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johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some of what I've been reading during the month of October. A little anthropology, a Chinese classic, and a couple of nonfiction essentials about war. I'd love to hear what you've been reading, too!

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What I've Been Reading Lately | October 28, 2026
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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October 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM
bill-ruttenberg.bsky.social
I haven’t posted in a while so I wanted to invite everyone to participate in Historathon 2026. We are in the 4th quarter and we are reading nonfiction history from the years 1820 - present. Come join us.

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Historathon 2026 - 4th Quarter TBR
YouTube video by Bill Ruttenberg
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October 20, 2026 at 9:52 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Does Spinoza talk himself into a position of de facto atheism by believing in a God stripped of providence, personality, and causal power? Thoughts on Steven Nadler's "Spinoza, Atheist" (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2026).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"Spinoza, Atheist" by Steven Nadler
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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October 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
My thoughts on Graham Robb's "Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century," a fantastic history challenging the traditional narrative that Victorian gay life was defined by victimhood and isolation.

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century" by Graham Robb
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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October 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some initial impressions of Helena Rosenblatt's "The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century" (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2018).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century" by Helena Rosenblatt
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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October 7, 2026 at 3:45 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Afraid of history? Think it's boring or stuffy? Come join the rest of the BookTube community as we read history all year long in an event called #Historathon2026. Here's are the books on my mind!

Chat with us in the Discord: discord.gg/au9VHFts8k

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Historathon 2026 | Pile of Possibilities/Recommendations for Quarter 4
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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October 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Thoughts on @samuelmoyn.bsky.social's superb account of liberalism defensively retreating into itself after more than a century of promising emancipation and liberation (@yalepress.bsky.social, 2023).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚

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"Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Liberalism and the Making of Our Times" by Samuel Moyn
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
My review of Dwight Macdonald's famous essay collection "Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against The American Grain" (reprinted by @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚

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"Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain" by Dwight Macdonald
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 24, 2026 at 1:27 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some books that I recently found at the two library bookstores nearby. Join me as I apparently enter my American history era! I love this for me!

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What I Found At The Library Bookstore
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some thoughts on Richard J. King's fantastic "Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick" (@uofchicago.bsky.social, 2019). The weather, sounds, animals, migration patterns. It's another world!

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of 'Moby-Dick'" by Richard J. King
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
A quick peek at four of the books I've been reading the past couple of weeks: the French Revolution, Nixon in China, and some African travel/adventure writing!

What are you reading these days?

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What I've Been Reading Lately | September 3, 2026
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
My thoughts of the Domenico Ghirlandaio installment of @uchicagopress.bsky.social's Renaissance Lives series. Lush, beautiful color plates and an emphasis on Ghirlandaio's social circles and guild networks.

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"Domenico Ghirlandaio: An Elite Artisan and His World" by Jean K. Cadogan
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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September 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Who's in the mood for some new 2026 humanities (history of ideas, religion, philosophy) releases from @princetonupress.bsky.social and @uchicagopress.bsky.social?

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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New Releases from Princeton University Press and the University of Chicago Press!
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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August 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Archaeologist Peter Bellwood tracks five million years of human history, from the appearance of the first hominins to up to that relatively recent invention: agriculture (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2022).

#Historathon #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #BookSky #Books💙📚

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"The Five Million Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to Agriculture" by Peter Bellwood
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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August 24, 2026 at 10:54 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Two reviews of Karl Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies," separated by six years. Thankfully, @princetonupress.bsky.social now offers a beautiful one-volume version in their Princeton Classics line!

#Historathon #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Review of "The Open Society and Its Enemies" (Volume I) by Karl Popper
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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August 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
For the fourth year in a row, @princetonupress.bsky.social is very generously supporting the public reading of history and participation in YouTube's ongoing history reading event, #Historathon2026!

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Princeton University Press Supports Historathon2026! | Four Books
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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August 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
revenant-vin.bsky.social
Historathon is returning for its third year! Please join us as we read, discuss, and celebrate nonfiction history.

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HISTORATHON 2025 | Announcement Video
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December 23, 2024 at 4:10 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some thoughts on @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social's absolutely FANTASTIC new intellectual biography of philosophy's favorite curmudgeon, Arthur Schopenhauer (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2025).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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"Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" by David Bather Woods
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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July 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some wonderful humanities books (history, sociology, literary biography, etc) from Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 from @princetonupress.bsky.social, @uchicagopress.bsky.social, and @ucpress.bsky.social.

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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New University Press Releases!
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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July 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
A pile of possibilities for Quarter 3 of the ongoing YouTube event #Historathon where we read nonfiction history written in or about the years 1500 - 1820 C.E. Let me know if you find something you enjoy!

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Historathon 2026 | Pile of Possibilities/Recommendations for Quarter 3
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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July 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Paula Fredriksen's "Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years" (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2024) is a fantastic look at how messianic Judaism morphed into the imperial religion of Constantine.

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years by Paula Fredriksen
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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May 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Ada Palmer's new book on the perennial problem of historical periodization and seeing the Renaissance without the aid of our usual rose-tinted glasses (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2025).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age by Ada Palmer
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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May 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
In antebellum America, what were the Biblical arguments most often used for and against slavery? This book looks at how they were deployed in the trial of Denmark Vesey (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2022).

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial by J. Schipper
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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May 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
@saracharles.bsky.social has written a splendid book about the material culture of books throughout the Middle Ages, "The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2024)

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages, Sara J. Charles
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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April 22, 2026 at 1:26 AM
johndavidbooks.bsky.social
Some wonderful new and upcoming history books from from of my favorite academic publishers, @princetonupress.bsky.social and @uchicagopress.bsky.social!

#Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚

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New Releases from Princeton University Press and the University of Chicago Press!
YouTube video by John David (NicholasOfAutrecourt)
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April 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM