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 Haight wrote:
I'll add anything by Jared Diamond is at least worth a read ; in particular "Guns, Germs, and Steel", and "Collapse".

These are sociological books, but are incredible reads.

I'll second this, both were great books.

Metro 2034. Amazing book, last thing i read.

The Dawn of Human Culture by Richard Klein was a really good, accessible exposition of paleoanthropology and human evolution.

I banged this drum the last time this thread appeared, but I'll repeat my recommendations.

With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 by Matthew H Spring.

I cannot recommend this book enough. You will never look at the American Revolution the same way again. Written entirely from the British point of view, it demolishes myths left, right and centre.

When I first read it, I did two things: 1) Surprised me at learning how effective the British were, and 2) increased my respect for the Americans, considering the toughness of the opponent they were up against.

"The little prince".

 M_Stress wrote:
"The little prince".

Which one? The one by Machiavelli?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I banged this drum the last time this thread appeared, but I'll repeat my recommendations.

With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 by Matthew H Spring.

I cannot recommend this book enough. You will never look at the American Revolution the same way again. Written entirely from the British point of view, it demolishes myths left, right and centre.

When I first read it, I did two things: 1) Surprised me at learning how effective the British were, and 2) increased my respect for the Americans, considering the toughness of the opponent they were up against.

To be fair, the Americans were basically British, so the British forces were fighting the French, Spanish, Dutch and in one sense themselves/cousins/brothers.

Britain still managed to hold Canada, destroy the economy of France leading to the revolution, severely damage the Dutch as a naval power, and hold Gibraltar against Spain, which was crucial right through WW2.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 M_Stress wrote:
"The little prince".

Which one? The one by Machiavelli?

Nope, while "the prince" by Machiavelli is very good, "The little prince" by Saint Exupery is just....
...
I dont want to say "better" because I love intensely "the prince".
I will just say:

My recommandation is "The little prince" by Saint Exupery.

 DarkLink wrote:
Berserk is like Dark Souls insomuch as Berserk is one of the direct inspirations for dark souls, according to the creator of dark souls.

To be fair, Berserk is more hardcore then Dark Souls.

Big adult rating warning for that one.

Incidentally, Heroes Die is an extremely good dark fantasy, while also being scifi. Basically, in the future, we find out there are alternate dimensions, some of which have magic. So, naturally, we give a bunch of people swords and send them to the other world to have action packed adventures for our entertainment.

 Soladrin wrote:

 DarkLink wrote:
Berserk is like Dark Souls insomuch as Berserk is one of the direct inspirations for dark souls, according to the creator of dark souls.

To be fair, Berserk is more hardcore then Dark Souls.

Big adult rating warning for that one.

So is the book Charnel Houses of europe. Which is pretty damn dark.