2024 History Book Challenge - hosted by bookshelf_from_mars

A history book that contextualizes a current event
The news cycle is fast and often devoid of context. Read a book to slow down and consider the history behind the event. 
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The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells by Sarah Churchwell

The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells

Sarah Churchwell

12 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

Marion Gibson

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Tyranny of the Minority by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

Tyranny of the Minority

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine by Michal Schatz, Sai Englert, Rosie Warren

From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine

Michal Schatz, Sai Englert, Rosie Warren

483 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Christmas: A History by Judith Flanders

Christmas: A History

Judith Flanders

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
Energy: A Human History by Richard Rhodes

Energy: A Human History

Richard Rhodes

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science challenging informative slow-paced
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East by Kim Ghattas

Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East

Kim Ghattas

377 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East by Eugene Rogan

The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

Eugene Rogan

17 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer

576 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Blood and Oil: Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck

Blood and Oil: Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power

Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck

12 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history politics informative reflective medium-paced