History as Literature

201.
Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating β€” 121,458 ratings
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The European Discovery of America, Vol 1: The Northern Voyages, 500-1600
The European Discovery of America, Vol 1: The Northern Voyages, 500-1600 4.19 avg rating β€” 169 ratings
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland 4.11 avg rating β€” 22,320 ratings
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II 3.96 avg rating β€” 29,155 ratings
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Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,374 ratings
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History
The Civil War: An Illustrated History 4.27 avg rating β€” 3,946 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating β€” 27,693 ratings
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,806 ratings
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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages
The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages 4.26 avg rating β€” 930 ratings
209.
Grant
Grant 4.50 avg rating β€” 42,010 ratings
211.
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,294 ratings
212.
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,054 ratings
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Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress 4.33 avg rating β€” 862 ratings
214.
The Metaphysical Club
The Metaphysical Club 4.07 avg rating β€” 5,293 ratings
214.
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,145 ratings
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The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War 3.62 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
214.
Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic
Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic 3.89 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
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Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War
Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,363 ratings
218.
When the King Took Flight
When the King Took Flight 3.88 avg rating β€” 538 ratings
218.
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution 3.91 avg rating β€” 6,621 ratings
221.
Women of the Twelfth Century, Vol 1: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Six Others
Women of the Twelfth Century, Vol 1: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Six Others 3.80 avg rating β€” 138 ratings
222.
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi 3.87 avg rating β€” 15,346 ratings
223.
The Strange Death of Liberal England
The Strange Death of Liberal England 4.11 avg rating β€” 453 ratings
223.
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,037 ratings
223.
Inventing the Victorians
Inventing the Victorians 3.67 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
223.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
227.
The Year of Decision 1846
The Year of Decision 1846 4.13 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
227.
A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change 3.60 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
229.
Dr Johnson's London
Dr Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating β€” 778 ratings
230.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 4.44 avg rating β€” 7,333 ratings
231.
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride 4.16 avg rating β€” 5,030 ratings
231.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,287 ratings
233.
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,859 ratings
233.
The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861
The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 4.18 avg rating β€” 152 ratings
235.
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,033 ratings
236.
Midnight in Sicily
Midnight in Sicily 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,724 ratings
236.
Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,466 ratings
238.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China 3.88 avg rating β€” 573 ratings
239.
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln 4.27 avg rating β€” 8,620 ratings
240.
The Villa The Lake The Meeting: Wannsee And The Final Solution
The Villa The Lake The Meeting: Wannsee And The Final Solution 3.85 avg rating β€” 515 ratings
240.
The Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War 4.18 avg rating β€” 2,849 ratings
242.
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders with a New Afterword
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders with a New Afterword 3.88 avg rating β€” 467 ratings
243.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating β€” 162,866 ratings
244.
Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World 3.86 avg rating β€” 908 ratings
245.
History of the Wars, Volume I: Books 1-2
History of the Wars, Volume I: Books 1-2
by: Procopius
4.10 avg rating β€” 218 ratings
245.
Paris in the Terror
Paris in the Terror 4.19 avg rating β€” 156 ratings
245.
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
by: Jane Dunn
4.07 avg rating β€” 12,140 ratings
248.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating β€” 168,103 ratings
249.
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations 3.56 avg rating β€” 522 ratings
249.
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,088 ratings
251.
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception 3.25 avg rating β€” 1,706 ratings
251.
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and the French Revolution 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,523 ratings
251.
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster 3.86 avg rating β€” 5,711 ratings
254.
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating β€” 20,586 ratings
255.
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses 3.88 avg rating β€” 24,079 ratings
256.
Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory
Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory 4.23 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating β€” 46,528 ratings
256.
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating β€” 15,512 ratings
259.
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,645 ratings
259.
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,370 ratings
261.
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers 4.14 avg rating β€” 292 ratings
261.
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,526 ratings
263.
The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,400 ratings
263.
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,363 ratings
265.
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence 3.71 avg rating β€” 652 ratings
265.
In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Trojan War 4.09 avg rating β€” 847 ratings
265.
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child 4.15 avg rating β€” 114 ratings
265.
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,617 ratings
265.
Left by the Indians
Left by the Indians 3.76 avg rating β€” 896 ratings
270.
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,665 ratings
270.
Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis
Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis 3.29 avg rating β€” 1,683 ratings
270.
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating β€” 12,282 ratings
270.
Aristocrats
Aristocrats 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,958 ratings
274.
Conquest: Montezuma, CortΓ©s and the Fall of Old Mexico
Conquest: Montezuma, CortΓ©s and the Fall of Old Mexico 4.34 avg rating β€” 1,151 ratings
274.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 4.12 avg rating β€” 132,000 ratings
276.
Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,039 ratings
276.
A. Lincoln: A Biography
A. Lincoln: A Biography 4.30 avg rating β€” 20,124 ratings
276.
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk 4.44 avg rating β€” 2,805 ratings
276.
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,994 ratings
280.
Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution 4.68 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
281.
They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,244 ratings
281.
Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar
Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar 3.84 avg rating β€” 456 ratings
281.
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 3.46 avg rating β€” 3,285 ratings
284.
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
Spandau: The Secret Diaries 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,102 ratings
285.
The Essential Writings
The Essential Writings 4.10 avg rating β€” 398 ratings
286.
Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution (John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution (John Hope Franklin Center Book) 3.97 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
286.
Of Plymouth Plantation: 1620-1647
Of Plymouth Plantation: 1620-1647 3.50 avg rating β€” 2,174 ratings
288.
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great 3.85 avg rating β€” 507 ratings
288.
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne 4.01 avg rating β€” 15,666 ratings
288.
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar 4.14 avg rating β€” 12,633 ratings
288.
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens 3.90 avg rating β€” 575 ratings
292.
Vietnam: A History
Vietnam: A History 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,806 ratings
293.
The Two-Ocean War
The Two-Ocean War 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,428 ratings
294.
The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV
The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV 3.85 avg rating β€” 242 ratings
294.
Voices of a People's History of the United States
Voices of a People's History of the United States 4.32 avg rating β€” 2,152 ratings
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Eleni
Eleni 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,724 ratings
297.
The Fall of Berlin 1945
The Fall of Berlin 1945 4.30 avg rating β€” 17,967 ratings
298.
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,464 ratings
298.
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,426 ratings
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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings 3.76 avg rating β€” 10,409 ratings
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