The year-end inventory is finally here, in 2023, which history books are worth looking forward to and worthy of being selected in the top ten, everyone may have their own answer. In fact, there is no such thing as a good or bad book, the key lies in what the reader gets from it. Each of us has a very different reason for reading, and the book list here is just a reference, hoping to help you who are short of books, and may you swim in the ocean of books and keep absorbing the power of knowledge.
Douban has released the 2023 reading list, I won't list them all here, as a history book lover, I will present you with the top ten history books. Of course, this is not my top 10 history books in 2023, and I haven't read a lot of them, but it doesn't affect me in the slightest to share them with you and read them with you, and it's endless fun!
Today, 5 of them are presented, and the last 5 will be in the next issue.
Keleban and the Witch
Author: Sylvia Federić.
Publisher: Shanghai Joint Publishing House.
Producer: Hou Lang.
Subheading: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation.
Book Series: Wisdom Palace Series.
Rating: 92
Comment: This is a history of women's bodies in the transition period of capitalism, a representative work from a female perspective, **gender and reproduction in the context of primitive accumulation of capital.
One Hundred Years, Many People, Many Things
Author: Yang Yi dictated by Yu Bin.
Publisher: Yilin Publishing House.
Subtitle: Yang Yi's Oral Autobiography.
Rating: 87
Comments: This book is the only oral autobiography of Yang Yi, a progressive student, a famous translator and centenarian of Southwest Associated University.
Opening: Interviews with Women Scholars
Author: Beijing News Book Review Weekly.
Publisher: Nova Press.
Book Series: Ruoshui Library.
Rating: 90
Comment: In a word, what does it mean to be a woman?Why do most of them reject gender labels, and even reject the word "female" in front of them?
Chinese Typewriter
Author: [US] Mo Leining.
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press.
Producer: Xinmin said.
Subtitle: A Century of Chinese Character Breakout History.
Rating: 93
Comment: By telling the story of the invention of the Chinese typewriter, this book shows the mechanical revolution of the Chinese-speaking world, and explores the history of Chinese's search for survival, adaptation, and influence of technological change.
Death or soul".
Author: Anne Fadiman
Publisher: Shanghai Joint Publishing House.
Producer: Hou Lang Hou Lang Literature.
Subheading: Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings in Doctor-Patient Conflict.
Translators: Tang Liming, Liu Jiantai, Yang Jiarong.
Rating: 93
Comment: If you can't see that your own culture also has a set of models for safeguarding your own interests, feelings and preferences, how can you expect to be able to deal with other people's cultures?”
There is no distinction between good and bad books, and I hope that each book can bring you different feelings.