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Microhistory Books

How many of these unique and focused histories have you explored? A microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event or thing).
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Salt (Mark Kurlansky)
Salt
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Mark Kurlansky
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
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Mary Roach
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home
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Bill Bryson
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
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Simon Winchester
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
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Steven Johnson
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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Dava Sobel
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
8
Nathaniel Philbrick
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
9
Cod
Cod
10
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan)
The Botany of Desire
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Michael Pollan
The Poisoner's Handbook
The Poisoner's Handbook
13
Issac's Storm (Erik Larson)
Issac's Storm
14
Erik Larson
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Tom Standage)
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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Tom Standage
Bonk
Bonk
16
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
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John M. Barry
Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
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Jon Krakauer
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat
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Daniel James Brown
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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Simon Singh
In the Garden of Beasts (Erik Larson)
In the Garden of Beasts
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Erik Larson
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
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Mary Roach
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Victoria Finlay)
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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Victoria Finlay
Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)
Thunderstruck
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Erik Larson
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Charles C. Mann)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
25
Charles C. Mann
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
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Simon Winchester
The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World
27
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (Dan Koeppel)
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Dan Koeppel
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History (Katherine Ashenburg)
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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Katherine Ashenburg
Just My Type (Simon Garfield)
Just My Type
30
Simon Garfield
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
31
Erik Larson
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
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Sam Kean
Paper: Paging Through History (Mark Kurlansky)
Paper: Paging Through History
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Mark Kurlansky
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History (Cynthia Barnett)
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
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Cynthia Barnett
Milk (Anne Mendelson)
Milk
35
Anne Mendelson
Spice: The History of a Temptation (Jack Turner)
Spice: The History of a Temptation
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Jack Turner
A History of the Wife (Marilyn Yalom)
A History of the Wife
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Marilyn Yalom
The True History of Chocolate (Sophie D Coe, Michael D Coe)
The True History of Chocolate
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Sophie D Coe, Michael D Coe
Consider the Fork (Bee Wilson)
Consider the Fork
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Bee Wilson
Rabid a Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Rabid a Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
40
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