The Last 10 Books (I added to my Wish List) - April 2026 

It’s been reasonably quiet on my Wish List – adding-wise anyway – during the last month. As usual, the additions have been prompted by YouTube prompts, paperback upgrades and the odd in-book reference or bibliographic entry from whatever I’ve been reading at the time. So, the latest are:  

A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow by Simon Morrison 

Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer 

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen 

The Word: On the Translation of the Bible by John Barton 

A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths by John Barton 

What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Fara Dabhoiwala 

Norway's War: A People’s Struggle Against Nazi Tyranny, 1940–45 by Robert Ferguson 

The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History by Odd Arne Westad 

Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War by Jane Rogoyska 

Mary Wollstonecraft: A Very Short Introduction by E. J. Clery 

That’s a slightly unusual mix for me this time with the usual History heavy bias displaced by politics and religion. We’ll see just how long it takes to get around to any of them! I think the average is 2-5 years, so....