The Most Recommended Books is a term Bookdao uses to indicate books that are worth reading. Through our data processing tools, the book lists are formed by professional readers’ collective opinions, rather than sales figures. For approach and methodology, see What Is a Good Book. The translated humanities category contains popular works introduced from overseas. List in February includes 20 books, and they come from 10 different countries, mainly the United States, the United Kingdom. Topics include philosophy, history, historical memoir, cultural & history studies, and literary & arts.
What Do We Really Know
Author: [UK] Simon Blackburn
Publisher: Hainan Publishing House
Release Date: January 2023
Technology in World Civilization：A Thousand-Year History
Author: [UK] Arnold Pacey
Publisher: CITIC Press Group
Release Date: December 2022
Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast
Author: [US] Jay M. Smith
Publisher: Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House
Release Date: December 2022
Medieval Europe
Author: [UK] Chris Wickham
Publisher: Democracy & Construction Publishing House
Release Date: December 2022
Performing Filial Piety in Northern Song China: Family, State, and Native Place
Author: [US] Cong Ellen Zhang
Publisher: Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House
Release Date: January 2023
Through Objects Our Memories Live On
Author: [Sweden] Dina Rajs, Jovan Rajs
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Release Date: December 2022
TRINITY：The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History
Author: [UK] Frank Close
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Release Date: November 2022
Singapore & the Silk Road of the Sea
Author: [Singapore] John N. Miksic
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Release Date: December 2022
Trees in Art
Author: [UK] Charles Watkins
Publisher: The Commercial Press
Release Date: November 2022
Hitler’s Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich
Author: [US] Mary M. Lane
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Release Date: December 2022
Les damnés de la terre
Author: [France] Frantz Fanon
Publisher: The Oriental Press
Release Date: November 2022
Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age
Author: [UK] B. Jack Copeland
Publisher: CITIC Press Group
Release Date: November 2022
Europe between the Oceans ：Themes and Variations，9000 BC-AD 1000
Author: [UK] Barry Cunliffe
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Release Date: January 2023
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Author: [Canada] Margaret MacMillan
Publisher: Hunan Yuelu Publishing House
Release Date: January 2023
State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan
Author: [US] Ronald P.Toby
Publisher: Jiangsu People's Publishing House
Release Date: December 2022
Spies of no country : secret lives at the birth of Israel
Author: [Isreal] Matti Friedman
Publisher: Guangdong People's Publishing House
Release Date: February 2023
The Tale of Tea： A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
Author: [Netherlands] George van Driem
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Release Date: February 2023
Ancient Greece - Ancient China Parallel Philosophical Thought
Author: [Greek] Christos Kafteranis
Publisher: Huacheng Publishing House
Release Date: January 2023
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
Author: [UK] Kerri Andrews
Publisher: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press
Release Date: January 2023
History of Chinese Thought
Author: [Japan] Yoshio Takeuchi
Publisher: Chongwen Publishing House
Release Date: February 2023