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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyBlood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van SertimaThe Frontlines of Peace by Severine Autesserre
Africa - Nonfiction
390 books — 162 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNext Year in Havana by Chanel CleetonThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
52 Book Club 2025: #15 - Includes Latin American History
182 books — 118 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Radical Thoughts for the 21st Century
206 books — 111 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
265 books — 106 voters

Sculpting in Time by Andrei TarkovskyHitchcock/Truffaut by François TruffautNotes on the Cinematographer by Robert BressonThe Magic Lantern by Ingmar BergmanMy Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
Best Books about The History of World Cinema
257 books — 104 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
353 books — 98 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
134 books — 95 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Social History
291 books — 86 voters

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
260 books — 85 voters
Spare Parts by Paul CraddockThe Story of Russia by Orlando FigesThe Nineties by Chuck KlostermanBad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle HernándezLast Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah Cohen
History Published in Year: 2022
713 books — 85 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesCommand and Control by Eric SchlosserHiroshima by John HerseyAmerican Prometheus by Kai BirdVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
History of the Nuclear Age
230 books — 82 voters
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy KidderGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterI, Robot by Isaac AsimovNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Essential Computer History and Information Revolution Books
107 books — 81 voters

Pleyn Delit by Sharon ButlerThe Medieval Kitchen by Odile RedonCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by ApiciusThe Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. WalkerMrs Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton
Historical Cookery
317 books — 78 voters
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen LevineMartin's Big Words by Doreen RappaportMoses by Carole Boston WeatherfordDave the Potter by Laban Carrick HillRosa by Nikki Giovanni
African American Picture Book Biographies
262 books — 71 voters

The Wager by David GrannThe Wounded World by Chad L. WilliamsInto Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceThe Dirty Tricks Department by John LisleWaco by Jeff Guinn
History Published in Year: 2023
685 books — 70 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History of disease
163 books — 68 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyCatching Fire by Richard W. WranghamCod by Mark KurlanskyAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom StandageEating the Empire by Troy Bickham
History through Food and Cooking (nonfiction)
243 books — 64 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirSalt by Mark KurlanskyBlack Folk by Blair L.M. KelleyThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Historical Nonfiction
303 books — 64 voters

The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteGame Change by John HeilemannThe Making of the President 1968 by Theodore H. WhiteWhat It Takes by Richard Ben CramerTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Books about U.S. Presidential Elections (nonfiction)
114 books — 63 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Ethnic/Cultural Memoirs
498 books — 61 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi
Books About Forgotten History - People and Events That Don't Get Taught in History Class
222 books — 58 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
This is the.......life
1,162 books — 57 voters

The Story of Philosophy by Will DurantLudwig Wittgenstein by Ray MonkMartin Heidegger by Rüdiger SafranskiNietzsche by Walter KaufmannKilling Time by Paul Karl Feyerabend
Biographies of Philosophers
146 books — 55 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGreat Expectations by Charles DickensLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Victoriana
89 books — 52 voters

Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
"Best" Political Reads
106 books — 52 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Trigger by Tim ButcherMad Love by Lynessa Layne
Recommended
116 books — 51 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Titles with 5 words or more
871 books — 48 voters
Among the Buildings That Touch the Sky- Philadelphia by Elaine A. KellyAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
General Press Bestsellers
31 books — 16 voters

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