Recs if you like The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II...
"But that's historically incorrect!"
No, it's not. You just didn't learn all of history. (A.k.a. not all period dramas need to be all-white all-straight etc. and we have the sources to prove it)
not your father’s wwii books
books about the second world war that investigate race, class, and gender and/or the human cost of the war. these aren’t the pop history books you buy your dad for christmas, i promise.
primarily (but not exclusively) academic history books read during my history MA program! consequently some may be a bit dense and/or dry.
Women's Memoirs and (Auto)biographies
I have been collecting (and reading) a long list of memoirs, autobiographies and biographies about women who had fascinating lives. I thought I might as well make it a list! A lot of them I have read and enjoyed, some are from my TBR. I am especially fascinated by 18th-19th century women's stories, so there will be a lot of those. And women from diverse backgrounds. Open to suggestions!
Eastern European / Baltic / Balkan Lit ⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆
Various titles, from Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Baltic, & Balkan authors.
Women Who Went to War
Intimate, sometimes harrowing true stories from women who served, documented, or survived wars. A mix of frontline voices and survivor accounts for every interest.
Polymath Training Challenge, Best Of
Polymath Training Challenge is a non-fiction reading challenge that has been running on a Hungarian book site for the past 11 years. Each year it has 12 categories that participants have to pick their own nonfiction reads for (incl. memoirs and biographies). I have discovered several amazing nonfiction books through this challenge, so I decided to make a list of the best, and most mind-blowing, of them so far.
learn something new!
niche nonfiction deep dives
Translated Non-Fiction
As the title suggests, these are non-fiction books that are translated into English. Please suggest more books! (WIP)
All things nonfiction
Classics Collection 🐧 ☕️ 📚
A list of all the classics currently a part of my physical collection! I love collecting penguin classics, Oxford classics, NYRB, pelican, penguin deluxe, and Penguin clothbound editions especially! I will update this as I go through my physical collection (I am cataloging it and decluttering at the moment)
