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#504
The Light Ages
The Light Ages
  • Seb Falk
4.27 reads
#505
Death by Shakespeare
Death by Shakespeare
  • Kathryn Harkup
3.677 reads
#506
The City on the Thames: The Creation of a World Capital: A History of London
The City on the Thames: The Creation of a World Capital: A History of London
  • Simon Jenkins
31 read
#507
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
  • Adrian Goldsworthy
4.087 reads
#508
Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years
Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years
  • Ian Mortimer
3.53 reads
#509
The Delusions of Crowds
The Delusions of Crowds
  • William J. Bernstein
00 reads
#510
The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease
The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease
  • Charles Kenny
3.673 reads
#511
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
  • Simon Winchester
3.756 reads
#512
Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
  • Tori Telfer
3.4510 reads
#513
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The Habsburgs

The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
  • Martyn Rady
4.26 reads
#514
Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization
Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization
  • Meredith Small
21 read
#515
Four Lost Cities
Four Lost Cities
  • Annalee Newitz
3.6938 reads
#516
A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe
A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe
  • Johannes Krause
  • Thomas Trappe
  • Caroline Waight (Translator)
3.53 reads
#517
Princes of the Renaissance
Princes of the Renaissance
  • Mary Hollingsworth
31 read
#518
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
  • Julian Sancton
4.2633 reads
#519
Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
  • Simon Winder
35 reads
#520
The Age of Wood
The Age of Wood
  • Roland Ennos
3.754 reads
#521
One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927
  • Bill Bryson
4.0373 reads
#522
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
  • Gideon Defoe
3.255 reads
#523
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
  • Joseph J. Ellis
44 reads
#524
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
  • Niall Ferguson
3.68 reads
#525
The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
  • Marc Morris
4.1215 reads
#526
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Uncrowned Queen

Uncrowned Queen: The Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudors
  • Nicola Tallis
00 reads
#527
The Woman They Could Not Silence
The Woman They Could Not Silence
  • Kate Moore
4.3327 reads
#528
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
  • Sam Kean
3.6729 reads
#529
Elizabeth & Margaret
Elizabeth & Margaret
  • Andrew Morton
43 reads
#530
How to Survive in Medieval England
How to Survive in Medieval England
  • Toni Mount
22 reads
#531
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
  • Emma Southon
422 reads
#532
The Exotic
The Exotic
  • Hampton Sides
31 read
#533
Queens of the Crusades
Queens of the Crusades
  • Alison Weir
35 reads
#534
The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World
The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World
  • Arthur Herman
00 reads
#535
Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
  • Gemma Hollman
3.46 reads
#536
Metropolis
Metropolis
  • Ben Wilson
47 reads
#537
Maiden Voyages
Maiden Voyages
  • Siân Evans
3.52 reads
#538
Innovation
Innovation
  • Peter Ackroyd
00 reads
#539
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
  • John M. Barry
31 read
#540
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
  • Anderson Cooper
4.53 reads
#541
Powers and Thrones
Powers and Thrones
  • Dan Jones
420 reads
#542
Girly Drinks
Girly Drinks
  • Mallory O'Meara
412 reads
#543
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In the Shadow of the Empress

In the Shadow of the Empress
  • Nancy Goldstone
00 reads
#544
When Women Ruled the World
When Women Ruled the World
  • Maureen Quilligan
42 reads
#545
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
  • William Cronon
44 reads
#546
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
  • Matt Siegel
41 read
#547
The Bright Ages
The Bright Ages
  • Matthew Gabriele
  • David M. Perry
3.3512 reads
#548
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
  • Eric Jay Dolin
4.55 reads
#549
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The Greeks

The Greeks: A Global History
  • Roderick Beaton
00 reads
#550
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The Shadow King

The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
  • Lauren Johnson
31 read
#551
Twelve Caesars
Twelve Caesars
  • Mary Beard
3.674 reads
#552
Otherlands
Otherlands
  • Thomas Halliday
4.1518 reads
#553
A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
  • Chad Orzel
33 reads
#554
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George V

George V: Never a Dull Moment
  • Jane Ridley
00 reads
#555
New Rome: The Empire in the East
New Rome: The Empire in the East
  • Paul Stephenson
01 read
#556
Doctoring the Black Death: Medieval Europe's Medical Response to Plague
Doctoring the Black Death: Medieval Europe's Medical Response to Plague
  • John Aberth
41 read
#557
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
    22 reads
    #558
    Music Is History
    Music Is History
    • Questlove
    3.252 reads
    #559
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    The Nineties

    The Nineties: A Book
    • Chuck Klosterman
    413 reads
    #560
    The Dark Queens
    The Dark Queens
    • Shelley Puhak
    3.8611 reads
    #561
    The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830
    The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830
    • Ian Mortimer
    42 reads
    #562
    Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery
    Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery
    • Ira Rutkow
    3.754 reads
    #563
    The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
    The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
    • Bill Bryson
    3.259 reads
    #564
    The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
    The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
    • Dean Jobb
    3.678 reads
    #565
    The End of the River
    The End of the River
    • Simon Winchester
    41 read
    #566
    Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
    Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
    • Tracy Borman
    42 reads
    #567
    The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
    The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
    • Steve Brusatte
    4.2924 reads
    #568
    France
    France
    • Graham Robb
    33 reads
    #569
    The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty
    The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty
    • Sarah Gristwood
    00 reads
    #570
    Napoleon's Buttons
    Napoleon's Buttons
    • Penny Le Couteur
    • Jay Burreson
    3.53 reads
    #571
    The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
    The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
    • Lindsey Fitzharris
    4.255 reads
    #572
    The Monster's Bones
    The Monster's Bones
    • David K. Randall
    3.8911 reads
    #573
    Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
    Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
    • Richard Cohen
    31 read
    #575
    A History of the World in 100 Animals
    A History of the World in 100 Animals
    • Simon Barnes
    31 read
    #576
    Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails
    Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails
    • Camper English
    41 read
    #577
    The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
    The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
    • Dhun Sethna
    21 read
    #578
    Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
    Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
    • Leanda de Lisle
    41 read
    #579
    Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience
    Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience
    • Stephen Sagar
    31 read
    #580
    Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century
    Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century
    • Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
    00 reads
    #581
    España: A Brief History of Spain
    España: A Brief History of Spain
    • Giles Tremlett
    45 reads
    #582
    The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
    The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
    • Bill Shaffer
    01 read
    #583
    The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder
    The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder
    • Linda Stratmann
    22 reads
    #584
    Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
    Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
    • Anthony Everitt
    42 reads
    #585
    Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
    Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
    • Dan Flores
    4.57 reads
    #586
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
    • James Vincent
    3.29 reads
    #587
    The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
    The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
    • Tore Skeie
    • Alison McCullough (Translator)
    3.85 reads
    #588
    Queens of the Age of Chivalry: England's Medieval Queens
    Queens of the Age of Chivalry: England's Medieval Queens
    • Alison Weir
    31 read
    #589
    Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him
    Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him
    • Tracy Borman
    41 read
    #590
    Plagues Upon the Earth
    Plagues Upon the Earth
    • Kyle Harper
    4.26 reads
    #591
    Butts: A Backstory
    Butts: A Backstory
    • Heather Radke
    3.7330 reads
    #592
    Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
    Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
    • William Alexander
    42 reads
    #593
    Geography Is Destiny
    Geography Is Destiny
    • Ian Morris
    3.333 reads
    #594
    Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
    Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
    • Martin Puchner
    43 reads
    #595
    The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
    The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
    • Charles Freeman
    00 reads
    #596
    Blood, Fire  Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
    Blood, Fire Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
    • Estelle Paranque
    00 reads
    #597
    Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
    Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
    • Julia Cooke
    3.2318 reads
    #598
    Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
    Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
    • Joshua Zeitz
    44 reads
    #599
    The Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome: A Guide to the Classical Pantheon
    The Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome: A Guide to the Classical Pantheon
    • Philip Matyszak
    00 reads
    #600
    White: The History of a Color
    White: The History of a Color
    • Michel Pastoureau
    • Jody Gladding (Translator)
    00 reads
    #601
    The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
    The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
    • Eleanor Janega
    4.27 reads
    #602
    Femina
    Femina
    • Janina Ramírez
    3.8310 reads
    #603
    Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
    Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
    • Francine Prose
    31 read
    #604
    Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy
    Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy
    • Tessa Dunlop
    32 reads