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Reading Through European History

A list of non-fiction books I have compiled to be well-read in European history. I have tried to focus on macro-histories and to be comprehensive in geographic scope and time periods covered.
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The Great Sea (David Abulafia)
The Great Sea
1
David Abulafia
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
2
Svetlana Alexievich,
Iron Curtain (Anne Applebaum)
Iron Curtain
3
Anne Applebaum
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs (Marc David Baer)
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
4
Marc David Baer
The Making of Europe (Robert Bartlett)
The Making of Europe
5
Robert Bartlett
SPQR (Beard, Mary)
SPQR
6
Beard, Mary
The Fall of Berlin 1945 (Antony Beevor)
The Fall of Berlin 1945
7
Antony Beevor
Empires of the Silk Road (Christopher I. Beckwith)
Empires of the Silk Road
8
Christopher I. Beckwith
The Pursuit of Glory (Tim Blanning)
The Pursuit of Glory
9
Tim Blanning
The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914 (Philip Blom)
The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914
10
Philip Blom
Nature's Mutiny (Philipp Blom)
Nature's Mutiny
11
Philipp Blom
The Baltic Story. a Thousand Years of History of Its Lands, Sea and Peoples (Caroline Boggis-Rolfe)
The Baltic Story. a Thousand Years of History of Its Lands, Sea and Peoples
12
Caroline Boggis-Rolfe
Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II (Michael Burleigh)
Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II
13
Michael Burleigh
Conquistadores. a New History (Fernando Cerventes)
Conquistadores. a New History
14
Fernando Cerventes
Iron Kingdom: The Rise & Downfall of Prussia (Christoper Clark)
Iron Kingdom: The Rise & Downfall of Prussia
15
Christoper Clark
The Sleepwalkers (Christopher Clark)
The Sleepwalkers
16
Christopher Clark
Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-49 (Christopher Clark)
Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-49
17
Christopher Clark
Vanished Kingdoms (Norman Davies)
Vanished Kingdoms
18
Norman Davies
Lingo (Gaston Dorren)
Lingo
19
Gaston Dorren
The Pursuit of Power (Richard J. Evans)
The Pursuit of Power
20
Richard J. Evans
The Europeans (Orlando Figes)
The Europeans
21
Orlando Figes
Revolutionary Russia : 1891-1991 (Orlando Figes)
Revolutionary Russia : 1891-1991
22
Orlando Figes
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe (Matthew Gabriele)
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
23
Matthew Gabriele
The Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815 (David Gates)
The Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
24
David Gates
The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent (Peter Gatrell)
The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent
25
Peter Gatrell
Empires of the Mind. the Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present (Robert Gildea)
Empires of the Mind. the Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present
26
Robert Gildea
The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers (Misha Glenny)
The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers
27
Misha Glenny
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Begun (Stephen Greenblatt)
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Begun
28
Stephen Greenblatt
Christendom Destroyed (Mark Greengrass)
Christendom Destroyed
29
Mark Greengrass
Game of Queens (Sarah Gristwood)
Game of Queens
30
Sarah Gristwood
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 (Max Hastings)
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
31
Max Hastings
Byzantium (Judith Herrin)
Byzantium
32
Judith Herrin
The Age of Capital: 1848-1875 (Eric Hobsbawm)
The Age of Capital: 1848-1875
33
Eric Hobsbawm
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 (Eric Hobsbawm)
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
34
Eric Hobsbawm
The Age of Extremes a History of the World 1914 - 1991 (Eric Hobsbawm)
The Age of Extremes a History of the World 1914 - 1991
35
Eric Hobsbawm
The Age of Empire: 1875-1914 (E. J. Hobsbawm)
The Age of Empire: 1875-1914
36
E. J. Hobsbawm
Millenium. the End of the World and the Forging of Christendom (Tom Holland)
Millenium. the End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
37
Tom Holland
Europe in the High Middle Ages (William Chester Jordan)
Europe in the High Middle Ages
38
William Chester Jordan
River Kings (Cat Jarman)
River Kings
39
Cat Jarman
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages (Dan Jones)
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
40
Dan Jones
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