Recs if you like Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith...
Christianity As An Instrument Of Oppression
Fiction and non-fiction that examines how the Christian cultural hegemony and belief system has been co-opted as a tool of oppression and exploitation throughout history. Speculative works included, so long as the underlying narrative and commentary directly engages with some aspect of religious control as a primary theme. Always open to suggestions! (Please note that this List aims to critique Christianity as a worldwide institution, not to promote hate against individual practitioners)
microhistories: โhow do you even know that??โ
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"
books about a really niche topic in history
i love when historical nonfiction is hyperspecific so
salvation or snake oil?
Books that feature religious trauma, cults, or high control groups that I've read or are on my tbr
How to Hide a Body
Do you listen to True Crime Poscasts on a Friday night with your cat? Think you could solve the Unsolved?
Books featuring True Crimes of the Past and Present.
Nonfiction or โinspired byโ allowed, but no straight up fiction. Suggestions welcome!
Be More Interesting At Parties
Books that focus on โfun factโ histories, people, concepts, crimes, developments and snapshots from human history.
Sounds like a Cult
Who doesnโt love a good ole fashion cult?
Contains fiction & nonfiction.
Last Podcast on the Left
Research material and references from the podcast. Relying heavily on lists made by others.
America 250 Booklist ๐บ๐ธ
It's the semiquincentennial! (1776-2026) One book for each of the 50 states, Presidents & First Ladies, other American authors & works of note... (List first published by Summer M. Smith)
HRCYED 3.0 Location, Location, Locations
Ideas for the 'Road Trip' and 'Traipsing Through Regions' squares of the board :) and maybe at a push, the 'Biomes' square too!
Books are set in regions from around the world, countries around the world or states of the USA (outside of the heavily populated NYC/CA)
Read The States Challenge - Utah
This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!
what to read between your podcasts.
true crime and true crime adjacent.
things that make you go hmm
religious nonfiction that borders on cult studies
Non-fiction bunny slope
Accessible, interesting and compulsively readable non-fiction across a variety of genres for the non-fiction curious โ compiled by someone who barely reads non-fiction. ๐
This list is started only with books I've read, but I'm open to recs!
true crime, all the time
nothing but the best here
