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Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
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#1
The story of the scrolls
The story of the scrolls
  • Géza Vermès
00 reads
#1
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
  • Margalit Fox
4.389 reads
#1
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
  • Sam Kean
3.9683 reads
#1
Defining the Wind
Defining the Wind
  • Scott Huler
42 reads
#1
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
  • Sam Kean
4.0527 reads
#1
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
  • Melvyn Bragg
3.8611 reads
#1
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
  • Terry L. Hunt
  • Carl Lipo
42 reads
#1
Island on Fire
Island on Fire
  • Alexandra Witze
  • Jeff Kanipe
4.52 reads
#1
Shadow Divers
Shadow Divers
  • Robert Kurson
4.2649 reads
#1
Lost on Everest : The Search for Mallory and Irvine
Lost on Everest : The Search for Mallory and Irvine
  • Peter Firstbrook
42 reads
#1
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
  • Charles Seife
3.6322 reads
#1
Newton and the Counterfeiter
Newton and the Counterfeiter
  • Thomas Levenson
3.8810 reads
#1
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
  • Jack Weatherford
4.1585 reads
#1
The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt
  • Candice Millard
4.1335 reads
#1
The History of Science: 1700-1900
The History of Science: 1700-1900
  • Frederick Gregory
4.54 reads
#1
The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World
The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World
  • Fiammetta Rocco
43 reads
#1
Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever
Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever
  • Geoff Williams
41 read
#1
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
  • Jared Diamond
3.8589 reads
#1
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
  • David von Drehle
  • Dave Von Drehle
46 reads
#1
Garbage Land
Garbage Land
  • Elizabeth Royte
42 reads
#1
Cover 3

World in the Balance

World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
  • Robert P. Crease
35 reads
#1
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
#1
Parting the desert
Parting the desert
  • Zachary
31 read
#1
Victoria's Daughters
Victoria's Daughters
  • Jerrold M. Packard
45 reads
#1
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World
  • Steven Brindle
3.52 reads
#1
The Ice Balloon
The Ice Balloon
  • Alec Wilkinson
3.754 reads
#1
Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead
Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead
  • Lydia Denworth
41 read
#1
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
  • Brian Hicks
  • Schuyler Kropf
41 read
#1
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
  • Daniel Lenihan
41 read
#1
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
  • James Holland
32 reads
#1
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
  • Simon Singh
4.17107 reads
#1
The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
  • Robert D. Ballard
  • Will Hively
41 read
#1
Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
  • James Mahaffey
4.59 reads
#1
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
  • John Steele Gordon
42 reads
#1
Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
  • Wendy Orent
41 read
#1
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
  • Thomas Goetz
3.52 reads
#1
The Mechanical Turk
The Mechanical Turk
  • Tom Standage
41 read
#1
Cover 5

The Age of Daredevils

The Age of Daredevils
  • Michael Clarkson
43 reads
#1
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
#1
Milk : The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
Milk : The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
  • Anne Mendelson
52 reads
#1
How Great Science Fiction Works
How Great Science Fiction Works
  • Gary K. Wolfe
3.58 reads
#1
Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
  • Stephen Puleo
35 reads
#1
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
  • David P. Clark
43 reads
#1
The History of Classical Music
The History of Classical Music
  • Richard Fawkes
41 read
#1
Young Men and Fire
Young Men and Fire
  • Norman Maclean
4.148 reads
#1
Cover 8

Archaeology and the Iliad

Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History
    52 reads
    #1
    A History of the World in 6 Glasses
    A History of the World in 6 Glasses
    • Tom Standage
    • Ρούλα Κοκκολιού (Translator)
    3.5838 reads
    #1
    Lonely Vigil
    Lonely Vigil
    • Walter Lord
    41 read
    #1
    The Lighthouse Stevensons
    The Lighthouse Stevensons
    • Bella Bathurst
    4.52 reads
    #1
    Cover 6

    History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

    History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration
    • Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
    01 read
    #1
    Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
    Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
    • Dava Sobel
    4.05124 reads
    #1
    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
    • Siddhartha Mukherjee
    4.24155 reads
    #1
    This book is overdue!
    This book is overdue!
    • Marilyn Johnson
    3.611 reads
    #1
    The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
    The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
    • Deborah Blum
    4.0550 reads
    #1
    Buried Alive
    Buried Alive
    • Jan Bondeson
    3.52 reads
    #1
    The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
    The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
    • Jonathan Haidt
    4.3255 reads
    #1
    Chasing Venus
    Chasing Venus
    • Andrea Wulf
    3.54 reads
    #1
    Salt: A World History
    Salt: A World History
    • Mark Kurlansky
    3.6499 reads
    #1
    Flower Confidential
    Flower Confidential
    • Amy Stewart
    3.333 reads
    #1
    Shrimp : The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
    Shrimp : The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
    • Jack Rudloe
    • Anne Rudloe
    43 reads
    #1
    Command and Control
    Command and Control
    • Eric Schlosser
    3.9632 reads
    #1
    Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
    Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
    • Mark Stevens
    2.674 reads
    #1
    The Great Hurricane 1938
    The Great Hurricane 1938
    • Cherie Burns
    41 read
    #1
    Cover 3

    Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine

    Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age
    • Julie M. Fenster
    31 read
    #1
    At Home: A Short History of Private Life
    At Home: A Short History of Private Life
    • Bill Bryson
    4137 reads
    #1
    Banana
    Banana
    • Dan Koeppel
    3.799 reads
    #1
    The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
    The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
    • Kara Cooney
    3.8317 reads