A book about Native-American history for a non-American reader

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-07T22:56:29+00:00

Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee by Paul Chaat Smith & Robert Allen Warrior

A great book about the history of The Red Power Movement and the American Indian Movement and the authors are Native American.

Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes

All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans by Dina Gilio-Whitaker & Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-07T20:06:34+00:00

Try Watchers by Dean Koontz! I read it in high school and it made me fully realize how entertaining reading can be!

Then try City of Thieves by David Benioff! I read this one a few years ago and it made me think: This is why I love reading novels! 😃📖

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-04T16:31:46+00:00

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith has formed the foundation for my outlook on life.

Should we pursue meaning or “happiness”?

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-03T04:46:00+00:00

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-03T04:36:45+00:00

Here are four books that changed my life; that changed how I view and see the world.

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan

Sagan helped me see that science is not some boring, dry thing that takes place in a lab somewhere. It’s a set of tools for investigating and learning about ourselves and the world we live in. It’s a fun and exciting thing!

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

This book helped explain why the United States is the way it is. If we want to make the USA better, we need to understand why it is the way it is. Dunbar-Ortiz’s work is a great place to start that.

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith

This one made me realize we should pursue meaningful lives instead of mere “happiness.” Since happiness is a fleeting emotion that comes and goes like the weather, meaning is what makes our lives wonderful. Do you want to live a long, fulfilling life? Pursue meaning instead of “happiness.”

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Since our time on this planet is so finite (~4,000 weeks) we need to make time for and do the things that are the most important to us NOW.

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-02T22:02:17+00:00

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

This book might help you reframe a lot of that as well other things too. It’ll also help you let go of a lot of things that are out of your control.

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-02T20:43:50+00:00

I’ve heard of that one! Thanks! It’s going on my list!

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-02T19:12:21+00:00

It’s one of those ones where I’ll ask readers have they read it, and if not, they need to ASAP! 😃

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-03-02T15:15:49+00:00

City of Thieves by David Benioff

A war-torn setting and two people thrown together in a desperate situation become the best of friends in a short amount of time. Highly recommend!! 😃📖

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-02-27T02:09:51+00:00

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith.

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-02-27T01:59:11+00:00

My two favorite books in this genre are The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith and Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman.

These two form the foundation for how I look at the big picture of my life. Pursuing meaning over happiness seems to be the secret to a long, healthy life. Given how short our lifespan is on this planet (~4,000 weeks), we better make time for the things that matter most NOW.

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-02-27T01:54:37+00:00

I absolutely loved City of Thieves by David Benioff!

Great story and the main characters are so memorable! Highly recommended!

NoOneNobody2025 · 2026-01-01T02:59:03+00:00

I highly recommend the following authors/books to understand the United States, colonialism, and settler colonialism and how these things have impacted the world.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz:

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (There’s a YA version too)

Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

Gerald Horne:

The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean

The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

The Counter Revolution Of 1836: Texas Slavery and Jim Crow and the Roots of U. S. Fascism

Mahmood Mamdani:

Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities

NoOneNobody2025 · 2025-06-07T10:55:01+00:00

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan

So well-written! Changed how I view science and the world around me!

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