What are you reading in 2025?

[Vael]

I am devouring the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I am currently on book 5.

Just into Book 3, and it's been a little over a week since I got book 1.

Also, I just read "This is How to Lose a Time War", which I also really enjoyed. I'm just stoked I'm back to reading, haven't been reading this much in awhile

 

[Autumnal]

I really need a new audiobook for my commute. I have kind of run out of WW2 era espionage books, and books about the history of video games, comics and RPGs. I need a really compelling nonfiction narrative but no true crime.

Peter H. Wilson’s books on the Holy Roman Empire and on the Thirty Years War are amazing. Huge - each is more than 30 hours long - and meticulously organized so that I almost never got lost, with great narration.

Everything by M. David Litwa is worthwhile, bringing all kinds of fresh light to the centuries after Jesus. Just don’t get the one with Virtual Voice.

The Roman Empire And The Silk Routes by Raoul McLaughlin is one of those rare books that really changed my view of the world, showing the depth and complexity of ties between Rome and China despite them knowing almost nothing about each other. There’s also a whole lot of practical stuff about what they did with the goods they got, how much they cost, the whole deal. I loved it.

Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend. A book about the Aztecs that takes you from zero to understanding, making its subjects fascinating - very cool in some ways, very awful in others, never dull.

 

[Autumnal]

I'm just stoked I'm back to reading, haven't been reading this much in awhile

Getting back into the reading groove is great!

 

[overgeeked]

Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend. A book about the Aztecs that takes you from zero to understanding, making its subjects fascinating - very cool in some ways, very awful in others, never dull.

I have that one in my TBR pile. If people are looking for more in that vein, here's a few. Aztec Thought and Culture by Miguel Léon-Portilla. The Aztec by Duncan Ryan. Conquistador by Buddy Levy. I don't know if they're good or terrible as they're also in my TBR pile.

Do you know of any good history books specifically about the unification of Germany?