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#103
A History Of Scotland
A History Of Scotland
  • Neil Oliver
3.756 reads
#104
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Caligula

Caligula: A Biography
  • Aloys Winterling
  • Deborah Lucas Schneider (Translator)
  • Glenn W. Most (Translator)
  • Paul Psoinos (Translator)
00 reads
#105
Science secrets
Science secrets
  • Alberto A. Martinez
00 reads
#106
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Before the Revolution

Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts
  • Daniel K. Richter
31 read
#107
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
#108
Annoying
Annoying
  • Joe Palca
3.52 reads
#109
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World
  • Chris Stewart
  • Ted Stewart
3.333 reads
#110
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
  • Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
  • Yvon Thébert
  • Michel Rouche
  • Évelyne Patlagean
  • Peter Brown
41 read
#111
Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered
Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered
  • Peter S. Wells
01 read
#112
The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings
The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings
  • Richard Stemp
41 read
#113
Catholicism
Catholicism
  • Robert Barron
4.65 reads
#114
Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy
Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy
  • John Julius Norwich
23 reads
#115
Daily Life during the Black Death
Daily Life during the Black Death
  • Joseph P. Byrne
31 read
#116
The Greater Journey
The Greater Journey
  • David McCullough
3.7715 reads
#117
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
  • Charles C. Mann
4.19119 reads
#118
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
  • Rob Lowe
3.5935 reads
#119
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
  • Robert K. Massie
4.1945 reads
#120
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
  • David Bellos
32 reads
#121
The Great Sea
The Great Sea
  • David Abulafia
3.255 reads
#122
Life Itself
Life Itself
  • Roger Ebert
49 reads
#123
The Human Body
The Human Body
  • Isaac Asimov
00 reads
#124
The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
  • Isaac Asimov
51 read
#125
The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
  • Garth Sundem
2.53 reads
#126
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Civilization: The West and the Rest
  • Niall Ferguson
3.1911 reads
#127
Women in the Ancient World
Women in the Ancient World
  • Jenifer Neils
41 read
#128
1493
1493
  • Charles C. Mann
4.2140 reads
#129
How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
How to Build a Time Machine: The Real Science of Time Travel
  • Brian Clegg
21 read
#130
Great Christian Thinkers: From the Early Church through the Middle Ages
Great Christian Thinkers: From the Early Church through the Middle Ages
  • Pope Benedict XVI
51 read
#132
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
  • Candice Millard
4.3151 reads
#133
Ten popes who shook the world
Ten popes who shook the world
  • Eamon Duffy
00 reads
#134
Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
  • John Grant
41 read
#135
Sister queens
Sister queens
  • Julia Fox
52 reads
#136
Juliette Gordon Low
Juliette Gordon Low
  • Stacy A. Cordery
00 reads
#137
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
  • James Gleick
4.0712 reads
#138
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World in the Balance

World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
  • Robert P. Crease
35 reads
#139
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
  • Scott Miller
3.717 reads
#140
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
  • Mindy Kaling
3.66283 reads
#141
Vanished kingdoms the rise and fall of states and nations
Vanished kingdoms the rise and fall of states and nations
  • Norman Davies
32 reads
#142
The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
  • Nancy Marie Brown
00 reads
#143
Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
  • Rob Brooks
31 read
#144
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890-1914
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890-1914
  • Barbara W. Tuchman
31 read
#145
mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory
mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory
  • Will Pearson
  • Mangesh Hattikudur
41 read
#146
The Swerve
The Swerve
  • Stephen Greenblatt
3.6418 reads
#147
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
  • Tracy Borman
3.673 reads
#148
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
  • Steven D. Levitt
  • Stephen J. Dubner
3.81758 reads
#149
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
  • Susan Wise Bauer
4.1720 reads
#150
Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future
Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future
  • Ian Morris
3.719 reads
#151
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
  • Steven D. Levitt
  • Stephen J. Dubner
3.77174 reads
#152
Europe
Europe
  • Norman Davies
4.4215 reads
#153
The Isles: A History
The Isles: A History
  • Norman Davies
4.25 reads
#154
Clash of Crowns: William the Conqueror, Richard Lionheart, and Eleanor of Aquitaine―A Story of Bloodshed, Betrayal, and Revenge
Clash of Crowns: William the Conqueror, Richard Lionheart, and Eleanor of Aquitaine―A Story of Bloodshed, Betrayal, and Revenge
  • Mary McAuliffe
31 read
#155
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The Maid and the Queen

The Maid and the Queen
  • Nancy Goldstone
01 read
#156
Tales From Development Hell): The Greatest Movies Never Made?
Tales From Development Hell): The Greatest Movies Never Made?
  • David Hughes
31 read
#157
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The Wilder Life

The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
  • Wendy McClure
43 reads
#158
The Book for Dangerous Women: A Guide to Modern Life
The Book for Dangerous Women: A Guide to Modern Life
  • Clare Conville
  • Liz Hoggard
  • Sarah-Jane Lovett
00 reads
#159
Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
  • Julie Powell
22 reads
#160
The Story of English in 100 Words
The Story of English in 100 Words
  • David Crystal
3.255 reads
#161
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Becoming Queen Victoria

Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
  • Kate Williams
3.52 reads
#162
25 Movies to Mend a Broken Heart
25 Movies to Mend a Broken Heart
  • Roger Ebert
31 read
#163
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
  • Sam Kean
3.9420 reads
#164
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
  • Kate Summerscale
3.26 reads
#165
Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on More Than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on More Than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
  • Glenn Murphy
41 read
#166
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.719 reads
#167
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Homo Mysterious

Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
  • David Philip Barash
41 read
#168
The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory
The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory
  • Michael S. Malone
00 reads
#169
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
  • Edward Hollis
41 read
#170
Leonardo and the Last Supper
Leonardo and the Last Supper
  • Ross King
3.754 reads
#171
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
  • Diarmaid MacCulloch
3.719 reads
#172
Foundation: The History of England Volume I
Foundation: The History of England Volume I
  • Peter Ackroyd
3.7314 reads
#173
The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
  • Charles R. Morris
21 read
#174
Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters
Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters
  • Matt Kaplan
2.833 reads
#175
Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages
Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in the Middle Ages
  • John Freely
01 read
#176
Mankind
Mankind
  • Pamela D. Toler
00 reads
#177
The First Thousand Years
The First Thousand Years
  • Robert Louis Wilken
00 reads
#178
Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough
Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough
  • John J. Ross
31 read
#179
Ad Infinitum
Ad Infinitum
  • Nicholas Ostler
00 reads
#180
Why Catholics Are Right
Why Catholics Are Right
  • Michael Coren
21 read
#181
Mad science
Mad science
  • Randy Alfred
00 reads
#182
To marry an English Lord
To marry an English Lord
  • Gail MacColl
  • Carol Wallace
3.58 reads
#183
Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants
Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants
  • Alison Maloney
3.52 reads
#184
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What’s in a Word?

What’s in a Word?
  • Webb Garrison
31 read
#185
The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century
The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century
  • Paul Collins
00 reads
#186
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
  • Hugh Brewster
3.53 reads
#187
Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic
Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic
  • Daniel Allen Butler
42 reads
#188
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
  • Simon Garfield
3.2515 reads
#189
The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
  • Neil Shubin
3.755 reads
#190
Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome
Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome
  • Rita J. Markel
41 read
#191
Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things
Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things
  • John Grant
21 read
#192
Panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things.
Panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things.
  • Charles Panati
3.334 reads
#193
Angels and Ages: Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age
Angels and Ages: Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age
  • Adam Gopnik
21 read
#194
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses
  • Sarah Gristwood
31 read
#195
Holy bones, holy dust
Holy bones, holy dust
  • Charles Freeman
00 reads
#196
The Creation of Anne Boleyn
The Creation of Anne Boleyn
  • Susan Bordo
3.336 reads
#197
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
  • Marlene Zuk
3.439 reads
#198
The Year Without Summer
The Year Without Summer
  • William K. Klingaman
  • Nicholas P. Klingaman
31 read
#199
Holy Sh*t
Holy Sh*t
  • Melissa Mohr
45 reads
#200
My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
  • Brian Switek
4.333 reads
#201
The Lady and Her Monsters
The Lady and Her Monsters
  • Roseanne Montillo
2.754 reads
#202
The Real Jane Austen : A Life in Small Things
The Real Jane Austen : A Life in Small Things
  • Paula Byrne
3.85 reads
#203
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
  • Tom Standage
  • Ρούλα Κοκκολιού (Translator)
3.5838 reads