Any era is welcome but I’m especially interested in modern history.
I know that having just one book which talks about the history of the whole world would be difficult but let’s see if you guys know something (series are welcomed suggestions too).
David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5000 Years. We all take debt for granted. It’s fascinating to learn how differently we’ve thought about it over the millenia and how much of our modern world makes more sense when understood through its lens.
- The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow
- How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn
- Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
There are a whole bunch. The two that spring to mind:
- The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber)
- Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Both have blown many minds. Other ideas:
- A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson) - about science, extremely readable
- The Ancestor’s Tale (Dawkins) - evolution, the book the author is most proud of
- Collapse (Jared Diamond) - brace yourself because it’s convincing
human world history
As opposed to what, cat world history?
Hahaha I was undecided whether to add “human” but I wanted to exclude natural world history, I mean I wanted to learn about human events
They might have even more recommendations over at [email protected].
