Thread by @onslies, #twitterstorians, give me your reading recommendations. I've realised that a favourite type [...]

Liesbeth Corens

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#twitterstorians, give me your reading recommendations. I& #39;ve realised that a favourite type of book is & #39;(family) history which spends about half of its pages on the journey of figuring out and reflecting on what it means to tell those stories& #39;.

Any top tips in that category?

The Lost by @DAMendelsohnNYC is in that genre: as moving in its passages about piecing together the family story as it is harrowing in describing the realities of the holocaust.
https://www.danielmendelsohn.com/books/the-lost-reviews">https://www.danielmendelsohn.com/books/the...

And @SvenjaODonnell& #39;s Inge& #39;s War: important story of her grandmother, but also important about what uncovering family histories does, with the individuals involved and their bonds. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118767/inge-s-war/9781529105452.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111...

Inge's War

'A lyrical, engrossing and essential read' - Sathnam Sanghera 'A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets' - Brian Van Reet, author of Spoils What does it mean to be on the wrong...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1118767/inge-s-war/9781529105452.html

And both East West Street ( https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227917/east-west-street-by-philippe-sands/)">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227... and The Rat Line ( https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566224/the-ratline-by-philippe-sands/)">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566... by @philippesands are just so powerful in their reflectiveness as well as telling of important stories.

The Ratline by Philippe Sands: 9780525520962 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." --John le Carré From the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street: A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, cold...

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227917/east-west-street-by-philippe-sands/

In Saidiya Hartman& #39;s Lose Your Mother the two are inseparable. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374531157">https://us.macmillan.com/books/978...

Lose Your Mother | Saidiya Hartman | Macmillan

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey she took along a slave route in Ghana. Following ...

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374531157

Also, if someone could please read the audiobook of Hazel Carby& #39;s Imperial Intimacies, that& #39;d be *great* for my listen-while-walking purposes.
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3066-imperial-intimacies">https://www.versobooks.com/books/306...

Adding that to this thread here as well :) https://twitter.com/archive_lore/status/1380450830873149440?s=20">https://twitter.com/archive_l...

https://twitter.com/archive_lore/status/1380450830873149440?s=20

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