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 💙📚 youtu.be/n1L4Hc50yRg

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 💙📚 youtu.be/7mCQBA2i2VE

Judith Herrin's "Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe" traces the history of Ravenna, which served as the cultural capital for three centuries after the fall of Rome in 476 AD (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2020). #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/PDQBYJ8QdGA

Thoughts of Hetta Howes' fantastic "Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women" (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2024). #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚 youtu.be/Un60vO9LgtE

What am I reading over my vacation break? #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚 youtu.be/tb0CHp9Myc4

Following the passing of Edmund White in June, I had the sudden urge to read some of his literary essays. Here are some thoughts on his "The Unpunished Vice: A Life in Reading" (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, 2018). #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Essays 💙📚 youtu.be/bhOFMo598ho

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 💙📚 youtu.be/E6I1_EF_pmg

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 💙📚 youtu.be/GLvSUn446-E

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 💙📚 youtu.be/Vq22HokF7dE

Some preliminary thoughts on Jane Austen's final novel "Persuasion," and some speculation about why she's so often incredibly misunderstood. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Fiction 💙📚 youtu.be/JQZGFiWLNd4

@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 💙📚 youtu.be/fIgzkfa85RU

A review of C.S. Forester's 1935 novel and the basis for the classic film with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities 💙📚 youtu.be/J24lvwdJ9AQ

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 💙📚 youtu.be/qkpqv3vNarI

Seven great pieces of life writing to consider for the YouTube reading event #PeopleApril! #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction #Lifewriting #Biography #Memoir #Autobiography 💙📚 youtu.be/jsy7Vt0Myfs

A pile of possibilities for Quarter 2 of the ongoing YouTube event #Historathon where we read nonfiction history written in or about the years 500 - 1500 C.E. Let me know if you find something you enjoy! #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/KRDkt5ay16s

My take on one of the great Australian classics of the twentieth century: Joan Lindsay's "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1967), a dark, atmospheric mystery that mocks the pretensions of repressed Edwardian morality and its colonial ambitions. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities 💙📚 youtu.be/EbiLLZx219o

Review and thoughts on renowned classicist M. I. Finley's series of lectures comparing ancient Greek and contemporary American democracy (reprinted by @rutgersupress.bsky.social, 2018). #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/8mO6fjJf2Yk

Some thoughts on Emily Hauser's "Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social (2025). #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/if5HfTv9Ajc

Some thoughts on John Tomasi's and @mattzwolinski.bsky.social's "The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism" from @princetonupress.bsky.social (2023). #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/YT3mdh-YKdM

Some thoughts on Ursula K Le Guin's fantastic "Left Hand of Darkness". #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/xF3mYi2EgqI

‪Thinking about reactivating this account. Does anyone actually watch these things? #Booksky folks, ya out there? #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Humanities #Nonfiction 💙📚 youtu.be/RA4bUJkXFjQ

For Q4 of Historathon, we're spending October-December reading about everything related to nonfiction history written in or about 1820 to the present day. Come join us to toss around ideas! #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/-_76negyCvs

Oh, what a tangled web is his weave! He is the only one deceived. #RandPaul #KentuckyWhatIsYouDoinGirl

Kafka slaying like the diva he was. #Booksky 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💅💅💅

Anyone else pick up some @yalepress.bsky.social books during their May sale? #Historathon #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💙📚 youtu.be/t6JA6mioMgA

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938-2025) #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💙📚

Tonight: Diving into Thomas Hardy's break-out success, "Far From the Madding Crowd". My first Hardy novel! Are you a admirer? A hater? Let's spill some Victorian literary tea. #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💙📚

My review of Dr. Selena Wisnom's (@lswisnom.bsky.social) wonderful cultural history of ancient Assyria, "The Library of Ancient Wisdom" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). A brilliant reconstruction of what we can learn from Ashurbanipal's library at Nineveh! #BookSky #Books 💙📚 youtu.be/F7LUpZ9kC_w

Oh, it's on like Donkey Kong!

What are you reading this weekend? #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/2cAS0nIYVqc

A few pictures from my central Texas garden in late April: How many million Aprils came Before I ever knew How white a cherry bough could be, A bed of squills, how blue! -Sara Teasdale, "Blue Squills" #Gardening #NativePlantGarden #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚

Now reading: Catherine Hanley's biography "Matilda: Empress, Queen, and Warrior" (from @yalepress.bsky.social). Her father Henry I made her the heir, but his barons weren't on board - then her cousin Stephen of Blois swooped in and had himself crowned instead. #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💙📚

On my nightstand: "The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages" by @saracharles.bsky.social (from @uchicagopress.bsky.social). Fascinating details about writing culture, script types, and - most importantly - de-romanticizing medieval life. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚

"There is something sinister about putting a leprechaun in a workhouse. The only solid comfort is that he certainly will not work." - G. K. Chesterton #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚

The look on my face when C.S. Lewis says in "The Discarded Image" that Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae is a "work of very mediocre intelligence." #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚

On the Historathon Discord, we're spending April-June reading about everything related to nonfiction history written in or about 500 A.D. - 1500 A.D. Come join us to toss around ideas! Discord link: discord.gg/au9VHFts8k #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/GEnU4bCMlyc

It's just one of those days. #catsofbluesky #caturday

Check out the four books I've been reading in March. What are you reading this weekend? #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/pbLHNVqI9PE

Just started Francesca Wade's "Square Haunting" (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) detailing the lives of five intellectuals - Virginia Woolf, Jane Harrison, Eileen Power, H.D., and Dorothy Sayers - navigating politics, relationships, work, and personal independence. #BookSky #Books #BookTube💙📚

Thoughts on Joshua Cherniss's assessment of the great liberal political theorists of the 20th century: Weber, Aron, Camus, Niebuhr, and Berlin and their concept of "tempered liberalism" (@princetonupress.bsky.social). #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/8Cw53KpQ_GA

Did anyone else miss that Emily Wilson (translator of the Iliad and the Odyssey) is A.N. Wilson's daughter? Or am I the only one who's not paying attention? #BookSky #Books #BookTube 💙📚

Thoughts on Ritchie Robertson's massive - and superb! -"The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790" (@harpercollins.bsky.social, 2020). #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/cFCtGLouKxw

On March 20, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris after escaping from Elba and began his Hundred Days. #OnThisDay #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 Painting: "Napoleon Leaving Elba," Joseph Beaume (1836).

I can't say that I agree with the sentiment, but it's beautifully stated nonetheless. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Emerson #Transendentalism 💙📚

Looking for an up-to-date primer on how to understand the ways the Chinese Communist Party interacts with civil society while maintaining power? Check out Bruce Dickson's "The Party and the People" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)! #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/PgmIxCbeysI

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Coming out in March 2025 from @uchicagopress.bsky.social, G.A. Loud's new biography of the fascinating medieval Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (r. 1155 - 1190), who expanded his empire, fought the Papacy, and drowned while on Crusade at age 67! #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚

Requiescat in pace, Athol Fugard (1932-2025), South Africa's greatest playwright. I still remember reading "The Road to Mecca" with the fondest of memories. #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Drama #AtholFugard 💙📚

For the THIRD year in a row, the wonderful people over at @princetonupress.bsky.social are kind enough to support YouTube's ongoing effort to read nonfiction history all year long! Watch to find out which four amazing books they sent! #BookSky #Books #BookTube #Historathon 💙📚 youtu.be/COzpqgX73zI

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb