Dominion by Tom Holland. Yeah, it's about religion but ...

Jun 1, 2024
9:03:11pm

KCFan85 Truly Addicted User

I wouldn't say it's "religious." Pinker's Enlightenment Now is excellent. Abraham Lincoln by Benjamin Thomas is a forgotten biography that's well worth the time.

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What were the last 3 non-religious books you read, and which one would you most

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 6:48pm

Way of Kings. Although it's close to scripture.

Ted Lasso

Jun 1, 6:51pm

What kind of book is it?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:04pm

Fantasy. First book of the stormlight archives

SWKTNative

Jun 1, 7:08pm

My last 3 were Oathbringer, Edgedancer, and Words of Radiance

WorfoSAUR

Jun 1, 8:05pm

Stormlight Archives and Mistborn series are great.

ochobeeguy

Jun 1, 8:47pm

The Expanse series.

bluecheese

Jun 1, 7:22pm

I watched the series on Amazon Prime; didn’t realize there are books.

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:46pm

Leviathan wakes is the first book. Show is pretty faithful to the books.

SWKTNative

Jun 2, 5:29am

Demon Copperhead, Piranesi, The Anxious Generation

gaffer

Jun 1, 7:22pm

Which of the three do you most recommend?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:47pm

The anxious generation

gaffer

Jun 1, 7:54pm

The Wager

Forzaitalia

Jun 1, 7:26pm

Heretics of Dune, a collection of Poe short stories, and Dropping Ashes on the

joelvandyne

Jun 1, 7:33pm

Which one do you most recommend?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:51pm

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DizzyBanshee

Jun 1, 8:17pm

Fourth Wing, The Will of the Many, The Shadow of the Gods. All fantasy

DizzyBanshee

Jun 1, 7:35pm

Epictitus, Handbook.

Plantagenet

Jun 1, 7:48pm

So what did you think?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 8:02pm

I highly recommend it. The classical thinkers understood human nature and their

Plantagenet

Jun 1, 11:15pm

I've been reading several David Baldacci series. Like them all.

ochobeeguy

Jun 1, 7:49pm

Any one in particular that you would recommend?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:52pm

Camel Club, The Innocent, or Memory Man are all good ones to start with for him.

DizzyBanshee

Jun 1, 8:18pm

Just read Camel Club book 1. 6:20 Man, Atlee Pine

ochobeeguy

Jun 1, 8:45pm

Mine are 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, Wild New World by Dan Flores, and The Horse,

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 7:49pm

Japan Coug guesting on Ezra Klein and needs 3 books to cite?

Underhill

Jun 1, 7:51pm

Wings of War, Follow Me to Hell, Be Useful

byujag

Jun 1, 8:07pm

Mark Sullivan, The Last Green Valley. Powerful story of an ethnic German

Monomachos

Jun 1, 8:31pm

Good list. If I can only read one of them, which one should I read?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 9:13pm

The Last Green Valley - little known topic and done by a very good writer

Monomachos

Jun 1, 9:47pm

Dominion by Tom Holland. Yeah, it's about religion but ...

KCFan85

Jun 1, 9:03pm

Which one should I read first?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 9:14pm

Hmm ... Well, though Benjamin Thomas' book isn't ...

KCFan85

Jun 2, 9:13am

People read religious books?

boctabulous

Jun 1, 9:10pm

Are you new to CB?

Japan Coug

Jun 1, 9:14pm

Nonfiction: One Summer by Bill Bryson, Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch

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