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Lonely Hearts History Book Club

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6 participants (12 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I created my own history bookclub to follow for the year when I couldn’t find a club that covered all parts of history. I thought others might also want to read random books about all parts of history. 

Challenge Books

1

Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler

Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

Robert W. Fieseler

2

Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck

Congo: The Epic History of a People

David Van Reybrouck

3

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist by Thomas Levenson

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist

Thomas Levenson

4

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Annalee Newitz

5

The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World by Robert McGhee

The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

Robert McGhee

6

Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best by Neal Bascomb

Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best

Neal Bascomb

7

The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton

The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection

Jerry Brotton

8

The Children by David Halberstam

The Children

David Halberstam

9

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

10

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland

11

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

12

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester