Ethan Pesikoff

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A few good books (non-fiction):

New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, by Paul Stephenson

The Inheritance of Rome, by Chris Wickham

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, by John Kelly

A History of Venice, by John Julius Norwich

The Story of Russia, by Orlando Figes

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, by William Dalrymple

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857, by William Dalrymple

Lawrence in Arabia, by Scott Anderson

The Smartest Guys in the Room, by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe