In addition to textbooks, China history should be read: Historical Records by Sima Qian, History as a Mirror by Sima Guang (the above are the representative works of China's traditional historiography), Outline of National History by Qian Mu, Political Gains and Losses of China in Past Dynasties, Outline of China's History by Zhang Yinlin, General History of China by Lv Simian (the above are the representative works of historians of the Republic of China), and History of China by Cambridge for western sinology. Historical materialism should read Jane Bozan's Outline of China's History, Fan Wenlan's A Brief History of China and Bai Shouyi's General History of China. If you specialize in the ancient history of China, you should look at the official history of the relevant dynasties (that is, the Twenty-four History) and the factual records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. My major is the modern history of China. I want to see Tang Degang's Seventy Years of the Late Qing Dynasty and Hu Sheng's From the Opium War to the May 4th Movement.
World history should be read in the History of the Peloponnesian War written by Herodotus, the father of western historiography, the History of Rome written by Tito Levi (above is the representative work of ancient Greece and Rome), Louis XIV written by Voltaire, the History of England written by Macaulay, the Ancient Society written by Morgan and the History of European Civilization written by George (above) and the History of World Civilization written by Will Duran.
In the postgraduate stage, the majors will be divided into more details, and I will read more professional history books, so I won't go into details. In addition to reading the above books, we should broaden our knowledge and learn English and ancient Chinese well in order to truly understand university history. At the same time, we should persevere and learn in loneliness.