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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sense of History (6 Lists)



The Rise of the West by William H. McNeillThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerUnderstanding Early Civilizations by Bruce G. TriggerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondEurope by Norman Davies
Best History Books
3,639 books — 3,670 voters
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Rise of the West by William H. McNeillOrigin Story by David ChristianMaps of Time by David Christian
Big History
265 books — 106 voters

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Inheritors by William Golding
Best Pre-History Fiction
195 books — 372 voters
The Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
507 books — 389 voters

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 950 voters
La Mésopotamie - De Gilgamesh à Artaban by Bertrand LafontBrotherhood of Kings by Amanda H. PodanyGilgamesh by Michael SchmidtThe Sumerian World by Harriet CrawfordUnderstanding Early Civilizations by Bruce G. Trigger
Best Books About Ancient History
448 books — 132 voters