Read 12 History Books 2024

Hosted by hunziker

19 participants, 126 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

 The goal is to read 12 History books in 2024. 

All books added
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

Ben Macintyre

13 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII by Jack El-Hai

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII

Jack El-Hai

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America's Public Lands by John Clayton

Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America's Public Lands

John Clayton

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history nature informative reflective slow-paced
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World by David K. Randall

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

David K. Randall

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Donnie Eichar

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

Michael Capuzzo

6 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative tense slow-paced
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal by Bettina L. Love

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

Bettina L. Love

11 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction education race challenging informative sad medium-paced
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia

Candace Fleming

9 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

10 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced