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June 21, 2025 4 minutes read

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by Chris Ceausu

Lords of Finance” by Liaquat Ahamed — hands down. Incredible deep dive into the central bankers who shaped (and broke) the global economy post-WWI. Still insanely relevant today.

by Moses Kagan

Lots of candidates, but I think it’s:

by uɐɥdǝʇS

this but it’s a history book of the future

by Evan Gelion

Bernal Diaz del Bastillo’s memoirs on Cortez’s Aztec expedition Reads like an action novel. Very eye opening

by Adam Jensen

Strassler’s Thucydides

by Cargar Dolor

A history of the rise of the global petroleum industry through the 19th and 20th centuries and one that traces the evolution of ska/reggae/dub music in Jamaica from the 50s through the 70s by telling the story of one of its landmark producers

by adam patrick georgiou

This sticks with me.

by Sandra

this one. Talked to the author, he is one of the best writers on history alive.

by Cap’nWicked

The Big Ship and the Little Digger!

by eduard

The Last Place on Earth – Roland Huntford

by Jackie Bavaro

Loved Frostbite, about refrigeration

by Grant Mulligan

The Roosevelt trilogy by Edmund Morris; the first in the series is my all-time favorite.

by B

Currently this but will most likely be team of rivals by doris kearns goodwin after i finish it

by James Casazza

A manual of what not to do…

by s0larsurf

Topic specific on O&G but probably one of the best books I’ve ever read

by Peter Askew

on my second listen of “Hymns of the Republic The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War”.. it’s so good

by prince kheldar

best that comes immediately to mind

by Peter Campbell

Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.

by Ali Minai

Hard to say, but this is one

by Z

Sapiens

by Jowen.eth

Loved this

by Bob Pritchett

The First Tycoon - a business biography that reads like a thriller and also explains the creation of the modern business world as it follows Cornelius from the era of one-man businesses to the modern stock market and corporate financial intrigue.

by Mike Bookman

These 2 are pretty good.

by ryuge

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun The culmination of a lifetime of study, as well as a repository of great history book recommendations along the way.

by Mike Bookman

This one as well.

by Dusan Babich

Ideas

by Mark Le Dain

Lords of Finance is the best history book It explains much of how the world currently works even though it’s not thought of that way

by Wander More Travel

The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - direct primary source, since he was a general in the Athenian military. It has so many interesting accounts, like the Funeral Oration of Pericles

by Jay Kapoor

I’m 60% through @edwardfishman ’s Chokepoints right now and it’s a fantastic history of the post-WWII century from the lens of the US Dollar. I thought I mostly understood the key events that shaped how we got to now. I was way wrong.

by Isaac Hasson

The Man Who Ran Washington

by Moritz Wallawitsch

Peak Human

by Michael

Rubicon

by Jeremy Shane

Durant for sure … But for today’s historial moment, Let the Sea Make a Noise by Walter McDougall. (He wrote a great two-volume set on American history from the Founding through 1877) as well.

by Matthew Cochrane

The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk

by Gus Coldebella

I’ll give you the most recent, which was very good: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson …about the lead up to the South’s attack on Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War.