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What now? I've (almost) read all eleven volumes. Any books come even close to finishing off the story to ca. 2000?

Dan Christopher, I too just finished the last of these 11-volumes. Congrats to you! I have also struggled with your question - what next. Although I don’t…moreChristopher, I too just finished the last of these 11-volumes. Congrats to you! I have also struggled with your question - what next. Although I don’t expect that we will find an author with the writing style and breadth of coverage as Will (and Ariel Durant, after hours of effort researching the top rated books for the 19th and 20th century, I have come up with, roughly in chronological order, the following lists.

title author avg rating num ratings
The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 Blanning, Timothy C.W. 4.10 565
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 Hobsbawm, Eric 4.17 3,283
The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 Johnson, Paul 4.13 577
The Age of Capital: 1848-1875 Hobsbawm, Eric 4.18 2,032
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 Hobsbawm, Eric 4.17 2,179
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 Tuchman, Barbara W. 4.12 5,752
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932j, Manchester, William 4.43 7,571
Industry and Empire: The Birth of the Industrial Revolution Hobsbawm, Eric 3.83 217
Echoes of the Marseillaise: Two Centuries Look Back on the French Revolution Hobsbawm, Eric 3.54 59
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy Gottlieb, Anthony 4.12 231

And the 20th century:
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 Hobsbawm, Eric 4.17 2,179
The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 Jukes, Geoffrey 3.74 62
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 Tuchman, Barbara W. 4.12 5,752
The World Crisis, 1911-1918 Churchill, Winston S. 4.26 278
The Age of Extremes: A History of the World 1914-1991 Hobsbawm, Eric 4.20 3,582
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932; Manchester, William 4.43 7,571
The Guns of August Tuchman, Barbara W. 4.18 36,780
The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933 Steiner, Zara S. 4.23 26
The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1) Churchill, Winston S. 4.32 3,857
The Origins of the Second World War Taylor, A.J.P. 4.00 965
Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 Bayly, C.A. 3.82 104
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II Mukerjee, Madhusree 4.00 310
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Diamond, Jared 4.00 182,691
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Judt, Tony 4.33 6,629
Interesting Times: A Twentieth-century Life Hobsbawm, Eric 4.04 401
Industry and Empire: The Birth of the Industrial Revolution Hobsbawm, Eric 3.83 217

I hope this helps [and I hope the list appears legible].(less)

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