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#705
The Monster's Bones
The Monster's Bones
  • David K. Randall
3.8911 reads
#706
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
  • Richard Cohen
31 read
#708
A History of the World in 100 Animals
A History of the World in 100 Animals
  • Simon Barnes
31 read
#709
How Fast Did T. Rex Run?
How Fast Did T. Rex Run?
  • David Hone
00 reads
#710
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
#711
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
  • Randall Munroe
4.32122 reads
#712
The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
  • Dhun Sethna
21 read
#713
Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
  • Leanda de Lisle
41 read
#714
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
  • Lucy Worsley
3.333 reads
#715
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
  • Antonio Padilla
44 reads
#716
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
#717
Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century
Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century
  • Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
00 reads
#718
España: A Brief History of Spain
España: A Brief History of Spain
  • Giles Tremlett
45 reads
#719
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
#720
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder
  • Linda Stratmann
22 reads
#721
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
  • Anthony Everitt
42 reads
#722
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
#723
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
  • James Vincent
3.29 reads
#724
Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
  • Gareth Russell
4.52 reads
#725
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
#726
Queens of the Age of Chivalry: England's Medieval Queens
Queens of the Age of Chivalry: England's Medieval Queens
  • Alison Weir
31 read
#727
The Queen: Her Life
The Queen: Her Life
  • Andrew Morton
00 reads
#728
Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him
Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him
  • Tracy Borman
41 read
#729
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
  • Matthew Perry
3.66208 reads
#730
Pump
Pump
  • Bill Schutt
31 read
#731
Plagues Upon the Earth
Plagues Upon the Earth
  • Kyle Harper
4.26 reads
#732
Butts: A Backstory
Butts: A Backstory
  • Heather Radke
3.7330 reads
#733
How to Survive a Horror Movie
How to Survive a Horror Movie
  • Seth Grahame-Smith
413 reads
#734
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
  • Dan Levitt
4.52 reads
#735
The King: The Life of Charles III
The King: The Life of Charles III
  • Christopher Andersen
00 reads
#736
Full Spectrum How the Science of Color Made Us Modern
Full Spectrum How the Science of Color Made Us Modern
  • Adam Rogers
31 read
#737
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
  • William Alexander
42 reads
#738
Geography Is Destiny
Geography Is Destiny
  • Ian Morris
3.333 reads
#739
The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
  • Carla Valentine
35 reads
#740
What the Ear Hears
What the Ear Hears
  • Richard Mainwaring
32 reads
#741
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
#742
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
#743
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
#744
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
#745
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
#746
White: The History of a Color
White: The History of a Color
  • Michel Pastoureau
  • Jody Gladding (Translator)
00 reads
#747
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
#748
Femina
Femina
  • Janina Ramírez
3.8310 reads
#749
Spare
Spare
  • Prince Harry
3.64257 reads
#750
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
  • Francine Prose
31 read
#751
But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
  • Kristen Lopez
2.674 reads
#752
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
  • Peter Frankopan
42 reads
#753
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
  • Simon Winchester
3.56 reads
#754
Half Lives The Unlikely History of Radium
Half Lives The Unlikely History of Radium
  • Lucy Jane Santos
33 reads
#755
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
  • Peter Heather
41 read
#756
The World: A Family History of Humanity
The World: A Family History of Humanity
  • Simon Sebag Montefiore
3.334 reads
#757
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
  • Jonathan Healey
4.333 reads
#758
The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
  • Martyn Rady
4.255 reads
#759
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
  • Tracy Borman
00 reads
#760
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
  • David Grann
4.12327 reads
#761
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
  • Adam Rutherford
48 reads
#762
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
  • Tom Reiss
  • Gabriel Stoian (Translator)
3.7338 reads
#763
The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives
The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives
  • Naoíse Mac Sweeney
00 reads
#764
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
  • Jonathan Kennedy
3.925 reads
#765
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
  • Kenneth W. Harl
32 reads
#766
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
  • Dean Jobb
31 read
#767
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Germany in the World

Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000
  • David Blackbourn
3.52 reads
#768
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
  • David Grann
4.15483 reads
#769
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
  • Natasha Tidd
3.254 reads
#770
100 Places to See After You Die
100 Places to See After You Die
  • Ken Jennings
3.385 reads
#771
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
  • Hannah Carlson
31 read
#772
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
    32 reads
    #773
    Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
    Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
    • Philip Plait
    4.177 reads
    #774
    The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird
    The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird
    • Dan Schreiber
    3.634 reads
    #775
    Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
    Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
    • David Mitchell
    4.0569 reads
    #776
    Emperor of Rome
    Emperor of Rome
    • Mary Beard
    3.7915 reads
    #777
    Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe
    Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe
    • John Guy
    • Julia Fox
    31 read
    #778
    Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
    Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
    • Leah Redmond Chang
    4.176 reads
    #779
    The One Thing You Need to Know: 21 Key Scientific Concepts of the 21st Century
    The One Thing You Need to Know: 21 Key Scientific Concepts of the 21st Century
    • Marcus Chown
    41 read
    #780
    The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
    The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
    • Douglas Preston
    3.816 reads
    #781
    18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
    18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
    • Bruce Goldfarb
    3.758 reads
    #782
    Traitor King
    Traitor King
    • Andrew Lownie
    00 reads
    #783
    American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America
    American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America
    • Martyn Whittock
    31 read
    #784
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    The Duchess Countess

    The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London
    • Catherine Ostler
    31 read
    #785
    The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
    The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
    • Sarah Ogilvie
    45 reads
    #786
    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    • Katherine Howe
    4.17 reads
    #787
    A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
    A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
    • Emma Southon
    31 read
    #788
    Pax
    Pax
    • Tom Holland
    32 reads
    #789
    On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down
    On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down
    • James Fell
    42 reads
    #790
    60 Songs That Explain the '90s
    60 Songs That Explain the '90s
    • Rob Harvilla
    3.439 reads
    #791
    Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World
    Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World
    • Joe Roman
    34 reads
    #792
    American Midnight
    American Midnight
    • Adam Hochschild
    4.4513 reads
    #793
    The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
    The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
    • Gareth Russell
    33 reads
    #794
    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
    • Kai Bird
    • Martin J. Sherwin
    4.1897 reads
    #795
    How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
    How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
    • Cody Cassidy
    3.677 reads
    #796
    You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
    You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
    • Marcia A. Zug
    3.254 reads
    #797
    Karma: My Autobiography
    Karma: My Autobiography
    • Boy George
    32 reads
    #798
    The Secret Life of Hidden Places
    The Secret Life of Hidden Places
    • Stefan Bachmann
    • April Genevieve Tucholke
    42 reads
    #799
    All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
    All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
    • Elizabeth Comen
    3.7510 reads
    #800
    Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
    Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
    • Natalie Haynes
    4.0817 reads
    #801
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    Pleased to Meet Me

    Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
    • Bill Sullivan
    00 reads
    #802
    Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
    Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
    • Marion Gibson
    3.569 reads
    #803
    Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class
    Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class
    • Michael Gross
    32 reads
    #804
    Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History
    Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History
    • Philippa Gregory
    4.54 reads
    #805
    Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown
    Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown
    • Nicola Tallis
    31 read