Recs if you like Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies...

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.

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"

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!

histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication

Well that was enlightening

Please feel free to comment suggestions!

this list includes various book recommendations by kpop idols across all genres, featuring:

ᯓ★ Minghao & Wonwoo (SVT), Irene (Red Velvet), Namjoon & Yoongi (BTS), Jonghyun (Shinee), Kihyun (MONSTA X), Nichkhun (2PM), Yunho & Changmin (TVXQ), Kanghyun (ONEWE), Lily (NMIXX), Dahyun (TWICE), Sungho & Taesan (BND), Hyun (XLOV), Sangwon (ALD1), IU

Non-textbooks to help you see the world like an anthropologist and understand culture a little better

So many things we should know about the world we are not told during our education. To know the past is to be able to change the future

Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…

A study of the past

Books focusing on climate change, sustainability, and environmental topics

Dystopian future fiction and nonfiction books exploring where we are heading and why.

This list might save you at the end…

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!!)

From The Four Humors to Chemotherapy.

Beyond the Words: A curated collection of books recommended by the members of BTS, books that inspired their music and artistic vision, and books related to BTS and their journey.

For when music just won't cut it and you need a new weird hyperfixation.

Recommendations from and references to musician Glaive (Ash Blue Gutierrez).

See the pinned comment📌

If I'm missing any, let me know!

finally I can organize it myself!! I personally love wonwoo's taste in books and am curious to read them myself (p.s. can't find other 10 books) (p.s.s. source from x)