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Goodreads Top 200 History Books - Page 5

Here are the 200 best rated history books of all time as voted by Goodreads members. How many have you read?
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The Fatal Shore (Robert Hughes)
The Fatal Shore
161
Robert Hughes
The Plantagenets (Dan Jones)
The Plantagenets
162
Dan Jones
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
163
Edward W. Said
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
164
Ron Chernow
Germania (Tacitus)
Germania
165
Tacitus
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Anthony Everitt)
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
166
Anthony Everitt
Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
Means of Ascent
167
Robert Caro
A History of Russia (Nicholas Riasanovsky)
A History of Russia
168
Nicholas Riasanovsky
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (H. W. Brands)
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
169
H. W. Brands
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
170
Isabel Wilkerson
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (Orlando Figes)
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
171
Orlando Figes
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 (Eric Hobsbawm)
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
172
Eric Hobsbawm
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World (Greg King)
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
173
Greg King
The 900 Days: The Siege of Lenningrad (Harrison Salisbury)
The 900 Days: The Siege of Lenningrad
174
Harrison Salisbury
All the Countries We've Ever Invaded and the Few We Never Got Round to (Stuart Laycock)
All the Countries We've Ever Invaded and the Few We Never Got Round To
175
Stuart Laycock
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
176
Grann
Inside the Third Reich (Albert Speer)
Inside the Third Reich
177
Albert Speer
Paul Revere's Ride (David Hackett Fischer)
Paul Revere's Ride
178
David Hackett Fischer
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Peter Hopkirk)
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
179
Peter Hopkirk
The Crusades (Thomas Asbridge)
The Crusades
180
Thomas Asbridge
The Discovers (Daniel J Boorstin)
The Discovers
181
Daniel J Boorstin
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor (Ben Macintyre)
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor
182
Ben Macintyre
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
183
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (Tamim Ansary)
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
184
Tamim Ansary
Plutarch on Sparta (Plutarch)
Plutarch on Sparta
185
Plutarch
Stalin the Court of the Red Tsar (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Stalin the Court of the Red Tsar
186
Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Wives of Henry VIII (Antonia Fraser)
The Wives of Henry VIII
187
Antonia Fraser
The History of Rome (Livy)
The History of Rome
188
Livy
Medieval Civilization (Le Goff)
Medieval Civilization
189
Le Goff
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller (Carlo Ginzburg)
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
190
Carlo Ginzburg
The Face of Battle (John Keegan)
The Face of Battle
191
John Keegan
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (John Barry)
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
192
John Barry
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 (Max Hastings)
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
193
Max Hastings
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade (James Reston Jr.)
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
194
James Reston Jr.
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War (Thomas J. Dilorenzo)
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
195
Thomas J. Dilorenzo
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Lng Run-Up to the Second World War (Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof)
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Lng Run-Up to the Second World War
196
Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof
The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912 (Thomas Pakenham)
The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912
197
Thomas Pakenham
To the Finland Station (Edmund Wilson)
To the Finland Station
198
Edmund Wilson
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Thomas Cahill)
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
199
Thomas Cahill
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest
200
David Halberstam
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