Tom Holland's Book Recommendations

"I loved this book."

"I loved this book."

"Covers the full sweep of this most fascinating of countries. It's a wonderful book!"

"Although, for reasons of space, we were obliged to limit @drchrisharding to six lives, his brilliant book - THE JAPANESE: A HISTORY IN TWENTY LIVES - covers the full sweep of this most fascinating of countries. It's a wonderful book!"

"A brilliant book, which I commend to all with a love of beef, or liberty, or both."

"A brilliant book, which I commend to all with a love of beef, or liberty, or both."

"Insanely enjoyable book on the rise & fall of the Dukes of Burgundy."

"And if you enjoyed @bartvanloo on our podcast, and haven’t yet read his insanely enjoyable book on the rise & fall of the Dukes of Burgundy, again, you have a great treat in store!"

"Beautiful but sad book on the wonders of the living world."

"Katherine Mundell, in her beautiful but sad book on the wonders of the living world, The Golden Mole, introduces me to the concept of ‘extinction speculation’: collecting the body parts of animals in the expectation of selling them for astronomical sums when they go extinct."

"Wonderful book."

"This is simultaneously a brilliant study of the origin of subjectivity & selfie-sticks, & a wonderful soap opera."

"The best book on a celebrity - indeed, on celebrity - that I think I have ever read."

"A wonderful book: panoramic, eye-opening & often very funny. I’ve learned so much…"

"You will not read a more entertaining book on alcohol than @HenryGJeffreys' History of Booze, which advances the splendid theory that the country which has most influenced its history over the past few centuries is none other than Britain."

"I finish @peterfrankopan’s new masterpiece, The Earth Transformed: a book of titanic sweep, & more than deserving the many laudatory reviews it has received. Looking forward to tomorrow, when we will be recording an episode of @TheRestHistory with him on CLIMATE APOCALYPSE…"

"Settling down with a good book… #WorldBookDay"

"Reading @AnnaLandmark’s wonderful book on the English Republic, The Restless Republic, I cannot help but smile at her account of “the many misadventures of Mr Prick, the unfortunately named minister of Denham.”"

"If you want to know more THE WAR ON HERESY, then no better place to start than @RIMooreHistory’s book. “Startling, unsettling, and revelatory,” as some bloke said."