History Book Lists

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinHoly Bible by AnonymousThe Koran by AnonymousThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by Plato
The Most Influential Books in History
661 books — 1,831 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Best Historical Mystery
738 books — 1,605 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOutlander by Diana GabaldonDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
My Favourite Historical Romance
1,128 books — 1,397 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Luxe by Anna GodbersenNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Teen Historical Fiction
534 books — 1,388 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Recommended Historical Fiction
1,091 books — 1,049 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnFounding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
Best American History books
769 books — 1,035 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Microhistories -- Sweeping Social Histories Of Just One Thing
567 books — 839 voters
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFallen by Lauren KateMarked by P.C. Cast
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
258 books — 778 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
943 books — 758 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerBeowulf by UnknownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
602 books — 706 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Experimental Books Ever
398 books — 705 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenFlags of Our Fathers by James BradleyWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeWe Were Soldiers Once...and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Non-fiction War Books
554 books — 639 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Immigrant Experience Literature
295 books — 438 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughThe Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Best Books About Ancient Rome
344 books — 437 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
548 books — 379 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI Talk Slower Than I Think by C.D. Bonner
All Time AWESOME BOOKS:New , Old n Upcoming
412 books — 373 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTree/House by Jessica KnaussRhinoceros Dreams by Jessica Knauss
Best Women-authored Books
600 books — 326 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
281 books — 319 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingAlice in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieMary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
Olympics Opening Ceremony Books
35 books — 288 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Black History Month
275 books — 281 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Swashbucklers
248 books — 207 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenOutlander by Diana GabaldonShōgun by James ClavellThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best historical novels
246 books — 202 voters

A People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
283 books — 176 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownAin't I a Woman by Bell HooksThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonMein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Books White People Need To Read
205 books — 176 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonA History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
Histories of the Everyday
111 books — 159 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Excellent Books about India and England
129 books — 135 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Literary Historical Fiction
148 books — 108 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best New Orleans Books
158 books — 106 voters

The Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Judgment of Paris by Ross KingThe Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan LopezMichelangelo, the Sistine Chapel by Stefano ZuffiThe Power of Art by Simon Schama
Best Art and Art History Books
137 books — 101 voters
Life... Love... Kumbh... by Aporva KalaThe Chronicle of Sapta Sindhu by Aporva KalaLife of Pi by Yann MartelTruly, Madly, Deeply by Faraaz KaziThe Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
The India Reading List
89 books — 88 voters

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