Recs if you like The Swerve: How the World Became Modern...

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"

real stories just as strange and entertaining as fiction

Non-fiction books about the renaissance. Books written during or leading up to the renaissance. and fiction books set during the renaissance.

Non fiction books about history (mainly ancient and medieval) and mythology