Hey everyone! I'm an avid book reader and have been my whole life, my partner is not. His family never really read to him as a kid so the only reading he ever really did was for school which understandably made reading more of a chore than hobby. With that being said, he's an incredibly curious person who I think really may like reading if the book was right!
So basically I'm looking for recommendations on good books in things he's interested in. Obviously the only was for reading to peak his interest at this point (he's 27) is if it can provide something that documentarys can't.
He very much enjoys learning about different topics, so I don't suspect he'd be much of a fiction guy unless it was strongly rooted in reality. Nothing too large or daunting for a "first book" and something more of a casual read than a research paper.
List of his interests
– Comedy – both humorous things as well as the art of comedy
History:
– The Roman empire and deep dives into famous people from the times (eg. Ceaser)
– Greek mythology
– Egyptian mythology
– Strange wars – I'm talking the great emu war of 1932, not WW1
– War time logs pre 1900's, the older the better
– Strange inventions – he's a tradesman and likes looking at weird blueprints/ learning about how things work
If you can think of any REALLY good books that fit some of these topics, please comment below!
by no_more_creativity
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Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem – great novel about the last days of the Roman Empire
The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford
He might like a prose version of the odessy or the illiad, the odessy contains more fantasy creatures, so he might be more interested in that.
Check out [Randall Monroe’s books](https://xkcd.com/books/). They’re funny and accurate. He’d probably appreciate Thing Explainer.
I know you said maybe no fiction but based on his interests I think the following would pique his interest. Especially if you feel that his non-fiction itch is being scratched by documentaries.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown basically asks the question “What does the Roman Empire look like if they were in space?” It is an incredible story that follows a slave as he changes his identity and becomes one of the most powerful men in the solar system. The first book is an incredibly easy read.
On the Roman empire, Augustus by John Williams is incredible. It is fiction, but it’s heavily inspired by the real history of Augustus Caesar.