On Twitter, I am asked daily for reading recommendations. I hope this post helps point you in a good direction. I’ve read the deepest into prehistory and Eastern Europe/the Steppe, so here are some interesting books (bad reads have been left out): Prehistory
Since you like Zamoyski, I highly recommend his Napoleon biography, just in case you do not know it already. He is far more insightful than Roberts.
Zamoyski writes little about military matters, but instead gives a convincing account of Napoleon's personality, the legitimacy of his rule and the circumstances of the time he lived in.
I’m one of the twitterati that asked for your reading recommendations without even realizing you had this invaluable resource up. I’m excited to deep dive! You recommended here and there to start with the first book on your list so that’s what I’ll do. Then, despite having no connection there, since the tribal and ethnic patterns of subsaharan africa have always seemed an enigma to me I’d like to understand better so I’ll read the Bantu book next.
Very thorough list. Thanks, bro.
Since you like Zamoyski, I highly recommend his Napoleon biography, just in case you do not know it already. He is far more insightful than Roberts.
Zamoyski writes little about military matters, but instead gives a convincing account of Napoleon's personality, the legitimacy of his rule and the circumstances of the time he lived in.
Thoughts on After the Ice by Steven Mithen? Am I wasting my time reading it?
I’m one of the twitterati that asked for your reading recommendations without even realizing you had this invaluable resource up. I’m excited to deep dive! You recommended here and there to start with the first book on your list so that’s what I’ll do. Then, despite having no connection there, since the tribal and ethnic patterns of subsaharan africa have always seemed an enigma to me I’d like to understand better so I’ll read the Bantu book next.
Have you read any of R. J. Rummel's work?
Peter Hopkirk’s book on the Great Game is also excellent
What are your objections to Beckwith’s argument of Indo-European influence on the Shang dynasty?
What do you think of Figes’ work, particularly his famous doorstopper on the Revolution?