You've quickly become one of my favorite booktube channels around. I appreciate how in depth you get when discussing each book and you give excellent details that really help me decide if a book is going to be worth it for me or not. I'll keep looking forward to your stuff :)
I read non-fiction almost exclusively. I do the same thing as you, two or three non-fiction books (more if I can) on a topic and then maybe a historical fiction novel that fits to put some “meat on the bones” of the history. I call them my projects.🙂 I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the Roman and Viking histories…they look great. I just found your channel. Thank you for sharing what you’ve found for us to consider! ☮️
Hello. I just found your channel and I’m so glad that I did. I am looking for recommendations on ancient history in general. Watching this video reminded me that I own Sea People, so when you mentioned that you liked the audiobook, I paused the video and bought the audiobook and I can’t wait to read and listen to it. I really enjoyed this video and can’t wait to watch more!
I’d check out Stacey Schiff’s biography of Cleopatra, I think she’s someone who balances historical sources and analysis of those sources really brilliantly
I love ancient history! I am in the middle of listening to an audiobook on Classical Greek mythology and what it says about the Ancient Greek people and their society. It’s fascinating and the audiobook is set up almost like a 101 unit from university. Thanks for the recs.
Ooooo good to hear you enjoyed The Crusades. It'll take a little motivation for me to start that big boy. Also, I'm ~2/3 into ALMOST HUMAN right now, which was definitely a recommendation from you! I don't know anything about prehistory and am blown away simply by the concept that there were many, many extinct species on the homo sapien family tree. Seems so silly to think otherwise in retrospect! I saw on IG that you recently recommended a book by Paul Pettit so I'm going to check that one out too afterwards!!!
@@audreyapproved that's awesome, I'm so glad you picked it up! I would love to be a part of an excavation as exciting as the ones at Rising Star Cave (but then I remember I'm really claustrophobic lol). Homo Sapiens Rediscovered is well worth the time and money.
Thank you for this! It was very insightful and helped me add to my book list. Funnily enough, your interests (being broad in scope) are similar to mine. I enjoy history, but at the same time also look into paleoanthropology and human evolution (Kindred by Rebecca Wragg-Sykes was a great read and I highly recommend), so I found that really cool.
I mostly read non-fiction, about 90% of the books I own is non-fiction.....I would recommend books by Adrian Goldworthy for Roman History; one of a few favorites for Roman History.
Oh wow he's got a huge backlist, I haven't read anything from Goldworthy in the past. I might try Caesar: Life of a Colossus first! Thanks for the rec!
@@audreyapproved You're welcome, Caesar book is very good for both his and Roman History over all....I would also recommend Anthony Everitt as well...enjoy reading.
I should have added one of your recommendations - can't remember the exact title but it had to do with murder in Rome and it has a light pink cover. I remember your review on it! Hope the move is going well :)
I read a lot about ancient history but find the books hard to follow. They really jump around with names, dates and places by the time i finish i forget half of what ive read. Just now finishing Justinians Flea, about the plague in Rome, and i hate to say but it was a bit dissapointing. Out of 320 pages, olny about 20 pages at best actually go into what day to day life was like during the plague
That's unfortunate re: your current read. I've definitely read books before that imply they'll be about one subject based on title/blurb but end up focusing on something slightly different - that's always annoying. I agree that some history books can be really, really dense. It makes finding a good one even better. Thanks for watching!
You've quickly become one of my favorite booktube channels around. I appreciate how in depth you get when discussing each book and you give excellent details that really help me decide if a book is going to be worth it for me or not. I'll keep looking forward to your stuff :)
What a compliment to get!! And to live up to! That means a lot. Thanks so much for watching Casey - hope you find something good to read :)
I read non-fiction almost exclusively. I do the same thing as you, two or three non-fiction books (more if I can) on a topic and then maybe a historical fiction novel that fits to put some “meat on the bones” of the history. I call them my projects.🙂 I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the Roman and Viking histories…they look great.
I just found your channel. Thank you for sharing what you’ve found for us to consider! ☮️
That's a really fun reading approach. I love pairing fiction and nonfiction books for the same reason! Thx for watching!!
I definitely support the focus on more non-fiction videos. As always, love hearing you talk about books! ❤️
Definitely interested in secular histories of religion!
Nice that your channel has been recommended.. i love the format of your videos as they have specific category and not just those "book hauls"
Happy you liked the themed video format!! I'm a fan too, altho sometimes a good haul is fun to watch!
Damn, you're smart. Love your ancient history picks and quick analyses of them. Just enough to get a sense about whether one wants to read them.
Thank you so much!! 😊
I love these recommendations! I put some of them on my tbr immediately. Can you do another video soon with more that you’ve read on ancient history?
Oh that’s a great idea!
Hello. I just found your channel and I’m so glad that I did. I am looking for recommendations on ancient history in general. Watching this video reminded me that I own Sea People, so when you mentioned that you liked the audiobook, I paused the video and bought the audiobook and I can’t wait to read and listen to it. I really enjoyed this video and can’t wait to watch more!
Sea People is a wonderful read! Very dense but so much good info! I hope to do a follow up ancient history video sometime!
@@audreyapproved Just started reading Sea People and I’m enjoying it so far. Can’t wait for your follow up video on ancient history!
I’d check out Stacey Schiff’s biography of Cleopatra, I think she’s someone who balances historical sources and analysis of those sources really brilliantly
Ooo I've seen this cover before. I added it to my list!
I love ancient history! I am in the middle of listening to an audiobook on Classical Greek mythology and what it says about the Ancient Greek people and their society. It’s fascinating and the audiobook is set up almost like a 101 unit from university. Thanks for the recs.
History is so fascinating!! Definitely my favorite nonfiction subgenre. Thanks so much for watching! 😊
I really enjoyed the Dark Queens and The Crusades. I'll have to check out the other books you mentioned. Thank you for these wonderful reviews!
Ooooo good to hear you enjoyed The Crusades. It'll take a little motivation for me to start that big boy. Also, I'm ~2/3 into ALMOST HUMAN right now, which was definitely a recommendation from you! I don't know anything about prehistory and am blown away simply by the concept that there were many, many extinct species on the homo sapien family tree. Seems so silly to think otherwise in retrospect! I saw on IG that you recently recommended a book by Paul Pettit so I'm going to check that one out too afterwards!!!
@@audreyapproved that's awesome, I'm so glad you picked it up! I would love to be a part of an excavation as exciting as the ones at Rising Star Cave (but then I remember I'm really claustrophobic lol). Homo Sapiens Rediscovered is well worth the time and money.
Sea Peoples was excellent. I didn't read The Storm Before the Storm, but something similar, Mortal Republic by Edward Watts which was very good.
Mortal Republic also looks good - too many books, too little time
thank you for the great recommendations!
Thank you for this! It was very insightful and helped me add to my book list. Funnily enough, your interests (being broad in scope) are similar to mine. I enjoy history, but at the same time also look into paleoanthropology and human evolution (Kindred by Rebecca Wragg-Sykes was a great read and I highly recommend), so I found that really cool.
It's on my TBR! I've heard really good things about Kindred. Glad you enjoyed, thanks a lot for watching!
🌷Thank you✨
Thx for watching!!
I mostly read non-fiction, about 90% of the books I own is non-fiction.....I would recommend books by Adrian Goldworthy for Roman History; one of a few favorites for Roman History.
Oh wow he's got a huge backlist, I haven't read anything from Goldworthy in the past. I might try Caesar: Life of a Colossus first! Thanks for the rec!
@@audreyapproved You're welcome, Caesar book is very good for both his and Roman History over all....I would also recommend Anthony Everitt as well...enjoy reading.
By the way, he does have his own UA-cam Channel.
If you liked The End is Always Near, check out The End of Everything by Victor Davis Hanson.
👀 looks intriguing - I will add to my TBR!
Awesome just sub loved this! ❤️
yes, please. I love the idea of... non-fiction subject clumps. (coming a little late to the party, sorry)
This was interesting. I could stand to learn more about ancient history.
I should have added one of your recommendations - can't remember the exact title but it had to do with murder in Rome and it has a light pink cover. I remember your review on it!
Hope the move is going well :)
Thank you for this video. Your interests are much like mine!
Thanks for watching!!
I read a lot about ancient history but find the books hard to follow. They really jump around with names, dates and places by the time i finish i forget half of what ive read. Just now finishing Justinians Flea, about the plague in Rome, and i hate to say but it was a bit dissapointing. Out of 320 pages, olny about 20 pages at best actually go into what day to day life was like during the plague
That's unfortunate re: your current read. I've definitely read books before that imply they'll be about one subject based on title/blurb but end up focusing on something slightly different - that's always annoying. I agree that some history books can be really, really dense. It makes finding a good one even better. Thanks for watching!