I'm looking for book suggestions for a radical reading group. [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 24 answers

Help me create a comprehensive reading list on American history [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2006 - 37 answers

I'm interested in learning about Japanese history pre-1900. What book(s) should I be reading? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 5 answers

Can anyone recommend some good books on Indian (particularly South Indian) culture/history/politics/etc? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2005 - 8 answers

I'm trying to learn about the Edwardian era especially (but not exclusively) in England, Ireland, and Canada. What excellent materials (fiction and non-fiction books, movies, websites, etc.) have you read and seen about this period?
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 17 answers

What are your favourite historical fiction novels? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2004 - 47 answers

As a lay...very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 19 answers

London in the 1920's -- what are the best books (nonfiction and fiction) and websites to research this topic? (more inside)
posted on Mar 8, 2004 - 6 answers