50 Books like Big Fellow, Long Fellow

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

4.07

200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

The Yank 94%

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

174k+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Say Nothing 93%

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018

4.47

174k+ ratings

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Can Ireland Be One?

by Malachi O'Doherty • 2022

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

3.84

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity 🤝 Unionism 💥 Political Violence

Can Ireland Be One? 93%

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

by Malachi O'Doherty 2022

3.84

76 ratings

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity 🤝 Unionism 💥 Political Violence

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

5k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

There Will Be Fire 92%

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.26

5k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

Four Shots in the Night 92%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

Hero

by Michael Korda • 2010

He designed himself into a legend, then spent his life trying to escape it.

3.88

5k+

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🎖️ World War One 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 🎭 Self-Invention 👘 Cultural Immersion

Hero 92%

He designed himself into a legend, then spent his life trying to escape it.

by Michael Korda 2010

3.88

5k+ ratings

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🎖️ World War One 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 🎭 Self-Invention 👘 Cultural Immersion

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

4.14

9k+

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History 👥 Social History ☮️ Peace Movements

To End All Wars 91%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

9k+ ratings

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History 👥 Social History ☮️ Peace Movements

The Catalpa Rescue

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

644

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Catalpa Rescue 91%

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

by Peter FitzSimons 2019

4.30

644 ratings

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

Leadership in War

by Andrew Roberts • 2019

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

3.80

2k+

🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

Leadership in War 91%

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

by Andrew Roberts 2019

3.80

2k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

My Fellow Soldiers

by Andrew Carroll • 2017

Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.

4.22

379

📜 World War I 🎖️ Military Biography ✉️ Primary Source History 🪖 Soldier Experience ⚖️ Race And War

My Fellow Soldiers 91%

Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.

by Andrew Carroll 2017

4.22

379 ratings

📜 World War I 🎖️ Military Biography ✉️ Primary Source History 🪖 Soldier Experience ⚖️ Race And War

Buckley

by Sam Tanenhaus • 2025

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

4.21

712

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

Buckley 90%

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

by Sam Tanenhaus 2025

4.21

712 ratings

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

Savarkar

by Vikram Sampath • 2021

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

4.70

472

🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India 🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India ✊ Social Reform Movements

Savarkar 90%

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

by Vikram Sampath 2021

4.70

472 ratings

🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India 🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India ✊ Social Reform Movements

The Last Warlord

by Brian Glyn Williams • 2013

America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.

4.30

120

🇦🇫 Afghan History 🎖️ Military Biography ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 💥 War On Terror 🎯 Special Forces

The Last Warlord 90%

America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.

by Brian Glyn Williams 2013

4.30

120 ratings

🇦🇫 Afghan History 🎖️ Military Biography ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 💥 War On Terror 🎯 Special Forces

Churchill

by Andrew Roberts • 2018

Every adventure, failure, and speech was training for the day Britain had to stand alone.

4.39

11k+

🏛️ Political Biography 🇬🇧 Britain At War ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 📜 Great Man History 🕊️ Appeasement

Churchill 90%

Every adventure, failure, and speech was training for the day Britain had to stand alone.

by Andrew Roberts 2018

4.39

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 🇬🇧 Britain At War ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 📜 Great Man History 🕊️ Appeasement

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History

by Terrence Edward Paupp • 2014

RFK's vision linked civil rights, poverty, and foreign policy into a radical, unfinished challenge.

4.00

🗳️ Political Biography ⚖️ Moral Leadership 💰 Economic Justice ✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Antiwar Activism

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History Summary

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History 90%

RFK's vision linked civil rights, poverty, and foreign policy into a radical, unfinished challenge.

by Terrence Edward Paupp 2014

4.00

1 ratings

🗳️ Political Biography ⚖️ Moral Leadership 💰 Economic Justice ✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Antiwar Activism

R. N. Kao

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale • 2019

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

3.92

456

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Espionage

R. N. Kao 90%

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale 2019

3.92

456 ratings

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Espionage

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Spymasters 90%

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

George Washington's Secret Six

by Brian Kilmeade • 2013

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

3.86

21k+

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence 🎖️ Ordinary Heroes 🤫 Hidden History

George Washington's Secret Six 90%

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

by Brian Kilmeade 2013

3.86

21k+ ratings

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence 🎖️ Ordinary Heroes 🤫 Hidden History

The Brothers

by Stephen Kinzer • 2013

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

4.15

5k+

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 Regime Change 🏛️ Eisenhower Era

The Brothers 90%

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

by Stephen Kinzer 2013

4.15

5k+ ratings

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 Regime Change 🏛️ Eisenhower Era

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

by Annie Jacobsen • 2019

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

4.31

7k+

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing ❄️ Cold War History ⚔️ Unconventional Warfare

Surprise, Kill, Vanish 90%

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

by Annie Jacobsen 2019

4.31

7k+ ratings

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing ❄️ Cold War History ⚔️ Unconventional Warfare

The Trigger

by Tim Butcher • 2014

Everyone knows the assassin who sparked World War I, but almost everything they know is wrong.

3.81

4k+

🗺️ Balkan History 💣 World War One 🔫 Political Assassination 🏛️ Historical Memory 🥾 Travel And History

The Trigger 90%

Everyone knows the assassin who sparked World War I, but almost everything they know is wrong.

by Tim Butcher 2014

3.81

4k+ ratings

🗺️ Balkan History 💣 World War One 🔫 Political Assassination 🏛️ Historical Memory 🥾 Travel And History

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

4.19

455

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 90%

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957

4.19

455 ratings

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

COUNSELOR

by Theodore C. Sorensen • 2008

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

4.05

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

COUNSELOR 90%

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

Boyd

by Robert Coram • 2002

The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.

4.19

8k+

✈️ Fighter Aviation ⚔️ Military Strategy 🔄 Maneuver Warfare 🧠 Decision Frameworks 🏛️ Military Reform

Boyd 90%

The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.

by Robert Coram 2002

4.19

8k+ ratings

✈️ Fighter Aviation ⚔️ Military Strategy 🔄 Maneuver Warfare 🧠 Decision Frameworks 🏛️ Military Reform

Kingmaker

by Sonia Purnell • 2024

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

4.16

6k+

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

Kingmaker 90%

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

by Sonia Purnell 2024

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

Washington's Spies

by Alexander Rose • 2006

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

3.82

6k+

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Washington's Spies 90%

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

by Alexander Rose 2006

3.82

6k+ ratings

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

3.75

151

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley 90%

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011

3.75

151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Adolf Hitler

by John Toland • 1958

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

4.24

4k+

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

Adolf Hitler 90%

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

by John Toland 1958

4.24

4k+ ratings

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

The Crusader

by Paul Kengor • 2006

The Cold War didn't end by accident. Reagan spent six decades preparing to win it.

4.33

387

❄️ Cold War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 💰 Economic Warfare 🚀 Arms Race 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Crusader 90%

The Cold War didn't end by accident. Reagan spent six decades preparing to win it.

by Paul Kengor 2006

4.33

387 ratings

❄️ Cold War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 💰 Economic Warfare 🚀 Arms Race 🕵️ Covert Operations

Malcolm X

by Manning Marable • 2011

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

4.19

20k+

📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

Malcolm X 89%

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

by Manning Marable 2011

4.19

20k+ ratings

📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

Bobby Kennedy

by Larry Tye • 2016

McCarthy's protégé became civil rights' champion. How Bobby Kennedy transformed.

4.38

3k+

🏛️ Kennedy Dynasty 🔴 Cold War Politics ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🔄 Political Transformation 🏗️ Organized Labor

Bobby Kennedy 89%

McCarthy's protégé became civil rights' champion. How Bobby Kennedy transformed.

by Larry Tye 2016

4.38

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Kennedy Dynasty 🔴 Cold War Politics ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🔄 Political Transformation 🏗️ Organized Labor

1776

by David McCullough • 2005

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

4.10

250k+

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

1776 89%

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

by David McCullough 2005

4.10

250k+ ratings

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

Heroic Failure

by Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

4.11

2k+

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology 🏰 Post-Imperial Studies 🎭 Glorified Failure

Heroic Failure 89%

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

by Fintan O'Toole 2018

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology 🏰 Post-Imperial Studies 🎭 Glorified Failure

Killing Hitler

by Roger Moorhouse • 2006

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

3.83

399

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Killing Hitler 89%

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

by Roger Moorhouse 2006

3.83

399 ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Edmund Burke

by Russell Kirk • 2014

Prophet of the Terror, defender of American rights. The founder of modern conservatism.

4.03

306

🏛️ Political Biography 📚 Conservative Thought 🇬🇧 British Politics 🧠 Party Politics 🎙️ Oratory & Rhetoric

Edmund Burke 89%

Prophet of the Terror, defender of American rights. The founder of modern conservatism.

by Russell Kirk 2014

4.03

306 ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 📚 Conservative Thought 🇬🇧 British Politics 🧠 Party Politics 🎙️ Oratory & Rhetoric

The Shah

by Abbas Milani • 2007

A CIA-backed restoration, a forced march into modernity, and the revolution it made inevitable.

4.23

1k+

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🧊 Cold War History 🛢️ Oil And Geopolitics 👑 Authoritarian Rule 🌐 Foreign Intervention

The Shah 89%

A CIA-backed restoration, a forced march into modernity, and the revolution it made inevitable.

by Abbas Milani 2007

4.23

1k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🧊 Cold War History 🛢️ Oil And Geopolitics 👑 Authoritarian Rule 🌐 Foreign Intervention

Leadership

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2018

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

4.40

16k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

Leadership 89%

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018

4.40

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

A Journey

by Tony Blair • 2010

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

3.57

5k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

A Journey 89%

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

by Tony Blair 2010

3.57

5k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

Understanding John Lennon

by Francis Kenny • 2020

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

4.00

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain 🤝 Artistic Partnership

Understanding John Lennon 89%

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

by Francis Kenny 2020

4.00

9 ratings

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain 🤝 Artistic Partnership

The Man Who Remade India

by Vinay Sitapati • 2016

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

4.42

2k+

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

The Man Who Remade India 89%

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

by Vinay Sitapati 2016

4.42

2k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

How Britain Ends

by Gavin Esler • 2021

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

4.09

581

🇬🇧 British Politics 🏛️ Uk Devolution 🪪 National Identity 📜 Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Democratic Deficit

How Britain Ends 89%

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

by Gavin Esler 2021

4.09

581 ratings

🇬🇧 British Politics 🏛️ Uk Devolution 🪪 National Identity 📜 Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Democratic Deficit

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien 89%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

A Line in the Sand

by James Barr • 2011

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

4.06

5k+

🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

A Line in the Sand 89%

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

by James Barr 2011

4.06

5k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

Team of Rivals

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

201k+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals 89%

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005

4.29

201k+ ratings

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Henry V

by Dan Jones • 2024

A usurper's son, an impossible victory, two crowns won, and an infant left to lose them.

4.41

8k+

🏰 Hundred Years War ⚔️ Military Biography 🛡️ Medieval Warfare 📖 Narrative History 👑 English Monarchy

Henry V 89%

A usurper's son, an impossible victory, two crowns won, and an infant left to lose them.

by Dan Jones 2024

4.41

8k+ ratings

🏰 Hundred Years War ⚔️ Military Biography 🛡️ Medieval Warfare 📖 Narrative History 👑 English Monarchy

Revolusi

by David Van Reybrouck • 2020

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

4.53

5k+

🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

Revolusi 89%

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

by David Van Reybrouck 2020

4.53

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

The Man Who Ran Washington

by Peter Baker • 2020

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

4.45

3k+

🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

The Man Who Ran Washington 89%

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

by Peter Baker 2020

4.45

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

Mexico

by enrique-krauze • 1997

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

4.27

659

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Mexico 89%

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

by enrique-krauze 1997

4.27

659 ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Nelson Mandela

by Martin Meredith • 1997

They put him on trial to silence him. His dock statement made apartheid the defendant instead.

4.17

347

🇿🇦 South African History ✊ Anti-Apartheid Movement 🔗 Political Imprisonment ⛓️ Colonial Resistance 🗽 Freedom Fighters

Nelson Mandela 89%

They put him on trial to silence him. His dock statement made apartheid the defendant instead.

by Martin Meredith 1997

4.17

347 ratings

🇿🇦 South African History ✊ Anti-Apartheid Movement 🔗 Political Imprisonment ⛓️ Colonial Resistance 🗽 Freedom Fighters

The Great Boer War

by Byron Farwell • 1976

To beat a handful of farmers, Britain burned 30,000 farms and invented the concentration camp.

4.15

578

🎖️ Boer War 🇿🇦 South African History 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 💥 Military Blunders 🛡️ Counterinsurgency

The Great Boer War 89%

To beat a handful of farmers, Britain burned 30,000 farms and invented the concentration camp.

by Byron Farwell 1976

4.15

578 ratings

🎖️ Boer War 🇿🇦 South African History 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 💥 Military Blunders 🛡️ Counterinsurgency

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