My 2018 Reading List

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My 2018 Reading List has been very much historical. I’ve focused on the histories of Colonial America and Medieval Europe for the most part as well as a melange of other interesting tidbits. A lot of what I read came from my travels to Canada, California, Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama this year. One of the larger volumes which I don’t normally bring home from trips I got in a small bookshop in Canada were the Tim Ferriss and Robert Greene books.

Out of this extensive 2018 reading list are a few really cool books. For starters is Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking Fast and Slow,” one of the best books I’ve ever laid eyes on. The other cool book which is superbly documented, more like a reference volume, is “Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts” by Christopher De Hamel. “God’s War” by Christopher Tyerman is turning out to be a very inspiring read, as was “The Gates of Europe” by Serhii Plokhy. Enjoy my 2018 Reading List!

McMillan, Tom. 2017. Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home To Fight As Confederate Soldiers. Washington D. C.: Regenery.
Chernow, Ron. 2018. Grant. New York: Penguin Press.
Kahneman, Daniel. 2013. Thinking Fast and Slow. Toronto: Anchor Canada.
Raphael, Marie and Ray. 2017. Hamilton: Founding Father. New York: Fall River Press.
Greene, Robert. 2000. The 48 Laws of Power. New York: Penguin Books.
Ferriss, Tim. 2017. Tools Of Titans: The tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers. New York: HMH.
Ferriss, Timothy. 2017. Tribe of Mentors: Short life advice from the best in the world. New York: HMH.
Ferguson, Niall. 2018. The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. New York: Penguin Press.
Strathern, Paul. 2017. The Medici: Power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance. New York: Pegasus Books.
De Hamel, Christopher. 2017. Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World. New York: Penguin Press.
Belonogoff, Lara. 2010. Culture Smart! Lithuania: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. London: Kuperard.
Rosa, Manuel. 2016. Columbus: The Untold Story. Garfield: Outworld.
Gies, Frances. 2011. The Knight In History. New York: Harper Perennial.
Gies, Frances and Joseph. 1989. Marriage And The Family In The Middle Ages. New York: Harper Perennial.
Fischer, David Hackett and James C. Kelly. 2000. Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement. Charlottesville: UVA Press.
Stahr, Walter. 2017. John Jay: Founding Father. New York: Diversion Books.
North, Michael. 2016. The Baltic: A History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. [translated by Kenneth Kronenberg].
Plokhy, Serhii. 2017. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. New York: Basic Books.
Putrius, Birutė. 2018. The Last Book Smuggler. Los Angeles: Birchwood Press.
Dickens, Charles. 1992. A Tale of Two Cities, Great Illustrated Classics. New York: Baronet Books.
Tebow, Tim. 2018. This Is The Day. New York: WaterBrook.
Bergreen, Laurence. 2011. Christopher Columbus: The Four Voyages. New York: Viking Press.
Tebow, Tim. 2013. Through My Eyes: A Quarterback’s Journey. New York: Zondervan.
Robb, Graham. 2018. The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
Lewis, Brenda Ralph. 2017. Kings & Queens: A Chronicle of History’s Most Interesting Monarchs. London: Amber Books. New York: Barnes & Noble.
Wyeth, John Allan. 2006. The Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. New York: Barnes & Noble.
Tyerman, Christopher. 2008. God’s War: A New History of the Crusades. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press. [started 2018]