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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
545 books — 380 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
644 books — 280 voters

The Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen KentA Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Best of the Salem Witch Trials (fiction and nonfiction)
95 books — 193 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerEndurance by Alfred LansingShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Shipwrecks!
111 books — 96 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
FIFTY YEARS OF READING
177 books — 65 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettTales of the Alhambra by Washington IrvingDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraPoema de Mío Cid by AnonymousLa catedral del mar by Ildefonso Falcones
Mediterranean Melting Pot (I): Medieval Spain
139 books — 62 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaMetamorphoses by OvidOn Persephone's Island by Mary Taylor SimetiThe Republic by Plato
Mediterranean Melting Pot (II): Sicily
133 books — 51 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisMacy the Mermaid by Cindy FrelandHenry's Freedom Box by Ellen LevineWe are the Ship by Kadir Nelson
Civil Rights Books for Children
96 books — 41 voters

Helen Keller's Teacher by Margaret DavidsonThe Heart Has Reasons by Mark KlempnerEleanor Roosevelt by Ann WeilBen Franklin by Augusta StevensonGeorge Washington by Augusta Stevenson
Biographies for Kids
87 books — 37 voters
The Complete Works by Leonardo da VinciThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Power of Art by Simon SchamaVan Gogh's Women by Derek FellGerhard Richter by Gerhard Richter
Awesome Arts and Artists
21 books — 27 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe End of America by Naomi WolfThe Big Burn by Timothy EganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History is Survival
229 books — 26 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonCreating Black Americans by Nell Irvin PainterFreeman's Challenge by Robin Bernstein100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J.A. RogersMy Soul Is Rested by Howell Raines
African American History The Teacher's Bookshelf (nonfiction)
34 books — 25 voters

. . . If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth LevyCommon Sense by Thomas PaineThe Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the Ar... by Founding FathersThe 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon SkousenThe Making of America by W. Cleon Skousen
BOOKS FOR CONSTITUTION DAY
91 books — 23 voters
The Decline of African American Theology by Thabiti M. AnyabwileMorning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith GalliIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda BrentSlave Religion by Albert J. RaboteauAfrican-American Religion by Albert J. Raboteau
Heroes of Black Church History (nonfiction)
58 books — 16 voters

The German Empire, 1870-1918 by Michael StürmerThe Greatest Battle by Andrew NagorskiA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousWhen Money Dies by Adam FergussonCrimes and Mercies by James Bacque
Modern German History (nonfiction)
86 books — 13 voters
Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordMiles Davis and American Culture by Gerald EarlyMissouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston GreeneThe Dred Scott Decision by Brendan January"Ain't But a Place" by Gerald Early
African American History in Missouri (nonfiction)
42 books — 8 voters

Nimrod Illustrated by David M. WilsonDiscovery Illustrated by David M. WilsonEdward Wilson's Nature Notebooks by David M. WilsonCheltenham in Antarctica by David M. WilsonAntarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton by Reginald William Skelton
Antarctic Men Ships and Dogs
28 books — 8 voters
The Cotswolds Town and Village Guide by Peter TitchmarshBibury by Joanna E. DeeWalking to Canterbury by Jerry EllisA Cotswold Way of Life by Edward JewellThe Seven Shires Way by Elaine Steane
Walking the History of England (nonfiction)
42 books — 8 voters

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