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I'm hoping to tackle this list in 2020, I've been wanting to read Caro's LBJ series for a while now.

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Robert Caro - Lyndon B. Johnson series & The Power Broker

S.C Gwynne - Empire of the Summer Moon

Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Black Swan & Antifragile

Graham Hancock - America Before

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel

Safi Bahcall - Loonshots

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The entire LBJ series and The Power Broker? Ambitious! Caro has a fantastic voice in his writing but by golly he sure does know how to fill a thousand pages!

Yes, it's an ambitious list, Caro is my priority for 2020 so I don't mind spending a large portion of the year on his books. Are there any other books you'd recommend?

Start with Guns, Germs and Steel ;)

I've had this book recommended to me so many times, I might try and tackle it over the Christmas break.

I found it less interesting than I anticipated, but I think it was because we watched the PBS documentary in HS. So if you're short on time, then you could try that, it seemed to cover all the key bits :)

Oh cool, I wasn’t aware of the PBS documentary, I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you!

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