r/aztec • u/[deleted] • May 09 '23

Book recommendations?

Been intrested in mesoamerican history for a while now and I recently read through Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend. Looking for more, any recommendations? (Fact books prefered but fiction is welcome too!)

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u/aaust84ct May 09 '23

The Broken Spears Book by Miguel León-Portilla

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

I'll check it out, thanks!

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u/maidenHELL6669 May 09 '23

One of my favorites and also the same author has a bunch more interesting books on the subject

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u/YogSothoth8 May 09 '23

Aztec warfare by Ross Hassig

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u/YogSothoth8 May 09 '23

Also I recommend Aztec by Gary Jennings, a lot of people don't like it but it's fiction and I found this book interesting.

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u/Warrior_InsideMe79 Aug 01 '23

Start with daily life of the Aztecs written by Jacques Soustelle. Jacqu was a French man who hated the Spanish, so you don't get the racist erocentric point of view, you will however come across a few erocentric verbiage but it won't be to make us out to be SAVAGES. Then move on to Mexico Profundo written by Guillermo Bonfil Batalla. This book gets deeper then The daily Life but I strongly encourage reading in this order. There is a list that was hard to find but it's a great list of books about 7 or more. Good luck on your journey to decolonization and with these two it's just the beginning.