AJsperbs

Alex

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3 books

Disenchantment

AJsperbs
Alex
A Secular Age
Siddhartha
After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy

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1 book

Historical Fiction

AJsperbs
Alex
True Soldier Gentlemen

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1 book

Greek Fantasy

AJsperbs
Alex
Ariadne

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6 books

Conservation

AJsperbs
Alex
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The World Without Us
Apocalypse Never
Unsettled
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

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4 books

Victorian Fantasy

AJsperbs
Alex
Mairelon the magician
The Paper Magician
The Glass Magician
Spellbreaker

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12 books

Finance

AJsperbs
Alex
Shutdown
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
The Deluge
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
The Bogle Effect
The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
Just Keep Buying

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5 books

Islamic Civilization

AJsperbs
Alex
Sword and Scimitar
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

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3 books

Spy Novels

AJsperbs
Alex
Casino Royale
The Man Who Saved Britain
American Assassin

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33 books

Asian Fantasy

AJsperbs
Alex
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Poppy War
The Dragon Republic
Bridge of Birds
The First Step
The First Stop
The First War

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22 books

2023 Reading List

AJsperbs
Alex
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Imperial China, 900-1800
The Mughal throne
The Napoleonic Wars : A Global History
The Thirty Years War
A History of the Byzantine State and Society

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5 books

Favorite History

AJsperbs
Alex
Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Byzantium
Venice
The Swerve
The Fate of Rome

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46 books

Jewish Civilization

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Alex
Yiddish Civilisation
Rome and Jerusalem
The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
The Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter's Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement
The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion

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20 books

British Empire

AJsperbs
Alex
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
Empire
Empire
Empireland
To Rule the Waves
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

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14 books

Favorite Novels

AJsperbs
Alex
Vita Nostra
The Rook, au service surnaturel de sa majesté
Dune
Green rider
Bazil Broketail
The Deed of Paksenarrion
Kushiel's Dart

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28 books

2024 Reading List

AJsperbs
Alex
Imperial China, 900-1800
The Arc of a Covenant
From Dawn to Decadence
Modern Times
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Path to Power
Washington: A Life

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34 books

Up Next

AJsperbs
Alex
The Genius of Birds
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
The Chosen
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World
After Tamerlane
Four Princes

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24 books

Rome And Byzantium

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Alex
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE
Dominion
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Rome and Jerusalem

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18 books

Eastern Europe

AJsperbs
Alex
The Icon and the Axe
Byzantium
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
Yiddish Civilisation
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

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50 books

Sci Fi

AJsperbs
Alex
Aftershocks
Leviathan Wakes
Time's Convert
Lost Horizon
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Empress of Forever

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71 books

Politics

AJsperbs
Alex
Goliath
Everything Trump Touches Dies
Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump — And Democrats from Themselves
American Carnage
Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America

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28 books

Exercise Books

AJsperbs
Alex
Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training
Strength Training Anatomy
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide
The Naked Warrior
Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength
Good to Go
Becoming a Supple Leopard

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131 books

Western Civilization

AJsperbs
Alex
Rome and Jerusalem
How Rome Fell
God
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
To Rule the Waves
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
The Darkening Age

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33 books

Religion

AJsperbs
Alex
Bad Religion
A Secular Age
To Change the Church
The souls of China
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

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14 books

Biblical Criticism

AJsperbs
Alex
Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism
Israel in Egypt
Ancient Israel in Sinai
“Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?”: Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives
The Archaeology of the Bible
Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith

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10 books

Favorite Cookbooks

AJsperbs
Alex
Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar
Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen
The Gefilte Manifesto
Street Vegan: Recipes and Dispatches from The Cinnamon Snail Food Truck
Vegan Eats World
Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel
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