The History Book Club discussion

Hi! I'm Kim and I live in the Netherlands. I have a degree in history but work for a large media agency. I continue to be very interested in particularly policital history from 1500 though and so keep reading about it. Thank you!

A warm welcome Amber, from all of us in the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us from New York. Thank you for your nice introduction. Please feel free to join in the many discussions.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how the books you mention should look:

by Erik Larson

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Welcome Kim, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from the Netherlands. Thank you for your interesting introduction and sharing your interests in history.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

World History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how books you mention should look:

by Barbara W. Tuchman

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Bentley wrote: "Folks, we have this new thread open for introductions. You can always read all of the other welcomes and introductions in the other archived threads which we have closed because the threads are too..."

Hello - I'm Karl from USA. I've been reading history books since the 60's when I read Daniel Boone and other children's history books. I really find that I like historical narrative non-fiction (Millard, McCullough, Hillenbrand, Larsen, DJ Brown, Philbrick, etc.). Looking forward to participating.

Welcome, Karl and Clay, you’ll find the History Book Club to be a very enjoyable experience. Again, Welcome!
Regards,
Andrea

Welcome Karl, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book from the USA. Thank you for your nice introduction. We look forward to your participation.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how the books you mentioned should look:

by Candice Millard
by David McCullough
by Nathaniel Philbrick

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi there :)

My name is Cat (short for Catherine) and I was born in England but have lived all my life in the US. I'm 22 years old and am soon to be graduating from my university where I major in political science and minor in history. Whilst I don't have an exorbitant amount of time to be reading extra books outside of my school work, I have been gradually implementing more reading time into my schedule throughout quarantine. I am planning on challenging myself this 2021 to read more books and I think that engaging in conversation about the books that I am reading will help encourage me to reach this goal. I also think it will be fun (how lame, a 22 year old doing this for fun) to be able to apply what I l have learned as a political science major and history minor to historical facts that I know little about.
Additionally, I love to travel and after this pandemic calms down significantly and Americans are allowed to visit other countries again, I plan on doing so. Before I visit a country, I always like to have read about at least one historical event that took place there that is important to the citizens of that country. It is really incredible what you can learn about a nation's current state by its history and I think it is important to be aware of histories outside of your own. I have just returned from studying abroad in the beautiful city of Prague and plan on returning after graduation and visiting neighboring countries throughout Europe.

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these historic times!
xx Catherine

Welcome to our group, Kat! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by James Romm (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

My name is Veronica Daly, I am a retired ob/gyn in New Jersey. I like reading history and in particular biographies. I'm also interested in political theory/philosophy but this would be a new area for me. looking forward to participating in this group.

Welcome, Veronica! You’ll find the History Book Club to be just what the doctor ordered.
Regards,
Andrea

Welcome Veronica, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from New Jersey. Thank you for your interesting introduction and outlining your varied interests in history. Please feel free to join in the many discussions.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

Philosophy and Politics

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how books you mention should look:

by Kenneth Whyte

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi, I am reading Madame Fourcade's Secret War. But I can't seem to find the discussion page. Or have I got the dates all wrong. Many thanks for any help.

Shell, it doesn't appear that it has been set up at this point. I am not sure when this discussion of the book is scheduled to begin. Bentley will be leading the book discussion under The Book of the Month thread when he returns. The link for that thread is as follows: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Thank you,
Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

by Lynne Olson

Ok, thanks Lorna. I will look out for it.

Hi! I'm from Poland, and I love the history, especially pre-WW1, and especially Asian and African history.

Nice to meet you all.

Welcome All Stories to the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us from Poland. Thank you for your interesting introduction regarding your evolving interest in history.

Based on some of your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following threads:

The First World War
History of Southern Asia
East Asia
Africa

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

Although you did a great job in your citation, this is an example of how books you mention should look:

by Barbara W. Tuchman

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Will we be reading by Barack Obama Barack Obama soon?

Joseph, I don't see it currently on the schedule. Bentley will be able to give you more information when he returns.

Thank you,
Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

by Barack Obama

Lorna wrote: "Joseph, I don't see it currently on the schedule. Bentley will be able to give you more information when he returns.

Thank you,
Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

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Ok. Thanks!

Hello - My name is Wan and I'm looking for a boost to start reading more. Looking forward to picking up my first history book club book and learning from you.

Welcome to our group, Wan! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by James Romm (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello. My name is Chris. I have always loved to read. I try to read from a variety of genres and have recently become more interested in history, including biographies and autobiographies. I am happy to be here. I need to figure out how to include the book covers and author pictures when I site books. I will work on that. Happy to be here!

A warm welcome Chris, from all of us in the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us. Thank you for your nice introduction and sharing your interests in history. Please feel free to join in the many discussions.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how the books you mention should look:

by Noah Feldman

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi history lovers,

I’m Dona Scott from Texas and have been reading history books since high school. My areas of interest include:

American history
Russian history
Roman and Greek history
World War ll
Espionage both fiction and nonfiction
UK history
American Indian history

Love biographies also and am working my way through the Presidential biographies in chronological order. Slow slog and am only up to William Henry Harrison. I’m currently almost finished with Lakota America by Pekka Hamalainen which is a history of the Lakota people from the 1600s to present. Very interesting book and as soon as I can figure out how to post the cover, I will do so.

So happy to be here and expect my tbr to explode!

Welcome Dona, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from Texas. Thank you for your interesting introduction and outlining your many interests in history. I admire that you are reading presidential biographies in order, as that is an awesome goal.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

American History
Presidential Series
British History
European History
The Second World War
Native Americans
Russia

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how the book you mentioned should look:

by Pekka Hämäläinen

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Welcome, Dona.

Hi there -
I'm Matt, joining from Amherst, Massachusetts. Read a lot of scattered history, currently on a King Philip's War kick. I'm a public school district administrator and new father. Look forward to the discussions.

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Welcome Matt, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book from Amherst, Massachusetts. Thank you for your interesting introduction. We look forward to your participation.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

You did a great job with your book citations. However, you just need to remember to add the author's link after their photo. This is an example of how the books you mentioned should look:

by Jill Lepore
by Eric B. Schultz

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hello. I am Linton from Leicestershire. Family man, book lover, reenactor. My particular periods of interest are: English Civil War, Jacobite wars and the two world wars. I read equal amounts of fiction and non-fiction.

Welcome Linton!

Welcome Linton, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from Leicestershire. Thank you for your interesting introduction and outlining your varied interests in history.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

British History
The First World War
The Second World War

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how books you mention should look:

by Barbara W. Tuchman

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

I love History I’m a qualified CPA . Just finished Anarchy by William Darymple based on the English east India company. Also currently reading The holy war by Karen Armstrong

Andrew, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from Japan.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by George Tenet

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Welcome to our group, Vani! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by William Dalrymple
by Karen Armstrong

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hi I am Chip, live in San Diego with my husband and canine kids. I have a question about the monthly reads. I missed seeing where and when the book discussions take place. I would like to read 1491 by Charles C. Mann, and join in the group discussion. Happy new year to all.

Hello, My name is Gary and I live in Central California with my wife and two children. I have always enjoyed history and am currently reading The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, What If? (a series of speculations on on what might have happened if historical events had turned out differently such as what if Alexander the Great had not died at 32) and Western Films.

Hello! ^_^

I'm Sha- I'm from India and I found this group when I was looking for more motivation to read nonfiction books. I'm still finding my way around, but it looks promising so far. I love discussion-focused groups~

Chip, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from San Diego. I'm sure Bentley will be posting the topic for 1491 soon.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by Charles C. Mann

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Welcome to our group, Gary! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:
by James Romm (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Welcome to the group, Sha -- we are glad you found us. We have discussions on all aspects of history so please feel free to join in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by James Romm (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hi everyone, my name is Lacey, I am originally from New York but now live in rural PA. I love history, Art and cats. Though not in that order! I try to read a book a week-but only non fiction or biography. I am trying to widen my horizons so look forward to group suggestions. Incidentally am I the only one who finds navigation of this site complex? Probably (doh!)

A warm welcome Lacey, from all of us in the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us from rural Pennsylvania. Thank you for your nice introduction and sharing your interests in history. Please feel free to join in the many discussions.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how the books you mention should look:

by Erik Larson

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi everyone, my name is Norman. I am a university teacher in law living in Berlin, Germany, with private reading interests in fiction and non-fiction. The latter has a focus on politics and history, mostly 19th and 20th century.
I am looking forward to get input on books new and unknown to me and to share some insights on books I read.

Norman, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from Berlin. We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello I'm 18 from Canada. I'm pretty new to history. I haven't read a full book on anything historical (other than historical fiction). I guess I joined to find recommendations. I would be interested in read a broad overview of world history, if anyone can recommend one.

Welcome to the group, scrungus -- we are glad you found us. We have discussions on all aspects of history so please feel free to join in. Hopefully someone will be able to recommend a book on world history.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by James Romm (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hi everyone in the group! I've just joined a few minutes ago.

My name is Gustavo and I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Like millions of Brazilians I come from a family of immigrants so therefore I also hold Portuguese citizenship!

I'm an engineer, so reading and learning about history is not something I do for professional reasons. It's simply out of a desire to gain more knowledge about our World and for personal growth.

Lately I've been interested in learning more WWI and WWII and the history of Europe during the 18,19 and 20 centuries so I have joined the group to get books suggestions from those more knowledgeable than me. Also I want to have a place where I can find others to discuss what I've learned from books that I've read or books that I'm currently reading. Besides that, the ideia that myself and others can agree on a particular book to read simultaneously and talk about it is motivating.

A warm welcome Gustavo, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thank you for your interesting introduction and outlining your current interests in history.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

The First World War
The Second World War
European History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is an example of how books you mention should look:

by Rick Atkinson

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi All, my name is Ella and I’m from South Australia. A year ago I finished a double major in criminology and ancient civilisations, with minor specialisations in forensic studies and medieval European history. I normally struggle with reading but I’ve found no issues with non-fiction, thus it being my favourite thing to read! I’ve joined this group for book recommendations and the potential to discuss interesting reads with a group of likeminded people.

I have a very broad range of history that I love. Some of my favourite areas include medical history, HIV/AIDS and other epidemic history, history of disasters (ancient and modern), US history/civil war/biographies, death and funeral industry, ancient history, medieval history, ancient history, war history of Britain/Ireland/Scandinavia/Vikings. I also love biographies and true crime. I’m not that interested in Australian history at the moment because that’s what I’ve learned most of my academic life previously.

Hey all, I'm joining from Tucson. I actually hated history until a few years back, when I read Zinn's People's History and discovered what a disservice my high school courses did to the subject. Now I'm cramming history courses in my final stretch of college to tack on a history minor. Since my history education was so poor, almost every history book I read is full of new information that blows me away. I'm really enjoying how expanding my knowledge of history helps put current events into proper context.

I'm looking forward to the discussions in here, and my girlfriend is looking forward to me having someone other than her to talk about what I'm reading. My understanding of non-American history is pretty abysmal, so I'll be using my time in this group to try to find interesting books to expand that knowledge. I'll also be on the lookout for books that I can read in conjunction with the history and anthropology courses I'm taking this semester to supplement my education.

Pandemically,
Krisko Isackson