Reading is wonderful, but everything we read must be put in perspective. You certainly don't believe everything you read. And I suspect you seek material you have interest in and find agreeable. You label everything else as trash, under what authority?

History written by men is subjected to the bias and prejudice of man. It's revised again and again by men attempting to mold the 'truth' to fit their belief system. Humans are terribly imperfect in the documentation of events. There is no absolute truth unless you witness an event for yourself.

The Bible and other religious text are the primary sources of many historian's bias. Do you believe the Koran is trash?