Mesoamerica
1. 
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by:
Charles C. Mann
4.05 avg rating — 93,188 ratings 
6. 
An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya 4.12 avg rating — 291 ratings
7. 
A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
by:
Linda Schele
3.96 avg rating — 534 ratings 
9. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,876 ratings 10. 
Aztec Thought and Culture (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) (Volume 67) 4.11 avg rating — 314 ratings
12. 
Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
by:
Buddy Levy
4.30 avg rating — 4,794 ratings 
21. 
26. 
The Prehistory of Chalchuapa, El Salvador, 3 volumes
by:
Robert J. Sharer
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
28. 
28. 
A Maya Grammar: With Bibliography and Appraisement of the Works Noted 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
28. 
34. 
Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices and Visions of the Living Maya
by:
Dennis Tedlock
4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings 
37. 
Ancient Mexico: The History and Culture of the Maya, Aztecs and Other Pre-Columbian Peoples
by:
Longhena María
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings 
39. 
Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World
by:
Nelson Foster
3.98 avg rating — 61 ratings 39. 
Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas
by:
Rebecca R. Stone
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 
45. 
Ethnic Identity in Nahua Mesoamerica: The View from Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, and Contemporary Ethnography really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
45. 
Human Body Human Spirit: A Portrait of Ancient Mexico
by:
Carolyn E. Tate
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 47. 
The Cultural Evolution of Ancient Nahua Civilizations: The Pipil-Nicarao of Central America 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
47. 
When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
by:
Matthew Restall
3.71 avg rating — 753 ratings 49. 
A History of Mexican Archaeology: The Vanished Civilizations of Middle America
by:
Ignacio Bernal
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 49. 
Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico
by:
Hugh Thomas
4.34 avg rating — 1,151 ratings 
51. 
Indian Conquistadors: Indigenous Allies in the Conquest of Mesoamerica
by:
Laura E. Matthew
3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings 53. 
Mesoamerican Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs of Mexico and Central America
by:
Kay Almere Read
3.73 avg rating — 44 ratings 
57. 
The wondrous mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica: Ethnomycological studies
by:
R. Gordon Wasson
4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings 
59. 
In Search of Maya Sea Traders (Volume 11) (Texas A&M University Anthropology Series)
by:
Heather McKillop
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 59. 
61.
Mesoamerican communication routes and cultural contacts
by:
Thomas A. Lee
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 61. 
Relacion De Las Cosas De Yucatan (Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology)
by:
Diego de Landa
3.76 avg rating — 278 ratings 
63. 
Maya Archaeology 2: Featuring the Ancient Maya Murals of Calakmul, Mexico
by:
Simon Martin
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings 65. 
67. 
DK Eyewitness Books: Aztec, Inca & Maya: Discover the World of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas― 3.93 avg rating — 251 ratings
68. 
War Owl Falling: Innovation, Creativity, and Culture Change in Ancient Maya Society
by:
Markus Eberl
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 69. 
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia
by:
Susan Toby Evans
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 71. 
Interpreting Ancient Figurines: Context, Comparison, and Prehistoric Art 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
73. 
73. 
75. 
Early Mesoamerican Social Transformations: Archaic and Formative Lifeways in the Soconusco Region 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
76.
77. 
77. 
To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
79. 
Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History
by:
Susan Toby Evans
3.87 avg rating — 101 ratings 79. 
81. 
Everyday Life Matters: Maya Farmers at Chan
by:
Cynthia Robin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 83. 
85. 
Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico
by:
Carter Wilson
3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings 85.
87. 
Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
by:
David A. Freidel
4.17 avg rating — 173 ratings 88. 
The Beginnings of Mesoamerican Civilization: Inter-Regional Interaction and the Olmec really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
90. 
Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya: Relational Archaeology at Chunchucmil
by:
Scott R. Hutson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 90. 
Animal Figures In The Maya Codices (Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University)
by:
Alfred Tozzer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
92. 
94. 
Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization (Case Studies in Early Societies, Series Number 3)
by:
Arthur Demarest
3.85 avg rating — 101 ratings 
96. 
Landscapes of the Itza: Archaeology and Art History at Chichen Itza and Neighboring Sites
by:
Linnea H. Wren
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 98. 
Houses in a Landscape: Memory and Everyday Life in Mesoamerica
by:
Julia A. Hendon
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings 98. 
Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
by:
Ronald Wright
3.78 avg rating — 200 ratings 100. 
In Search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities
by:
Patricia Foxen
4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings