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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > So what Non-Fiction have you read?
 
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Dr. Pangloss
Apr 5, 2014
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Walh Hara posted:


- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. By Jared Diamond. I read it a long time ago so my memory of it is a bit fuzzy. I'm a bit concerned about the accuracy of his theories and have my doubts about how true everything is. It's a nice book to get somebody interested in antrophology, a field that really seems to lack good introductory books that are actually accurate.


As someone who has read and somewhat enjoyed three of Diamonds books (guns, collapse, yesterday), and you've described them all. They are interesting reads, but I don't really consider them serious scholarship.

Gang Leader for a Day started off interesting, but got very samey towards the end and the pay off wasn't all that interesting.

I'm reading Devil in the White City. It's ok, but I've been promised it will pick up soon, which I think is funny since the fair just ended... Will check back when I'm done.

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