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microhistories: “how do you even know that??”

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"

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

Salt: A World History

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

CSI Told You Lies: Giving victims a voice through forensics.

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

Salt: A World History

books about a really niche topic in history

i love when historical nonfiction is hyperspecific so

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

The Devil in the White City

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

oddly specific history

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

books about sex work

books about sex work and what it entails

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (Jacobin)

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

A Curious History of Sex

Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (Jacobin)

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

see the world like an anthropologist

by courtneymosierwarren

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

Americanah

Crying in H Mart

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

A Curious History of Sex

Americanah

Crying in H Mart

Hot Girls Hate The Patriarchy

by booknerdcoco

Pretty covers, powerful women, zero apologies.

Weyward

Lessons in Chemistry

Girl, Woman, Other

The List

Weyward

Lessons in Chemistry

Feminist Fiction & Non-fiction

by TheReadingJournaler

Fiction and non-fiction feminist books

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Know My Name

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Bell Jar

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Know My Name

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