History

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#2
American Lightning
American Lightning
  • Howard Blum
33 reads
#3
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind
  • Justin Pollard
  • Howard Reid
  • Simon Vance
41 read
#4
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City
  • Erik Larson
3.99586 reads
#5
John Adams
John Adams
  • David McCullough
4.3897 reads
#6
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
  • Lynne Truss
3.81139 reads
#7
Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.6499 reads
#8
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
  • Kate Summerscale
3.338 reads
#9
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.24155 reads
#10
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An Uncommon History of Common Courtesy

An Uncommon History of Common Courtesy: How Manners Shaped the World
  • Bethanne Patrick
00 reads
#11
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks
  • Amy Stewart
3.8336 reads
#12
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
  • John McWhorter
3.8426 reads
#13
The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
  • Thomas Hager
4.5512 reads
#14
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
  • Bee Wilson
31 read
#15
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
  • David McCullough
426 reads
#16
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Eva Peron

Eva Peron
  • Nicholas Fraser
  • Marysa Navarro
31 read
#17
Cover 7

The Poisoner's Handbook

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
  • Deborah Blum
41 read
#18
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
  • Erik Larson
3.94145 reads
#19
Alan Turing: the enigma
Alan Turing: the enigma
  • Andrew Hodges
3.8139 reads
#20
Unfamiliar Fishes
Unfamiliar Fishes
  • Sarah Vowell
3.8841 reads
#22
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
  • Erik Larson
42 reads
#23
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
  • Lars Brownworth
4.148 reads
#24
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
  • Chester Nez
  • Judith Schiess Avila
4.178 reads
#25
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
  • Margot Lee Shetterly
3.89148 reads
#26
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
  • Jennifer Wright
4.45 reads
#27
The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor
The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor
  • Ron Chernow
32 reads
#28
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Atomic Adventures

Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder
  • James Mahaffey
43 reads
#29
Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine
Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine
  • Tim Hanley
31 read
#30
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
  • David McCullough
4.4721 reads
#31
Christmas Eve, 1914
Christmas Eve, 1914
  • Charles Olivier
3.7718 reads
#32
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
  • Sarah Vowell
4.0939 reads
#33
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Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World

Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World
  • Scott McCormick
4.1814 reads
#34
The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon
The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon
  • Todd Zwillich
3.8826 reads
#35
The Half-Life of Marie Curie
The Half-Life of Marie Curie
  • Lauren Gunderson
3.7715 reads
#36
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
  • Jonathan Parshall
  • Anthony Tully
4.255 reads
#37
The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
  • Deborah Blum
42 reads
#38
History of Bourbon
History of Bourbon
  • Ken Albala
3.6914 reads
#39
The Dark Queens
The Dark Queens
  • Shelley Puhak
3.8611 reads
#40
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
  • David Mitchell
4.0569 reads