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Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#2
Byzantium
Byzantium
  • John Julius Norwich
4.674 reads
#3
Venice
Venice
  • John Julius Norwich
44 reads
#4
The Swerve
The Swerve
  • Stephen Greenblatt
3.6841 reads
#5
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine
  • Simon Price
  • Peter Thonemann
2.333 reads
#6
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
  • Simon Winder
3.86 reads
#7
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Byzantium

Byzantium: The Apogee
  • John Julius Norwich
51 read
#8
Empire
Empire
  • Niall Ferguson
3.516 reads
#9
Goliath
Goliath
  • Matt Stoller
4.37 reads
#10
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Walter Isaacson
4.17115 reads
#11
The Darkening Age
The Darkening Age
  • Catherine Nixey
412 reads
#12
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Full Circle

Full Circle: How the Classical World Came Back to Us
  • Ferdinand Mount
00 reads
#13
A History of the Talmud
A History of the Talmud
  • David Kraemer
41 read
#14
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
  • Philip Dray
02 reads
#15
For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
  • Sarah Rose
32 reads
#16
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
  • Chris Wickham
3.579 reads
#17
China: A History
China: A History
  • John Keay
35 reads
#18
One man against the world
One man against the world
  • Tim Weiner
3.754 reads
#19
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Peter H. Wilson
3.55 reads
#20
The Path to Power
The Path to Power
  • Robert A. Caro
4.6739 reads
#21
To Rule the Waves
To Rule the Waves
  • Arthur Herman
00 reads
#22
Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.6499 reads
#23
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
  • Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.0527 reads
#24
Constantine's Sword
Constantine's Sword
  • James Carroll
41 read
#25
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
  • Paul Strathern
3.6312 reads
#26
Rise and Kill First
Rise and Kill First
  • Ronen Bergman
4.2920 reads
#27
Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
  • Mark Greengrass
21 read
#28
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Aristotle's Children

Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages
  • Richard E. Rubenstein
00 reads
#29
The Map of Knowledge
The Map of Knowledge
  • Violet Moller
32 reads
#30
Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
  • Simon Winder
35 reads
#31
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Germania

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History
  • Simon Winder
02 reads
#32
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
  • Mary Beard
3.99147 reads
#33
Enemies
Enemies
  • Tim Weiner
4.333 reads
#34
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The Origin

The Origin
  • Irving Stone
00 reads
#35
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Irving Stone
4.1735 reads
#36
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
  • Stephen Brusatte
4.17113 reads
#37
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
  • Bill Bryson
4136 reads
#38
The Hindus: An Alternative History
The Hindus: An Alternative History
  • Wendy Doniger
32 reads
#39
Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
  • Andy Ferguson
00 reads
#40
On China
On China
  • Henry Kissinger
4.1814 reads
#41
Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama
Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama
  • Dennis Ross
00 reads
#42
Yiddish Civilisation
Yiddish Civilisation
  • Paul Kriwaczek
32 reads
#43
From Dawn to Decadence
From Dawn to Decadence
  • Jacques Barzun
47 reads
#44
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God's Playground

God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795
  • Norman Davies
3.674 reads
#45
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
  • Daniel Gordis
4.255 reads
#46
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
  • Darío Fernández-Morera
31 read
#47
Sword and Scimitar
Sword and Scimitar
  • Raymond Ibrahim
00 reads
#48
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
  • Thomas Asbridge
4.139 reads
#49
A Distant Mirror:  The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
  • Barbara W. Tuchman
4.1433 reads
#50
Anti-Judaism
Anti-Judaism
  • David Nirenberg
51 read
#51
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Heavenly Powers

Heavenly Powers: Unraveling the Secret History of the Kabbalah
  • Neil Asher Silberman
00 reads
#52
Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It
Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It
  • Burton L. Visotzky
21 read
#53
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Capitalism in America

Capitalism in America
  • Alan Greenspan
  • Adrian Wooldridge
52 reads
#54
Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World
Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World
  • Robert M. Gates
3.52 reads
#55
The Fate of Rome
The Fate of Rome
  • Kyle Harper
4.386 reads
#56
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
  • Neil Price
4.1927 reads
#57
King Leopold's Ghost
King Leopold's Ghost
  • Adam Hochschild
4.3776 reads
#58
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France

France
  • John Julius Norwich
42 reads
#59
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
  • Charles C. Mann
4.19119 reads
#60
Dominion
Dominion
  • Tom Holland
4.3320 reads
#61
Shutdown
Shutdown
  • Adam Tooze
4.52 reads
#62
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Europe

Europe: Was It Ever Really Christian?
  • Anton Wessels
00 reads
#63
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
  • William Dalrymple
4.0637 reads
#64
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Crucible of War

Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
  • Fred Anderson
01 read
#65
The Reformation: A History
The Reformation: A History
  • Diarmaid MacCulloch
3.839 reads
#66
The Bright Ages
The Bright Ages
  • Matthew Gabriele
  • David M. Perry
3.3512 reads
#67
Tomorrow, the World
Tomorrow, the World
  • Stephen Wertheim
43 reads
#68
The Cold War: A World History
The Cold War: A World History
  • Odd Arne Westad
4.147 reads
#69
Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
  • Serhii Plokhy
43 reads
#70
The Deluge
The Deluge
  • Adam Tooze
54 reads
#71
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
  • Peter Zeihan
3.8535 reads
#72
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome
  • Robin Lane Fox
41 read
#73
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
  • Ian Mortimer
3.8339 reads
#74
The Year 1000
The Year 1000
  • Robert Lacey
  • Danny Danziger
3.7810 reads
#75
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
  • Yuval Noah Harari
4.221,254 reads
#76
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
  • Lawrence James
02 reads
#77
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The Shortest History of China

The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower—A Retelling for Our Times
  • Linda Jaivin
00 reads
#78
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
  • Howard W. French
4.386 reads
#79
Geography Is Destiny
Geography Is Destiny
  • Ian Morris
3.333 reads
#80
A Brief History of Slavery
A Brief History of Slavery
  • Jeremy Black
00 reads
#81
The Earth Is Weeping
The Earth Is Weeping
  • Peter Cozzens
56 reads
#82
The Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War
  • C.V. Wedgwood
4.310 reads
#83
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857
  • William Dalrymple
4.338 reads
#84
Legacy of Violence : A History of the British Empire
Legacy of Violence : A History of the British Empire
  • Caroline Elkins
3.753 reads
#85
After Tamerlane
After Tamerlane
  • John Darwin
40 reads
#86
Four Princes
Four Princes
  • John Julius Norwich
3.336 reads
#87
The Ancient City
The Ancient City
  • Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
01 read
#88
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The Making of Eastern Europe

The Making of Eastern Europe: From Prehistory to Postcommunism
  • Philip Longworth
00 reads
#89
The Ornament of the World
The Ornament of the World
  • María Rosa Menocal
2.52 reads
#90
An Empire on the Edge
An Empire on the Edge
  • Nick Bunker
51 read
#91
Poland: The First Thousand Years
Poland: The First Thousand Years
  • Patrice M. Dabrowski
00 reads
#92
The Secret History of Christmas
The Secret History of Christmas
  • Bill Bryson
3.754 reads
#93
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
  • Henry Kamen
02 reads
#94
Imperial China, 900-1800
Imperial China, 900-1800
  • Frederick W. Mote
02 reads
#95
The Mughal throne
The Mughal throne
  • Abraham Eraly
01 read
#96
The Napoleonic Wars : A Global History
The Napoleonic Wars : A Global History
  • Alexander Mikaberidze
4.757 reads
#97
A History of the Byzantine State and Society
A History of the Byzantine State and Society
  • Warren Treadgold
00 reads
#98
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Under Crescent and Cross

Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages
  • Mark R. Cohen
01 read
#99
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
  • John Darwin
02 reads
#100
A New World Begins
A New World Begins
  • Jeremy D. Popkin
4.57 reads
#101
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
  • Jack Weatherford
4.1585 reads