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b_b  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Best Books I Read in 2015 | Bill Gates

My top book of 2015 is Black Earth by Timothy Snyder. Really changed my thinking about WWII, which isn't an easy thing to do. Gets to the heart of Nazi ideology and the mutual hate between Hitler and Stalin. Not an easy or pleasant read, as you can imagine, but a really fantastic piece of scholarship.





veen  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds interesting, I've added it to my list.

One of the better books I've read this year was Graeber's Debt: The first 5000 years; have you read that? I think you might enjoy it.

b_b  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No. I keep hearing about it, and I've only heard good reviews. Should put it in the queue.