For me for example its “Eat me - a natural and unnatural history of cannibalism” by Bill Schutt. Its an amazing book that covers cannibalism in animals and then the history of it in humans (cultural, survival & medicinal cannibalism).
I got a lot of “oh why would someone read something like that?” And “that not something fun to read about!” From relatives but my friends enjoyed the stuff that I could tell them about cannibalism!
May I recommend not one but two books?
First, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman. It’s a history of Europe in 1347, the year when the Black Death decimated parts of the continent.
Next, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buhlman. It reads like a Ren Faire insult comic read Tuchman and was inspired. It’s a horror novel with a group of folks trying to get to the pope in Avignon for important reasons while the Plauge plagues around them and the forces of heaven and hell battle.
Tysm!! I’ll save this, and add them to my list! Thank you for your reply 🤗