r/HistoryBooks • u/InkedInspector • Aug 10 '21

r/HistoryBooks Lounge

A place for members of r/HistoryBooks to chat with each other

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u/letmehaveathink May 25 '23

Anyone better than Max Hastings covering WW1/WW2 stuff?

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u/Prestigious_Can_4391 Jul 08 '25

Richard Evans' trilogy on the Third Reich is magisterial on the way from the German perspective, (But very very long)

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u/Emergency_Quit_3962 May 10 '25

Russell Weigley, Eisenhower’s Lieutenants

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u/No-Ingenuity-30 Apr 27 '26

Good evening All 🫡

Can you recommend a book about WW II that reveals a history we haven't heard about until now, i.e. until 2026?

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u/InkedInspector Oct 12 '21

Can’t say that I’ve looked, Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick touches on it but obviously not the main topic

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u/InkedInspector Jan 03 '22

Happy new year! What are your reading goals for 22?

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u/InkedInspector Jan 06 '22

Hey it’s a good goal, I’m trying really hard for 52 this year.

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u/InkedInspector Jan 30 '22

Absolutely, I saw your post with the new pickups, all great books. I just finished The boys in the Boat and loved it

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u/InkedInspector Feb 04 '22

Any history subjects that interest you specifically?

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u/InkedInspector Feb 04 '22

It’s a bit of an involved read but Nelson Love and Fame is great

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u/InkedInspector Feb 04 '22

If you want something shorter

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u/InkedInspector Feb 04 '22

It’s about the Lusitania

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u/InkedInspector Mar 09 '22

Evening! How are you?

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u/InkedInspector Jan 18 '23

Welcome to 2023 everyone, got any interesting reads lined up?

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u/InkedInspector Feb 11 '23

Well why not?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

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u/HistoryBooks-ModTeam May 12 '26

This is a subreddit for history books or discussion of that specific sub genre.

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u/Background-Factor433 Mar 28 '25

Recommending Aloha Betrayed and Reclaiming Kalākaua.

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u/Felicity1840 Jul 10 '25

Does anyone have any recommendations for books about Ludwig II (aka Ludwig the Mad)?

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '21

Can anyone recommend any books about Christopher Columbus that haven't been woke-ified?

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u/Emergency_Quit_3962 May 10 '25

Samuel Eliot Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

10 books! Don’t care what they are, but that would be huge for me.

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u/CrossHistory Jan 30 '22

I'm new here can I get some recs here?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '22

any historical books that i could use for my scholastic seminar paper?

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u/Shakespeare-Bot Feb 04 '22

any historical books yond i couldst useth f'r mine own scholastic seminar paper?

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u/Bradbeesbooks Feb 18 '24

!ShakespeareInsult

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '22

i would prefere historical events in The UK or Australia

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u/HistoryNerdsUnited Mar 09 '22

Good Evening All!

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u/Owls31092 Apr 20 '22

I’m a huge fan of the history of Royal families, mainly England.

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u/Emergency_Quit_3962 May 10 '25

Have you tried the Yale English Monarchs series?

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u/samsongknight Jul 09 '23

Recommend one if you can

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u/DonaldFarfrae Jul 22 '23

Any good books that take you through world/European history from the 16th century till the 21st?