The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber & David Wengrow)

$38

in response to Minna Kelly

What are your all-time non-fiction selections? I'm weary of memoirs but maybe I'm missing out on a great one??? I love Patrick Radden Keefe and am not afraid of a 600+ page Guns of August-type moment either, please and thank you.

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It’s hard to describe how much I love this book. I grew up as a pop non-fiction reader, thinking about histories as linear and how we got to the proverbial “here” was simply a progression of “this happened, and so this happened, and that’s why this exists.” And, this book flips that.

Windsor Public Library

4 months ago

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@drosen7877Apr 26, 2026

David Graeber! His scholarship on debt is also great

Coco Quizon

@cocoquizonApr 26, 2026

Just finished that a few weeks back! There’s a school of anthropologists with strong critiques on his research on barter which I still need to read further into but I really enjoyed it!

@drosen7877Apr 26, 2026

curious about the critiques, too!

Minna Kelly

@her_factoryApr 26, 2026

My consciousness needs a shift. Very much looking forward to this, thank you!

Coco Quizon

@cocoquizonApr 27, 2026

Enjoy!!

Sky Fisher

@skyfisherApr 27, 2026

I literally bring up this book in every fourth video I make. It’s such an insane read.

Coco Quizon

@cocoquizonApr 27, 2026

As a follower of your work on insta, trust I appreciate it immensely!!!

Sky Fisher

@skyfisherApr 27, 2026

OH! Oh I’m delighted to hear 🥹

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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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Chad Nelson

“Not strictly ancient history, but lots of reflections on viewing archeological and anthropological records through non traditional points of view to shed a new light received history of why inequality exists in AngloEuropean societies. Very long, and I don’t always agree with their conclusions, but I found it fascinating.”