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History Books: The 2021 Wolfson Prize Shortlist
- akudha 5y agoThis site is neat! There is thoughtful commentary on each book in each list, on why it was picked. Very cool. This can be a starting point for anyone to learn about pretty much any subject.
- pge 5y agoSubscribing to their twitter feed is dangerous - a constant supply of interesting book recommendations that causes your "books I want to read" list to grow faster than you can read them:)
- bwb 5y agoMight try https://shepherd.com https://shepherd.com too :), self plug but trying to do something bigger in scope and just launched 2 months ago. I am working to add topic pages, search, and a much improved homepage now.
- gregschlom 5y agoOn this topic, what's a good "history of the entire world" type of book, going from the first hominids to the 21st century? Does that even exist?
- mellosouls 5y agoI didn't think much of it myself but Sapiens by Harari was popular: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens
- unmole 5y agoI absolutely love Sapiens. But I don't think it's what OP is looking for.
- blairbeckwith 5y agoI had The Penguin History of the World recommended to me for exactly this purpose a couple of years ago. It’s quite a tome and I haven’t had a chance to finish it, but so think anything aiming to capture so much in one book will be incredibly dense. It gets better reviews than you might suspect given the title.