Historathon 2024 - hosted by tenar

Prehistory-500 CE
Q1: January through March.
All books added
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

290 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history funny informative medium-paced
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome: Trust in the Gods But Verify by Rose Mary Sheldon

Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome: Trust in the Gods But Verify

Rose Mary Sheldon

317 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative tense slow-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

432 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings by Toby Wilkinson

Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings

Toby Wilkinson

6 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history medium-paced
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

Anthony Everitt

364 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon by B.H. Liddell Hart

Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon

B.H. Liddell Hart

6 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 1926 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history informative tense slow-paced
Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story by John Hawks, Lee Berger

Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story

John Hawks, Lee Berger

6 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history science challenging informative fast-paced
The Creation of Inequality. How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy Slavery and Empire by Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus

The Creation of Inequality. How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy Slavery and Empire

Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus

631 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced