Recs if you like Eyeliner: A Cultural History...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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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"

Fashion history, culture, and politics for the girlies who read Vogue online as formative literature ✨ Always open to suggestions!

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

Niche nonfiction books that dads are still likely to enjoy that either 1) are not military history at all or 2) a niche area of a war that is not military history

Small topics that pack a punch

More niche nonfiction and microhistories, but this list is focusing on important, memorable, and significant inventions in the world's history. Suggestions welcome!

Microhistories and niche non-fiction to make you go… huh?

Suggestions welcome

Non-fiction books related to the humanities. Think: arts, language, culture and what we do with it. Mix of essays, memoirs, literary criticism, histories, and more.

“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

Here are some books about the beauty industry, both the good and the bad.

Books observing how trade and multicultural interactions have shaped the past and present

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