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Here are six history book recommendations covering topics all over the world for readers that want to start reading history or are casual history readers!

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (Mongol hisotry)
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary (Islamic history)
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma Southon (ancient Roman history)
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs by Adrienne Mayor (ancient history)
The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge (High Middle Ages English history)
Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy (science/history)

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0:00 Intro
0:30 How I Got Hooked
1:30 The Popular History Genre
3:15 Genghis Khan
6:51 Destiny Disrupted
9:38 A Fatal Thing
11:23 Rapid Fire Recs
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Six banger history books for casual readers

Here are six history book recommendations covering topics all over the world for readers that want to start reading history or are casual history readers!

I read four fantasy/science fiction trilogies in 2024. Would I recommend them?! Here are my full spoiler-free reviews and recommendations.

Book Series Reviewed:
Farseer by Robin Hobb
Age of Madness by Joe Abercrombie
The Devoured Worlds by Megan O'Keefe
The Bloodsworn Saga by John Gwynne

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0:00 Intro
0:52 Farseer
2:50 Devoured Worlds
7:29 Age of Madness
10:39 Bloodsworn Saga
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Should you read the 4 trilogies that I completed in 2024?!

I read four fantasy/science fiction trilogies in 2024. Would I recommend them?! Here are my full spoiler-free reviews and recommendations.

After thinking it over, these are two books that I'd give a lower rating to today versus how I rated them initially. Do you have an example of a book you'd rate lower after you've had time to process your thoughts on it?!

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Books I Liked Less the More I Thought About Them

After thinking it over, these are two books that I'd give a lower rating to today versus how I rated them initially. Do you have an example of a book you'd rate lower after you've had time to process your thoughts on it?!

Reviewing the books the Fantasy Sickos Book Club read from July to September!

Book List:
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Gideon the Ninth
6:11 The Goblin Emperor
10:20 Ring Shout
12:50 Closing
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Reviewing 3 Fantasy Books That Were Pretty Good!

Reviewing the books the Fantasy Sickos Book Club read from July to September!

Book List:
The Faithful Executioner by Joey Harrington
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs by Adrienne Mayor
The War Before the War by Andrew Delbanco

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3 mind-blowing history books

These are the series of books that I started to read in 2024 and will hopefully continue to read in 2025.

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Series List:
Gael Song by Shauna Lawless (fantasy)
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb (fantasy)
Forever Desert by Moses Ose Utomi (fantasy novellas)
The Hierarchy by James Islington (fantasy)
Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch (grimdark fantasy)
Silo by Hugh Howey (dystopian science fiction)
Between Earth & Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (fantasy)
The Band by Nicholas Eames (fantasy)
The Hunger Games (YA dystopian)
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones (historical fiction)
Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell (historical fiction)
The Burning by Evan Winter (fantasy)
Dark Tower by Stephen King (dark fantasy)
The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (sapphic fantasy)
Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (fantasy)
Age of Madness by Joe Abercrombie (grimdark fantasy)
A Song of Ice & Fire by George RR Martin (grimdark fantasy)

0:00 Intro
1:06 Gael Song
2:32 Liveship Traders
4:42 Forever Desert
6:32 Hierarchy
 8:48 Gentleman Bastard
12:04 Rapid Fire Recs
15:01 Super Rapid Fire
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A stack of book series that I'm continuing in 2025

These are the series of books that I started to read in 2024 and will hopefully continue to read in 2025.

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What's the best book you read in November?! Here are the 8 books I read last month, working through them from lowest rated to highest rated.

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Book List:
The Black Jacobins by CLR James
Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy
The Children of God & Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
White Malice by Susan Williams
Stoner by John Williams

0:00 Intro
1:20 The Anarchy
3:01 Pathogenesis
5:08 The Black Jacobins
7:16 The Children of Gods
8:58 The Fury of the Gods
10:13 Stoner
12:48 White Malice
16:06 Red Country
18:09 Your Favorite 

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Ranking the 8 Books I Read in November

What's the best book you read in November?! Here are the 8 books I read last month, working through them from lowest rated to highest rated.

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