According to me , the most updated and quality content you deliver on the KZitem not given by anyone booktuber
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Thanks, appreciate that. I do try to talk about lots of different nonfiction
@MrD5914
Ай бұрын
Pick up both Pursuit of Power and The Soviet Century on Audible based on the fact that they looked like great reads and also on your recommendations. I work security at an airplane hangar where there's a lot of downtime so I need stuff to listen to help me pass the time so that's why I picked those two up on Audible. Demon of Unrest is on my TBR as well. Especially love Civil War history along with American history in general
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Yeah those 2 will be decent time sinks haha. Yeah if you like American history you'll like Demon of Unrest
@lavenderlady7441
Ай бұрын
great!!!!! i really got to get to that erik larson book....😊
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Yeah it was better than I expected it was going to be.
@KatJack-vl8xj
Ай бұрын
I don't read much modern history, but I have some recommendations for good books I've read lately. Besides Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, I read "Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation" by Charles Glass. I hadn't realized that there were about 5,000 Americans who remained in Paris after the German invasion. Then two books concerning the Cold War period. The first is "Naming Names" by Victor S. Navasky. It won the National Book Award and is considered the definitive history of the "Red Scare" initiated by Joe McCarthy. The next is "Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story" by Nigel Cliff. In 1958, the young Texan pianist traveled to Moscow to compete in the First International Tchaikovsky Competition. The result was totally unexpected. I won't say anymore:)
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Naming Names I've hear about. The Moscow Nights actually sounds pretty interesting, may get that one at some point once I'm ready to go back into USSR stuff. Thanks for the recs!
@Cristinact
Ай бұрын
To me and my own likings, the last one is definitely the one I'm reading next.
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Cool. Yeah that one was definitely the biggest surprise of the year for me I think
@inappropriatejohnson
Ай бұрын
I read Richard Rhodes' "The Making Of The Atomic Bomb" (1986) last year after Oppenheimer came out........not an easy (900 page) read but worth the effort. The early 20th Century had some smart mofos.
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
That sounds like it would be a heavy read for sure, thanks for the rec
@stuartgriffin1001
Ай бұрын
The only modern history books I recall reading in recent years were all about wars of the 20th century. I saw the movie They Shall Not Grow Old. That got me interested in WWI history. I read 2 books: The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman A World Undone The Story of the Great War by G. C. Meyer I then moved onto WWII and read: The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson I then moved onto the Korean War and read: The Korean War by Max Hastings I then moved onto the Vietnam War and read some of: The Vietnam War by Max Hastings. It is around 900 pages. I stalled out around 300 pages in. I intended to go back and read about earlier American Wars. And maybe wars in other parts of the world. I have yet to do so. And maybe never will. All The books I mentioned are good choices for those interested in the Wars they talk about. Even the one I didn't finish
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Both great WW1 books, World Undone is particularly amazing as a one volume read. I haven't really read anything post WW1 that wasn't for school or something. Thanks for the recs Stuart
@stuartgriffin1001
Ай бұрын
@@TriumphalReads You're welcome Justin
@8blademaster
Ай бұрын
Hey! Just found this channel and looking to stick around but I was hoping to drop some suggestions for you (I decided to do it on this video since almost everything I will suggest is early modern history to 20th century): - A Hero of Two Worlds by Mike Duncan, it's a very interesting read about the Marquis de Lafayette. I saw that you read the Storm Before the Storm, and while this isn't the better of the two books, it's very Mike Duncan-y and absolutely worth the read. - The Verge by Patrick Wyman, it's taking a look at the time period between 1490 and 1530. It talks about things like the printing press, the rise of the concept of debt, increasing complexity of warfare. It's a book that I didn't really *get* until the last chapters because I do like the more narrative political and military history side of History, however how he ties all of the dispert threads that he talked about at the very end is fascinating. - Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. He's super weird about gay people however it's a very illuminating book on how the Nazi party formed and gained power in Germany, and what they did with that power. Absolutely worth the read despite it's daunting reuptation. - The Great Air Race by John Lancaster is very good, taking a look at early commercial aviation. - All Hands on Deck by Will Sofrin is a book about sailing a replica of an 18th century ship for the filming of the movie, Master and Commander. Also talks a lot about the Aubrery-maturin series which is worth the read. - A History of the Peninsular War 1807-1809 (Volume One) by Charles Oman. It's a pretty obscure history of a very obscure point in the Napoleonic wars and it's very illuminating so far on the context for the Spanish war. The author is also not overwhelmingly pro-Napoleon like
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
Wow, awesome recs, I appreciate it! With the ones you listed The Verge sounds perfect for what I've been looking for with a book dealing with the 1500s or so . Thanks!
@8blademaster
29 күн бұрын
@@TriumphalReads I figured I should ask here since this is where I commented it, if you use any of my recommendations for that "good recommendations" video please just credit as "Nate"! Also I don't know if you've read it or been recommended it but "The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy" by Peter H. Wilson is a high on my "to read" list. Most of the reason why I haven't gotten to it is that the narrator for the audio version isn't my favorite and doesn't draw my attention to the text well enough. If you do read the verge I highly suggest reading the Audio Book version (same with Hero of Two Worlds tbh), Patrick Wyman is a podcast who wrote the "Fall of Rome" series (another good recommendation since he's more interested in archeology of the time period than like, dates and battles) and he's a fantastic narrator.
@noeditbookreviews
Ай бұрын
Have you ever seen a book called "History's Greatest Lies by W Weir?" I got it while trying to bulk up an order I was placing. The intro to the book says something akin to These are events you learned about but probably were taught differently from what actually happened. And me, knowing so little about world history just thought "nope. I've never even heard of most of these events 🤷. But I was wondering if the book or author are good, or? I've noticed the few history books I have, I see the authors have been sharply criticized for not doing a good job with the book. When Montezuma met Cortez by M. Restall was another one where I've seen the author being lambasted by a lot of people, but didn't see it until I had already bought the book, haha.
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
I have only ever seen the cover of the first history one you had mentioned. I haven't read the Montezuma book, but @marianamasbooks has and has done a couple great in depth videos on books dealing with the Spanish conquest including this book.
@joelharris4399
Ай бұрын
I noticed you got a thing for BIG BOOKs🤓 to each his own
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
This year seems to be so. The past 2 years I think my longest was 500s.
@joelharris4399
Ай бұрын
@@TriumphalReads 😂👌
@NicholasOfAutrecourt
Ай бұрын
No mention of the Enlightenment book. Awkward. But in all seriousness, I guess I never heard you say anything about "Soviet Century" or "Pursuit of Power" other than that they were long, and that the latter introduced you to a lot of new names. But from the two or three Penguin Histories of Europe I've read in the past, they tend to be at least better than average and sometimes really, really exemplary.
@TriumphalReads
Ай бұрын
I have a march of the mammoths wrap up vid where I talk about Pursuit of Power quite a bit and some on Soviet Century I think. Only the most loyal and dedicated subscribers probably watched it though....😂
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