Recs if you like Debt: The First 5,000 Years...

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉

(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)

Project 2025 of the Trump administration included 18 mentions of Venezuela along with China, North Korea and Russia "The US has an opportunity to lead these democratic nations in the fight against these external pressures" The list includes historical books with the addition of a few works of fiction based on stories of a similar political climate, the main themes being • The US history of enforcing foreign governments • The economics of an "empire" • The media of expansion and propaganda

If you don't know where to start with the left, start here.

Check the comments for reading order and why.

ecological feministical marxistical critical theoretical international

general anthropology books! i haven’t read a good chunk of these, but they’ve been recommended for the list!!

Unlearn the propaganda and stand for our communities.

Reading is political. Economics is political. Society is politics. You might ignore politics, but it will not ignore you.

A collection of non fiction to understand the history of the world and why and how we got here!

Books that look at world history (preferably) from the perspective of the societies that lived them just at least not from a European perspective we do our best okay

Ethnography is a research method primarily used in social and behavioral sciences to gain a deeper understanding of human behaviors, motivations, cultures, and interactions. This list contains only ethnographies written by anthropologists/sociologists covering multiple sub-disciplines. Also included are meta books discussing ethnographic research itself.

for Caitlin 💜 to be further refined self-help, manifestos, memiors, and general learning forget podcasts and random background shows, it's time for audiobooks! (I haven't read most of these so, sorry if they're bad!!)