I (like I'm sure most of us do) love history. Are there any books that fall in the EU4 date range that you would recommend?
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You might want to be a bit more specific.
Are you looking for actual history books, papers about specific persons or countries, maybe even a novel?
What is your interest: Economy, Culture, Art?; should the focus be on people (commoners or aristocrats?) or on the countries itself?
Which era specifically (not much literature will cover the full ~400 years)
What region do you want to read about? Or should it be something like a comparison between Europe and Asia (a lot of those exist for the 18th and 19th century)
Here's one book I can recommend: Geschichte Chinas
It's a good overview for China from around 10th century BCE until today. Focus is mostly historical but also some explanations about chinese culture.
Oh, it's in german - this is another thing you should specify: which languages do you understand?
Are you looking for actual history books, papers about specific persons or countries, maybe even a novel?
What is your interest: Economy, Culture, Art?; should the focus be on people (commoners or aristocrats?) or on the countries itself?
Which era specifically (not much literature will cover the full ~400 years)
What region do you want to read about? Or should it be something like a comparison between Europe and Asia (a lot of those exist for the 18th and 19th century)
Here's one book I can recommend: Geschichte Chinas
It's a good overview for China from around 10th century BCE until today. Focus is mostly historical but also some explanations about chinese culture.
Oh, it's in german - this is another thing you should specify: which languages do you understand?
EU4 expanded: The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years - Bernard Lewis. I love it, it's a different kind of historical book. The guy is a middle east/Islam expert.
The Pursuit of Glory : Europe 1648-1815 by Tim Blanning. Describes the Second half of EUIV period really well.
I read this summer "After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000" by John Darwin, Absolutely amazing. It covers every major empire of the world after the Timurids. So it follows pretty much all the EU4 timeline everywhere in the world. It ends in modern day, though (about half of the book is after EU4 ends)
I remember reading A World Lit Only By Fire ages ago in high school. It's about the end of the medieval era and early Renaissance, and Magellan's voyage.
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts has been a very good read 
Obviously, though, it’s a very narrow focus. But it gives great insight on the life, motivations, and events surrounding one of the largest historical figures of the period.
Obviously, though, it’s a very narrow focus. But it gives great insight on the life, motivations, and events surrounding one of the largest historical figures of the period.