There Are Rivers in the Sky

Why it’s on the list: One drop of water links a Victorian scholar of cuneiform, a Yazidi girl in 2014 Iraq, and a hydrologist on the Thames — Nineveh, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Tigris as the connective tissue.

Where I saw it: A reply to @moseskagan’s question on X, April 13, 2025 — “What historical fiction should I read next?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/moseskagan/status/1911280597928231261

Connections

• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• Historical Fiction · Literature — where this sits in the corpus.