History Book Recommendations for Beginners

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  • @troypeake2573
    @troypeake2573 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's interesting that you mention enjoying combining a good history with a related film or tv series. I used to love combining a compelling historical account with a novel on the same subject. For example, I remember fondly the synergies I got from reading Peter Green's biography "Alexander of Macedon", while simultaneously reading Mary Renault's "Fire from Heaven". My history professor scoffed at the idea, but I loved it!

  • @boxorfurnace
    @boxorfurnace 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson. To understand Ancient history, especially Roman history, start with Egypt. This book is outstanding.

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @boxorfurnace I've read it twice but also not sure if I would rec it to beginners. Good rec overall though

  • @Herackles-
    @Herackles- 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Donald Kagan’s “The Peloponnesian War” is fantastic if you haven’t read it and really shows how the Greeks were left vulnerable for the Romans

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really liked that one, a different style from Thucydides and a great companion to him

  • @Beardmanwooly1975
    @Beardmanwooly1975 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I immediately found a used hardback copy of Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs on Pango and purchased it.

  • @Atticus75
    @Atticus75 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the recommendations. Natalie Haynes is really good for Greek classics and her BBC radio series Stand Up for The Claasics is well worth a listen

  • @thebrothersgwynne
    @thebrothersgwynne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is a video WE needed! I've only read a bit of Dan Jones, but feel the need to cover his whole catalogue! Definitely need to try some Mary Beards well....
    Will

  • @redatmosphere4105
    @redatmosphere4105 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love Dan Jones’s writing style it’s unique and engaging, working my through his works

  • @watchedbyadrien
    @watchedbyadrien 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    excellent picks. can’t wait to read all of them

  • @jackreillygillic
    @jackreillygillic หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!
    I’m from Ireland, so I can heartily endorse your recommendation of “ Say Nothing” on the troubles. It’s an essential book on a heartbreaking subject.

  • @davidreece2964
    @davidreece2964 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just picked up Powers and Thrones, Rubicon, Persian Fire, and Fifth Sun on your recommendation! Gonna be a fall/winter of history haha

  • @annacalifornia6498
    @annacalifornia6498 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved most of your recommendations on Instagram. Honestly, I would not have even thought of learning in any of those things that you put up there. So keep doing what you're doing. Keep inspiring

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @annacalifornia6498 hey thank you!

  • @theclassy4
    @theclassy4 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yo! I used to follow you on Tik Tok but I ditched the app a while back because it was taking up too much of my time. So glad you’re on Booktube now! Do you have any recommendations for Japanese history?

  • @TheBreakdownWithBrady
    @TheBreakdownWithBrady 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just picked up Anthony Everitts Cicero !

  • @Ravenblade86
    @Ravenblade86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Steve Brusatte! The Rise & Fall and The Rise & Reign are two books I could not put down and I've reread them multiple times now. David Hone's The Future of Dinosaurs is another one if you want to get into how science is advancing palaeontology.
    I love Mary Beards work on tv but SPQR was a book I actually bounced off pretty hard for some unknown reason. Tom Holland's Rubicon in the popular history book on the Roman's that instantly jumps to my mind, but I am very keen to get into Emma Southon work thanks to your recommendations.
    Some of the books I would always recommend. River Kings by Cat Jarman and The Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price are excellent if you want some Norse/Viking history. The Darkening Age and Hersey by Catherine Nixey shed an amazing light how early Christanity reshaped the western world if you are willing to accept what all was lost in the process. The Germans and Europe by Peter Millar, not only a great autobiography of a journalist who worked in East German when the Berlin wall came down, but a really good introduction to German history and culture.

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Appreciate the recs! Rubicon is one of my all-time faves, but Holland does have a bit of a flair to his writer that can be a touch more difficult for beginners. The Children of Ash & Elm was a History Sickos Book Club read this year and it was so informative!

  • @harrystylesfromwish
    @harrystylesfromwish หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Any recs for books on Napoleon?

  • @personmcpersonperson2893
    @personmcpersonperson2893 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, very helpful and motivating

  • @cashsharpe9270
    @cashsharpe9270 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is awesome! Any chance we can get some American history recommendations in a future video?

  • @jacksont9678
    @jacksont9678 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m currently taking a history of Rome class and there’s so many interesting topics I want to read into further, thanks for the recs!

  • @davidsigler9690
    @davidsigler9690 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dan Jones is excellent...so is Anthony Everitt (Reading his bio on Alexander The Great).

  • @shahafcarmieli3858
    @shahafcarmieli3858 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Band of brothers is the one that got me into reading history

  • @kkosu
    @kkosu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would add Peter Frankopan to the list. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World was a great book and covers a lot. Another approach to make history interesting, is to read history of some specific topic. For example -> Robert Macfarlane: Mountains of the mind covers the history of climbing and fascination with mountains. Guns, Germs and Steel is also a an interesting one (also transdisciplinary, but could get people to read more historical books)

    • @Ravenblade86
      @Ravenblade86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Silk Roads in one I was going to mention in my own comment but thought it was getting a bit long, fantastic book! I was also very tempted to include some books on mountain climbing as well, maybe something like Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air which focuses on one tragic event in Everest's history, or maybe some of Ed Viesturs books which cover so much of the history of alpine climbing in the Himalayas.

  • @IndoorSasquatch
    @IndoorSasquatch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Say Nothing is a phenomenal recommendation, will have to check out some of these others!

  • @nataliewood3095
    @nataliewood3095 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nothing to Envy is my personal favorite for NK 😊

  • @Blurbingify
    @Blurbingify 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is great timing; now I can get ready for nonfiction November with these recs!

  • @howiedavis303
    @howiedavis303 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video. Adding tons to my tbr list

  • @samiram9483
    @samiram9483 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Historical books are very intimidating to me so thank you for the list! Do you read any historical fiction ? Would be nice to have some recommendation.

  • @drewbader64
    @drewbader64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your channel and Insta, man. Keep it up.

  • @toulcaz31
    @toulcaz31 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really like the angle by type of reader. Hopefully it also helps connecting people with your great channel. 🤘

  • @Craven_Raven
    @Craven_Raven 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m very poorly read in history. These recs are great, and I’m looking forward to what else you have to say on the subject in the future.

  • @coreygow6432
    @coreygow6432 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this, exactly what I was looking for 🤝

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@coreygow6432 🤜🤛

  • @eddiemcfellow1351
    @eddiemcfellow1351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank You! 👌🏻

  • @francislally6066
    @francislally6066 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know you focus on older history more often, but do you have any recs on the American Civil War era? My grandfather was a civil war buff and took me to Gettysburg as a kid and I'd love to get into it more

  • @LaytonLancer17
    @LaytonLancer17 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would highly recommend Erik Larson and Candice Millard too! Extremely readable and engaging stuff for history curious readers

  • @theItalianshamrock
    @theItalianshamrock 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any recommendations on Weimar germany?

  • @Noahhttps
    @Noahhttps 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Halfway through Say Nothing based off your rec from instagram a while back. It reads so amazingly well. I’m looking into authors other books. Have you read any of his other works?

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Noahhttps I haven't yet but I'm glad you're enjoying this one!

  • @denisdavid4474
    @denisdavid4474 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I started history with bloodlands by snyder but found it a little too extreme even if it s true but then i tried ghost on the throne and really hooked me even if i couldn’t keep up with all the names

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@denisdavid4474 Ghost On the Throne really does do the best job possible with the complexity of that subject

  • @OldMovieFan1973
    @OldMovieFan1973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would also recommend for new comers.
    the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
    Kennedy is straight to the point, and not to technical and well researched.

  • @srivijaya9520
    @srivijaya9520 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've read and enjoyed both Power and Thrones and SPQR so I'll definitely check some of the others out. That being said I've also read Destiny Disrupted and did not like it at all. While it was very easy to read, it was quite inaccurate in all sorts of easy to verify details (e.g. it gets the Ottoman millet system quite wrong, it describes the events around the fly-whisk incident incorrectly etc) which makes me doubt the accuracy of any of its broader conclusions.

  • @drewdavis8184
    @drewdavis8184 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are you best recommendations for Scandinavian history/non fiction ??

    • @Ravenblade86
      @Ravenblade86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'll pop two in that I recommend in my comment, both focused on the Viking era. River Kings by Cat Jarman and The Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price.

  • @steveshsi7486
    @steveshsi7486 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are any of these on kindle unlimited?

  • @sandraraedeer4849
    @sandraraedeer4849 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have Hollow Crown and The Hollow Crown. By Mary Beard Emperor Of Rome and SPQR and The rise And Fall of The Dinosaurs. Say nothing was a very good read. Greek fire sounds great, for some reason it reminds me of a program I used to watch Deadliest Warrior. I loved that series.

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what a callback, I watched the hell out of that series (DW)

  • @supaflymo
    @supaflymo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Eyeing The Life and Legend of Saladin in the background...how is it?

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @supaflymo only recently just picked it up, haven't read it yet, looks awesome though

  • @mackenzieoliver4016
    @mackenzieoliver4016 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been following on instagram for a bit. Just wondering what your note taking process is when reading history books, if any, or does it depend on the book?

  • @Chronatoss
    @Chronatoss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never clicked on a vid so fast

  • @RyanGosling769
    @RyanGosling769 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    did you read '''The Venture of Islam
    Book by Marshall Hodgson'' ? if you do please make a review video

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have not but I'll check it out. Thanks for the rec!

  • @TimeTravelReads
    @TimeTravelReads หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the concept of this video. Can I give a couple of critiques? These recommendations were heavily focused on ancient and medieval Europe and Britain. Keeping that section shorter and having more books from a wider variety of places and time periods would have been nice. Or, this could have been a series with multiple topics covered in more detail. As far as I could tell, most of the authors shared were men. It would be nice to see you highlight more women historians and POC. Overall, keep going. Thanks.

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @TimeTravelReads I appreciate the comment! I run into this sometime with singular videos. I admit to planning poorly, forgetting people haven't seen my total body of work. So I'd only respond by saying I'll continue to make reading diversely a priority, and I'd only ask you check out my other efforts as those have led to great relationships with historian authors like, for example, Emma Southon. Again, sincerely, thank you for the comment, it's well founded.

  • @AliHassan-zu2do
    @AliHassan-zu2do 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @alicemoore2036
    @alicemoore2036 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cicero was probably all of these things; being human.

  • @martialonso8983
    @martialonso8983 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Algorithmic comment

    • @67Kevlar
      @67Kevlar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Boosted by comment.

  • @kevinumber7
    @kevinumber7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This guy has no flaws worked out before this. Put map and lego set. WTF BRO!!! This is so whaaak!

  • @marvelloustraveller3559
    @marvelloustraveller3559 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🥇 first

    • @KistReadsBooks
      @KistReadsBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@marvelloustraveller3559 king

  • @alicemoore2036
    @alicemoore2036 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dan Jones is eminently readable. However he is too pro Lancaster. Read the author yes! Just be aware.