A Cornucopia of History

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12 participants (65 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2027

Overview

A wide variety of books on History from my TBR list. Due to my neurodivergence, I jump around a lot. Enjoy the journey!

Challenge Books

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Fake History: 101 Things That Never Happened by Jo Teeuwisse

Fake History: 101 Things That Never Happened

Jo Teeuwisse

26

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention

Ben Wilson

27

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

28

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

29

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Jason Stanley

30

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

Erika Engelhaupt

31

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

Joseph Loconte

32

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

33

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

34

Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton

Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain

Ronald Hutton

35

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

36

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

Therese Oneill