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#2
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
  • Katherine Ashenburg
3.46 reads
#3
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Bastard Tongues

Bastard Tongues
  • Derek Bickerton
00 reads
#4
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
  • William J. Bernstein
22 reads
#5
Holy Cow
Holy Cow
  • Sarah Macdonald
3.0913 reads
#6
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
  • Jennifer 8. Lee
45 reads
#7
The Century
The Century
  • Peter Jennings
  • Todd Brewster
4.52 reads
#8
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
  • Derrik Mercer
31 read
#9
National Geographic Society Atlas of World History
National Geographic Society Atlas of World History
  • Noel Grove
41 read
#10
How the Irish Saved Civilization
How the Irish Saved Civilization
  • Thomas Cahill
3.5238 reads
#11
The straight dope
The straight dope
  • Cecil Adams
33 reads
#12
More of the Straight Dope
More of the Straight Dope
  • Cecil Adams
31 read
#13
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
  • Melvyn Bragg
3.68 reads
#14
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Will In The World

Will In The World
  • Stephen Greenblatt
35 reads
#15
Dogs: A Natural History
Dogs: A Natural History
  • Jake Page
21 read
#16
Julie & Julia
Julie & Julia
  • Julie Powell
3.2852 reads
#17
Running With Scissors
Running With Scissors
  • Augusten Burroughs
3.57147 reads
#18
The real history behind the Templars
The real history behind the Templars
  • Sharan Newman
31 read
#19
Maps and Legends
Maps and Legends
  • Michael Chabon
3.66 reads
#20
The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
  • Sharan Newman
00 reads
#21
The Black Death: A Personal History
The Black Death: A Personal History
  • John Hatcher
21 read
#22
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Alphabet Juice

Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory
  • Roy Blount Jr.
21 read
#23
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
  • Avery Gilbert
21 read
#24
The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History
The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History
  • James J. O'Donnell
00 reads
#25
The World Without Us
The World Without Us
  • Alan Weisman
3.5862 reads
#26
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
  • Jena Pincott
41 read
#27
Buyology
Buyology
  • Martin Lindstrom
42 reads
#28
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City
  • Erik Larson
4.01479 reads
#29
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Jane Boleyn

Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford
  • Julia Fox
41 read
#31
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Things That Make Us (Sic)

Things That Make Us (Sic): The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World
  • Martha Brockenbrough
00 reads
#32
Supersense
Supersense
  • Bruce M. Hood
2.52 reads
#33
The Templars: The Secret History Revealed
The Templars: The Secret History Revealed
  • Barbara Frale
  • Gregory Conti
4.52 reads
#34
A second chicken soup for the woman's soul
A second chicken soup for the woman's soul
  • Jack Canfield
  • Marci Shimoff
  • Mark Victor Hansen
  • Jennifer Read Hawthorne
32 reads
#35
How Rome Fell
How Rome Fell
  • Adrian Goldsworthy
3.53 reads
#36
Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved
Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved
  • Albert Jack
00 reads
#37
Undaunted Courage
Undaunted Courage
  • Stephen E. Ambrose
437 reads
#38
Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel
  • Jared M. Diamond
3.85332 reads
#39
Mistress of the Monarchy
Mistress of the Monarchy
  • Alison Weir
00 reads
#40
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
  • John J. Robinson
31 read
#41
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey
  • Leanda de Lisle
3.674 reads
#42
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Anne Frank
4.021,133 reads
#43
The end of empire
The end of empire
  • Christopher Kelly
00 reads
#44
The Forge of Christendom
The Forge of Christendom
  • Tom Holland
31 read
#45
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
  • Chris Wickham
3.53 reads
#46
An Edible History of Humanity
An Edible History of Humanity
  • Tom Standage
37 reads
#47
The Murder of King Tut
The Murder of King Tut
  • Martin Dugard
  • James Patterson
2.836 reads
#48
The Genesis Enigma: Why the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate
The Genesis Enigma: Why the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate
  • Andrew Parker
31 read
#49
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Naming nature

Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science
  • Carol Kaesuk Yoon
31 read
#50
The Templars: The History and the Myth
The Templars: The History and the Myth
  • Michael Haag
51 read
#51
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
  • Lars Brownworth
3.86 reads
#52
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The Big Questions

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics
  • Steven E. Landsburg
01 read
#53
Holy Warriors
Holy Warriors
  • Jonathan Phillips
41 read
#54
The Indispensable Book of Practical Life Skills
The Indispensable Book of Practical Life Skills
    31 read
    #55
    The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
    The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
    • Susan Wise Bauer
    4.757 reads
    #56
    Lost states
    Lost states
    • Michael J. Trinklein
    41 read
    #57
    The real history of the end of the world
    The real history of the end of the world
    • Sharan Newman
    00 reads
    #58
    Charlemagne
    Charlemagne
    • Derek Wilson
    31 read
    #59
    Empires and barbarians the fall of Rome and the birth of Europe
    Empires and barbarians the fall of Rome and the birth of Europe
    • Peter Heather
    01 read
    #60
    Outliers: The Story of Success
    Outliers: The Story of Success
    • Malcolm Gladwell
    3.99553 reads
    #61
    The Courtiers
    The Courtiers
    • Lucy Worsley
    00 reads
    #62
    The Outlandish Companion
    The Outlandish Companion
    • Diana Gabaldon
    3.757 reads
    #63
    The Gifts of the Jews
    The Gifts of the Jews
    • Thomas Cahill
    3.333 reads
    #64
    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
    • Thomas Cahill
    3.335 reads
    #65
    Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
    Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
    • Thomas Cahill
    4.53 reads
    #66
    Mysteries of the Middle Ages
    Mysteries of the Middle Ages
    • Thomas Cahill
    4.333 reads
    #67
    How the States Got Their Shapes
    How the States Got Their Shapes
    • Mark Stein
    46 reads
    #68
    Sh*t My Dad Says
    Sh*t My Dad Says
    • Justin Halpern
    3.6388 reads
    #69
    101 places not to see before you die
    101 places not to see before you die
    • Catherine Price
    21 read
    #70
    The Bedwetter
    The Bedwetter
    • Sarah Silverman
    3.6731 reads
    #71
    The Disappearing Spoon
    The Disappearing Spoon
    • Sam Kean
    3.9364 reads
    #72
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    Caesars' Wives

    Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
    • Annelise Freisenbruch
    00 reads
    #73
    The Wordy Shipmates
    The Wordy Shipmates
    • Sarah Vowell
    3.7425 reads
    #74
    Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
    Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
    • Max Cryer
    21 read
    #75
    At Home: A Short History of Private Life
    At Home: A Short History of Private Life
    • Bill Bryson
    4.04114 reads
    #76
    She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
    She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
    • Helen Castor
    410 reads
    #77
    The Mind's Eye
    The Mind's Eye
    • Oliver Sacks
    413 reads
    #78
    Cleopatra: A Life
    Cleopatra: A Life
    • Stacy Schiff
    3.5641 reads
    #79
    How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
    How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
    • Mike Brown
    • Ryan Gesell
    4.3816 reads
    #80
    Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
    Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
    • Tracy Borman
    51 read
    #81
    Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
    Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
    • Guy Deutscher
    3.7718 reads
    #82
    Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
    Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
    • Eleanor Herman
    21 read
    #83
    Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
    Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
    • Tom Holland
    4.1638 reads
    #84
    Sex with the Queen
    Sex with the Queen
    • Eleanor Herman
    34 reads
    #85
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    Catherine of Aragon

    Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
    • Giles Tremlett
    41 read
    #86
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    The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

    The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World
    • James Kakalios
    3.52 reads
    #87
    The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
    The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
    • Gregory Benford
    00 reads
    #88
    Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII
    Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII
    • Linda Porter
    31 read
    #89
    The Most Human Human
    The Most Human Human
    • Brian Christian
    3.889 reads
    #90
    The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England
    The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England
    • Ian Mortimer
    44 reads
    #91
    Daily Life in 18th-Century England
    Daily Life in 18th-Century England
    • Kirstin Olsen
    31 read
    #92
    The Dangerous Book for Boys
    The Dangerous Book for Boys
    • Conn Iggulden
    • Hal Iggulden
    01 read
    #93
    Do Sparrows Like Bach?: The Strange and Wonderful Things that Are Discovered When Scientists Break Free
    Do Sparrows Like Bach?: The Strange and Wonderful Things that Are Discovered When Scientists Break Free
      21 read
      #94
      A Short History of Nearly Everything
      A Short History of Nearly Everything
      • Bill Bryson
      4.23454 reads
      #95
      Was Superman a Spy?
      Was Superman a Spy?
      • Brian Cronin
      00 reads
      #96
      Catherine of Siena
      Catherine of Siena
      • Donald Brophy
      00 reads
      #97
      The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition
      The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition
      • Donald Wuerl
      • Mike Aquilina
      51 read
      #98
      The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
      The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
      • Richard A. Muller
      00 reads
      #99
      How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The People Behind the Borderlines
      How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The People Behind the Borderlines
      • Mark Stein
      41 read
      #100
      The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
      The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
      • Carl Sagan
      4.26135 reads
      #101
      Brunelleschi's Dome
      Brunelleschi's Dome
      • Ross King
      3.867 reads
      #102
      A Short History of Byzantium
      A Short History of Byzantium
      • John Julius Norwich
      41 read