History

History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu ...more

Family of Spies
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle
The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story
Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II
The American Revolution: An Intimate History
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
Staying Gold: The Oral History of The Outsiders
Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic
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  • The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham
    The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires

    Release date: Jan 20, 2026
    A majestic cultural and environmental history that reveals how forests have made—and resisted—Russia’s many empires.

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  • Storm at the Capitol by Mary Clare Jalonick
    Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th

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  • Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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    Circle of Days
    A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
    One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
    Abundance
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History--and How It Shattered a Nation
    The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Hostage
    Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
    The Personal Librarian
    Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    The Happiest Man on Earth
    The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
    Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachOutliers by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
    3,992 books — 2,008 voters
    Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
    Most influential books under 100 pages
    250 books — 923 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth SchmittJust Love Her by Raz Mihal
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
    4,082 books — 1,474 voters
    Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
    Food-Related Non-Fiction
    1,226 books — 1,635 voters

    John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
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    2,118 books — 2,485 voters
    John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
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    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
    A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    1776
    SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

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