak statts, but the further you go, the better it gets. Pure gold towards the last quarter
The Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, and the August History, are gossip kino. And a very good starting po8nt to familiarize yourself with most of the roman emperors
The Seven Books, by Herodotus, is a fricking chore. Some good parts, but the fricker rambles non stop about stuff I don't give a frick, live rivers and their springs
I'm currently reading Polybius, at book III. Decent up to now, supposed to get way better after this point
Thank you frogfrens
CS Lewis' The Discarded Image
You should specify what part of history you like. I can recommend you a variety of books but there's little point since they all tell the same fundamental story from a slightly differing perspective on different world historical areas
We read the Search for Modern China by Spence in a history class of mind
>I've never read a book on history though
START
WITH
CLASSICAL
GREECE
If fiction's gay then call me Corydon!
>Give me history
>non-fiction
https://www.unz.com/article/how-fake-is-roman-antiquity/
The final redpill of chaos is that fiction is closer to the truth than non-fiction and as close as humans can get to it. Iykyk.
a lot of soft disclosure comes out of hollywood.
To Kill Rasputin by Andrew Cook
>I dont like fiction
>I like history
in some places he drags out geological and geographical description, but the description of the inhabitants of the Brazilian hinterland and their lifestyle is very interesting. True Darwinian racism. The last 70 or so pages describing the siege of Canudos are riveting. Until then, I had only read such accounts from World War I or II. The picture of the surviving settlers after the battle is truly harrowing. But I would try to get an edition with annotations and maps if you are not familiar with Brazilian history and geography, it helped me
Blue in the great books series signifies history.
http://www.theworldsclassics.org/p/the-great-books-of-western-world-gbww.html?m=1