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2023 Reading List

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Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Imperial China, 900-1800
The Mughal throne
The Napoleonic Wars : A Global History
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Crucible of War

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28 books

2024 Reading List

AJsperbs
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Imperial China, 900-1800
The Arc of a Covenant
From Dawn to Decadence
Modern Times
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

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63 books

American Condition

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The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success
Bad Religion
The New Class War
A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump — And Democrats from Themselves

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33 books

Asian Fantasy

AJsperbs
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Poppy War
The Dragon Republic
Bridge of Birds
The First Step

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14 books

Biblical Criticism

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Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism
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Paradigm Change in Pentateuchal Research

Israel in Egypt
Ancient Israel in Sinai
“Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?”: Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives

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20 books

British Empire

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Crucible of War

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
Empire
Empire
Empireland

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6 books

Conservation

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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The World Without Us
Apocalypse Never
Unsettled
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

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140 books

Cookbooks

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Bowls

Vegan for Everybody
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Salad Samurai

Saladish: A Crunchier, Grainier, Herbier, Heartier, Tastier Way with Vegetables
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The Elements of Pizza

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3 books

Disenchantment

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A Secular Age
Siddhartha
After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy

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14 books

Eastern Civilization

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Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
The souls of China
On China
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China

For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

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18 books

Eastern Europe

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The Icon and the Axe
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God's Playground

Byzantium
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Byzantium

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

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28 books

Exercise Books

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Alex
Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training
Strength Training Anatomy
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide
The Naked Warrior
Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength

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427 books

Fantasy

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The Blacksmith's Son
Goldenhand
The Last Wish
Dragonflight
Secrets and Spellcraft

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10 books

Favorite Cookbooks

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Bowl

Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar
Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen
The Gefilte Manifesto
Street Vegan: Recipes and Dispatches from The Cinnamon Snail Food Truck

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5 books

Favorite History

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Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Byzantium
Venice
The Swerve
The Fate of Rome

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14 books

Favorite Novels

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Vita Nostra
The Rook, au service surnaturel de sa majesté
Dune
Green rider
Bazil Broketail

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10 books

Favorites Other

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Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
What doesn't kill us how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning will renew our lost evolutionary strength
A Short History of Nearly Everything
How Not to Diet: the Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

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12 books

Finance

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Shutdown
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
The Deluge
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
The Bogle Effect

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19 books

Food

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Pandora's Lunchbox
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
Real Food Fake Food
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Pandora's Lunchbox

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1 book

Greek Fantasy

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Ariadne

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44 books

Health

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
XL love
Fitness Confidential

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1 book

Historical Fiction

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True Soldier Gentlemen

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150 books

History

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Byzantium
Venice
The Swerve
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The Birth of Classical Europe

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

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5 books

Islamic Civilization

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Sword and Scimitar
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
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Under Crescent and Cross

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

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151 books

Jewish Books

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Seder Talk

Laws of Shabbat, Vol. 2
Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters
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The Talmud – A Biography

Laws of Pesah

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46 books

Jewish Civilization

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Yiddish Civilisation
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Surpassing Wonder

Rome and Jerusalem
The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
The Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter's Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement

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17 books

Jewish Curriculum For Beginners

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Sacred Fragments
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion
Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law
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The Limits of Orthodox Theology

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12 books

Jewish Theology

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Jewish Theology Unbound
Reinventing Maimonides in Contemporary Jewish Thought
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Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism

Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law
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The Limits of Orthodox Theology

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0 books

Owned

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43 books

Owned But Not Read

AJsperbs
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The Way of Kings
The Mists Of Avalon
The Sum of All Men
The Tiger
The Dragon's Path

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71 books

Politics

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Goliath
Everything Trump Touches Dies
Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump — And Democrats from Themselves
American Carnage
Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War

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33 books

Religion

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Bad Religion
A Secular Age
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Crucible of Faith

To Change the Church
The souls of China

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24 books

Rome And Byzantium

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The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE
Dominion
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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Byzantium

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50 books

Sci Fi

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The Queen's Pardon

Aftershocks
Leviathan Wakes
Time's Convert
Lost Horizon

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3 books

Spy Novels

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Casino Royale
The Man Who Saved Britain
American Assassin

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34 books

Up Next

AJsperbs
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The Genius of Birds
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
The Chosen
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Crucible of War

The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World

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4 books

Victorian Fantasy

AJsperbs
Alex
Mairelon the magician
The Paper Magician
The Glass Magician
Spellbreaker

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131 books

Western Civilization

AJsperbs
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Rome and Jerusalem
How Rome Fell
God
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
To Rule the Waves