David DeNaples

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David DeNaples

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David’s favorite books

World War Z by Max Brooks

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

War and Peace in the Middle East by Avi Shlaim

The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Lenin's Tomb by David Remnick

Race and Manifest Destiny by Reginald Horsman

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk

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David’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (279)
american-history‎ (78)
european-history‎ (69)

asia-africa‎ (56)
sci-fi-fantasy‎ (55)
historical-fiction‎ (41)
middle-east‎ (29)
mystery‎ (29)

russian-history‎ (27)
graphic-novel‎ (21)
d-d‎ (15)
world-history‎ (8)
middle-ages‎ (6)

ancient-history‎ (2)
philosophy-thought‎ (1)

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David is Currently Reading

The Crystal Shard

David DeNaples is currently reading

The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)

by R.A. Salvatore

bookshelves: d-d, currently-reading, sci-fi-fantasy

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Mar 05, 2026 08:39AM

Osman's Dream: Th...

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Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

by Caroline Finkel

bookshelves: currently-reading, middle-ages, european-history, middle-east, world-history

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Feb 05, 2026 07:22AM

Wolf Hall

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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

by Hilary Mantel

bookshelves: european-history, historical-fiction, middle-ages, currently-reading

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Nov 17, 2025 06:56PM

2026 Reading Challenge

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Adult Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Politics, Romance, Science fiction, and historical

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