History Books

55 popular history titles

Cover of Night

Night

Elie Wiesel

4.4
Cover of The Digital Black Atlantic

The Digital Black Atlantic

Roopika Risam

5.0
Cover of The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.3
Cover of Loose Balls

Loose Balls

Terry Pluto

3.0
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

3.8
Cover of The Breaks of the Game

The Breaks of the Game

David Halberstam

3.3
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Evan Friss

3.9
Cover of A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

Julia Scheeres

4.4
Cover of Who's Black and Why?

Who's Black and Why?

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Cover of Where Good Ideas Come from The Natural History of Innovation

Where Good Ideas Come from The Natural History of Innovation

Steven Johnson

3.8
Cover of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Nam-ju Cho

4.0
Cover of Divine Might Goddesses in Greek Myth

Divine Might Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

Cover of The Basketball 100

The Basketball 100

The Athletic

Cover of Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

3.8
Cover of Why We Love Baseball A History in 50 Moments

Why We Love Baseball A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

Cover of Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back

Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back

Blake Chastain

4.5
Cover of A Black Women's History of the United States

A Black Women's History of the United States

Daina Ramey Berry

Cover of The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

Sharon McMahon

3.9
Cover of Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan

Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan

Richard Overy

Cover of The Explorers A New History of America in Ten Expeditions

The Explorers A New History of America in Ten Expeditions

Amanda Bellows

Cover of Ghosts of Hiroshima

Ghosts of Hiroshima

Charles Pellegrino

Cover of Slick Watts's Tales from the Seattle Supersonics

Slick Watts's Tales from the Seattle Supersonics

Slick Watts

Cover of The Dawn of Everything

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber

4.1
Cover of Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present

Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present

Irene Cheng

5.0
Cover of Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

Gary Krist

4.0
Cover of Henry V The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

Henry V The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

Dan Jones

Cover of Juxtapoz Psychedelic

Juxtapoz Psychedelic

Hannah Stouffer

Cover of Witchcraft

Witchcraft

Marion Gibson

Cover of The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project

Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.6
Cover of Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

Rachel Swaby

4.4
Cover of Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion

Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion

Mary Fissell

Cover of Be a Revolution

Be a Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo

Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.0
Cover of Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.2
Cover of Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

4.0
Cover of Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World

Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World

Lesley M.M. Blume

3.9
Cover of The North American Indians: The Complete Portfolios

The North American Indians: The Complete Portfolios

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Cover of Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Tricia Hersey

3.9
Cover of The Power Broker

The Power Broker

Robert A. Caro

4.7
Cover of A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

4.1
Cover of Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars

Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars

Tom Fucoloro

5.0
Cover of Humans of New York

Humans of New York

Brandon Stanton

4.3
Cover of The Wager A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Wager A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

4.4
Cover of Mythos The Greek Myths Retold

Mythos The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

4.3
Cover of Eat the Buddha

Eat the Buddha

Barbara Demick

4.0
Cover of Just Action How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

Just Action How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

Richard Rothstein

4.0
Cover of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne

4.6
Cover of Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future

Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future

James Shapiro

4.1
Cover of Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)

Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)

Coll Thrush

4.0
Cover of Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America

Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America

Candacy A. Taylor

4.2
Cover of The Library Book

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

4.1
Cover of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Caroline Fraser

4.1
Cover of In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

4.1
Cover of The Charm Offensive

The Charm Offensive

Alison Cochrun

4.0
Cover of Antigone

Antigone

Sophocles

3.6
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