Essential History Reading (NF): State of the List

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The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel, Ben Miles

Progress: 4 %

Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy

Rachel Cusk, Olivia Manning

The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

Thomas McNamee, Bob Reed

The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

Thomas McNamee

Merlin Trilogy

Mary Stewart

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The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." ― Mae West

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." ― Mark Twain

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." ― Robert A. Heinlein

"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else." ― Judy Garland

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3:31 pm 28 July 2019

The list is now up to 897 books -- 104 more to get to 1001. Surely we can do that??

So, calling for contributions once more. Non-U.S. / non-European still preferred, but really ... anything goes!

crowdsourced essential history reading