History as Literature

101.
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story 3.92 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
102.
London: The Biography
London: The Biography 3.96 avg rating β€” 5,912 ratings
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The Rise of the Roman Empire
The Rise of the Roman Empire
by: Polybius
4.06 avg rating β€” 4,810 ratings
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 4.16 avg rating β€” 8,618 ratings
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Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War 4.16 avg rating β€” 758 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,886 ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating β€” 25,516 ratings
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 27,106 ratings
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Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick 3.81 avg rating β€” 688 ratings
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 3.99 avg rating β€” 13,754 ratings
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Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England 4.18 avg rating β€” 2,690 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating β€” 194,775 ratings
113.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,787 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating β€” 157,304 ratings
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Landscape and Memory
Landscape and Memory 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,195 ratings
116.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,194 ratings
117.
The Oxford History of the American People
The Oxford History of the American People 4.14 avg rating β€” 203 ratings
118.
Diary
Diary 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,301 ratings
119.
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating β€” 28,832 ratings
120.
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating β€” 25,784 ratings
121.
The Campaigns of Alexander
The Campaigns of Alexander
by: Arrian
4.16 avg rating β€” 5,245 ratings
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Eminent Victorians
Eminent Victorians 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,584 ratings
123.
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,853 ratings
124.
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,843 ratings
125.
Summer of '49
Summer of '49 4.11 avg rating β€” 9,829 ratings
125.
The Travels
The Travels 3.58 avg rating β€” 7,904 ratings
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The First World War
The First World War 4.04 avg rating β€” 15,645 ratings
128.
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages 3.88 avg rating β€” 925 ratings
129.
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat 4.08 avg rating β€” 8,968 ratings
130.
Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology 4.25 avg rating β€” 2,766 ratings
130.
Burmese Days
Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating β€” 31,289 ratings
130.
The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1)
The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,503 ratings
133.
Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution
Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,630 ratings
133.
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,125 ratings
135.
1215: The Year of Magna Carta
1215: The Year of Magna Carta 3.81 avg rating β€” 2,294 ratings
136.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating β€” 111,145 ratings
137.
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3)
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3) 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,151 ratings
138.
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History 3.61 avg rating β€” 3,394 ratings
139.
A Short History of Byzantium
A Short History of Byzantium 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,596 ratings
140.
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King 3.87 avg rating β€” 7,980 ratings
141.
Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing 4.16 avg rating β€” 15,170 ratings
142.
Personal Memoirs
Personal Memoirs 4.13 avg rating β€” 9,497 ratings
143.
Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Henry VIII: The King and His Court 4.10 avg rating β€” 14,388 ratings
144.
The Warrior Queens
The Warrior Queens 3.71 avg rating β€” 2,784 ratings
145.
The Normans in Sicily : The Magnificent Story of 'the Other Norman Conquest'
The Normans in Sicily : The Magnificent Story of 'the Other Norman Conquest' 4.33 avg rating β€” 344 ratings
145.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris 3.94 avg rating β€” 20,408 ratings
147.
The Civil War
The Civil War 4.07 avg rating β€” 7,110 ratings
148.
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,973 ratings
148.
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician 3.89 avg rating β€” 8,070 ratings
150.
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating β€” 5,818 ratings
151.
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,983 ratings
152.
The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus
The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,586 ratings
153.
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth 4.11 avg rating β€” 12,166 ratings
154.
The Conquest of New Spain
The Conquest of New Spain 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,543 ratings
155.
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 4.01 avg rating β€” 25,924 ratings
156.
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
157.
The Reagan Casualties: Overseas Atrocities of the Great Communicator
The Reagan Casualties: Overseas Atrocities of the Great Communicator 4.10 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
158.
Γ” JΓ©rusalem
Γ” JΓ©rusalem 4.31 avg rating β€” 4,503 ratings
159.
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen 4.13 avg rating β€” 812 ratings
160.
A History Of Britain
A History Of Britain 4.22 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
160.
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
by: Jay Winik
4.08 avg rating β€” 2,004 ratings
162.
Life in a Medieval City
Life in a Medieval City 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,835 ratings
163.
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War 4.29 avg rating β€” 20,085 ratings
164.
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare 3.87 avg rating β€” 10,656 ratings
165.
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy 4.38 avg rating β€” 7,476 ratings
166.
One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927 4.10 avg rating β€” 53,983 ratings
167.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating β€” 19,189 ratings
167.
Adventures of a Church Historian
Adventures of a Church Historian 4.21 avg rating β€” 129 ratings
167.
Kings and Queens of England
Kings and Queens of England 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,990 ratings
167.
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4)
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,276 ratings
171.
The Ruin of Kasch
The Ruin of Kasch 4.03 avg rating β€” 419 ratings
171.
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell 3.95 avg rating β€” 5,151 ratings
171.
Pax Britannica Climax of an Empire
Pax Britannica Climax of an Empire 4.25 avg rating β€” 593 ratings
174.
The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2)
The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2) 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,000 ratings
175.
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America 3.96 avg rating β€” 9,298 ratings
176.
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,178 ratings
177.
A History of Venice
A History of Venice 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,093 ratings
177.
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,056 ratings
179.
Hitler
Hitler 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,344 ratings
179.
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,432 ratings
181.
The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures)
The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures) 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,737 ratings
182.
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution 4.13 avg rating β€” 903 ratings
183.
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches 4.31 avg rating β€” 30,948 ratings
184.
Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius
Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius 4.04 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
185.
Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic
by: Seneca
4.33 avg rating β€” 52,572 ratings
185.
Eisenhower in War and Peace
Eisenhower in War and Peace 4.08 avg rating β€” 11,057 ratings
187.
A History of the Jews
A History of the Jews 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,629 ratings
187.
Lincoln
Lincoln 4.19 avg rating β€” 48,076 ratings
189.
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine 3.53 avg rating β€” 272 ratings
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,259 ratings
191.
The People of the Abyss
The People of the Abyss 4.07 avg rating β€” 5,216 ratings
191.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating β€” 13,914 ratings
193.
Ten Days that Shook the World
Ten Days that Shook the World
by: John Reed
3.94 avg rating β€” 7,549 ratings
194.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating β€” 24,210 ratings
195.
Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating β€” 64,212 ratings
196.
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water 4.28 avg rating β€” 11,658 ratings
197.
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,008 ratings
197.
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 4.08 avg rating β€” 4,227 ratings
199.
The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia 4.11 avg rating β€” 404 ratings
199.
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West 4.17 avg rating β€” 11,230 ratings
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