50 Books like Women in the Valley of the Kings

Cleopatra

by Alberto Angela • 2018

The seductress myth hides a multilingual strategist who used intellect and intimacy to defy Rome.

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🏛️ Ancient Egypt ⚔️ Ancient Rome 👑 Female Rulers ♟️ Political Strategy 🏰 Court Politics

Cleopatra 93%

The seductress myth hides a multilingual strategist who used intellect and intimacy to defy Rome.

by Alberto Angela 2018

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Egypt ⚔️ Ancient Rome 👑 Female Rulers ♟️ Political Strategy 🏰 Court Politics

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

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🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 92%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

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2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Invisible Woman

by Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

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🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman 92%

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

by Claire Tomalin 1990

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2k+ ratings

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

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🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 91%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Women's Work

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Women's Work 91%

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994

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3k+ ratings

🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

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🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 91%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

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4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

Ancient Egypt

by History Brought Alive • 2021

The Nile shaped everything: how one river turned a desert into history's most enduring civilization.

3.55

🏛️ Egyptian Mythology 🙏 Ancient Religion 👑 Pharaohs And Kingship 📜 Egyptian History 🌌 Creation Myths

Ancient Egypt 91%

The Nile shaped everything: how one river turned a desert into history's most enduring civilization.

by History Brought Alive 2021

3.55

22 ratings

🏛️ Egyptian Mythology 🙏 Ancient Religion 👑 Pharaohs And Kingship 📜 Egyptian History 🌌 Creation Myths

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band 91%

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

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2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

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📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 91%

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

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501

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

A History of Islam in 21 Women 91%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

3.38

501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

Lady Sapiens

by Thomas Cirotteau • 2011

The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.

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🏛️ Human Prehistory 🔬 Evolutionary Anthropology ⛏️ Feminist Archaeology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 👶 Cooperative Breeding

Lady Sapiens 91%

The real prehistoric woman hunted, healed, and led. Her passivity was a Victorian invention.

by Thomas Cirotteau 2011

3.64

688 ratings

🏛️ Human Prehistory 🔬 Evolutionary Anthropology ⛏️ Feminist Archaeology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 👶 Cooperative Breeding

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

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🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

The Acid Queen 91%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress 91%

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

by Kate Williams 2006

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

Ada's Algorithm

by James Essinger • 2013

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.

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🖥️ Early Computing 🔬 Women In Science 📚 Scientific Biography ⚙️ Victorian Science 🏆 Unsung Pioneers

Ada's Algorithm 91%

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.

by James Essinger 2013

3.27

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Early Computing 🔬 Women In Science 📚 Scientific Biography ⚙️ Victorian Science 🏆 Unsung Pioneers

Women in White Coats

by Olivia Campbell • 2021

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

Women in White Coats 91%

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

by Olivia Campbell 2021

3.72

6k+ ratings

👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie • 1977

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

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🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction 🏥 Wartime Nursing ✍️ Creative Process

An Autobiography 91%

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

by Agatha Christie 1977

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13k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction 🏥 Wartime Nursing ✍️ Creative Process

Fingerprints of the Gods

by Graham Hancock • 1995

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy 🌊 Flood Myths 📐 Astronomical Alignments

Fingerprints of the Gods 91%

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

by Graham Hancock 1995

4.15

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy 🌊 Flood Myths 📐 Astronomical Alignments

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

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🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 91%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel

by William G. Dever • 2005

Archaeology reveals ordinary Israelites worshiped Asherah as Yahweh's consort. The Bible erased her.

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🏺 Ancient Israel 🛐 Folk Religion 🌳 Goddess Worship ⛏️ Archaeology Of Religion 👩‍👧 Women And Religion

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel Summary

Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel 91%

Archaeology reveals ordinary Israelites worshiped Asherah as Yahweh's consort. The Bible erased her.

by William G. Dever 2005

3.93

307 ratings

🏺 Ancient Israel 🛐 Folk Religion 🌳 Goddess Worship ⛏️ Archaeology Of Religion 👩‍👧 Women And Religion

In Search of the Phoenicians

by Josephine Quinn • 2017

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

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🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

In Search of the Phoenicians 90%

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

by Josephine Quinn 2017

3.67

150 ratings

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

by John Calvert • 2009

How a shy literary critic in Cairo forged the ideology that fuels global jihad.

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🧭 Political Islam 🤝 Muslim Brotherhood 🇪🇬 Modern Egyptian History 📖 Intellectual Biography ⚠️ Radicalization Studies

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism Summary

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism 90%

How a shy literary critic in Cairo forged the ideology that fuels global jihad.

by John Calvert 2009

4.01

132 ratings

🧭 Political Islam 🤝 Muslim Brotherhood 🇪🇬 Modern Egyptian History 📖 Intellectual Biography ⚠️ Radicalization Studies

They Came Before Columbus

by Ivan Van Sertima • 2003

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

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🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 African Diaspora 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

They Came Before Columbus 90%

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

by Ivan Van Sertima 2003

4.46

3k+ ratings

🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 African Diaspora 🔄 Cultural Diffusion

Charles Dickens in Love

by Robert Garnett • 2012

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

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📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

Charles Dickens in Love 90%

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

by Robert Garnett 2012

3.93

70 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 90%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

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🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 90%

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014

4.37

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West

by Martyn Frampton • 2018

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

3.69

🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention 📜 Egyptian History 🏛️ Islam And The West

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West Summary

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West 90%

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

by Martyn Frampton 2018

3.69

13 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention 📜 Egyptian History 🏛️ Islam And The West

Evolution's Captain

by Peter Nichols • 2003

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

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🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History ⚔️ Faith And Science 🌍 Cultural Collision

Evolution's Captain 90%

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

by Peter Nichols 2003

3.99

511 ratings

🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History ⚔️ Faith And Science 🌍 Cultural Collision

The Social Sex

by Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex 90%

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

by Marilyn Yalom 2015

3.17

311 ratings

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 90%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

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2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

by Edward Dolnick • 2024

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

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🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party 90%

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

by Edward Dolnick 2024

3.74

3k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting 💀 Extinction ⏳ Deep Time

The Great Bridge

by David McCullough • 1972

The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.

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💰 Gilded Age History 🌉 Civil Engineering History 🏗️ Megaproject Narratives 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Sagas 🗳️ Political Machines

The Great Bridge 90%

The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.

by David McCullough 1972

4.26

19k+ ratings

💰 Gilded Age History 🌉 Civil Engineering History 🏗️ Megaproject Narratives 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Sagas 🗳️ Political Machines

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

by Núria Añó • 2020

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

4.21

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California Summary

The Salon of Exiled Artists in California 90%

Santa Monica living room: Garbo, Mann, Einstein sheltered from war. McCarthyism ended it.

by Núria Añó 2020

4.21

14 ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🌍 European Exiles 📚 Literary Salons 🎭 Weimar Diaspora 🎥 Women In Film

Fly Girls

by Keith O'Brien • 2018

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

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🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

Fly Girls 90%

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

by Keith O'Brien 2018

3.92

9k+ ratings

🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

The Geography of Genius

by Eric Weiner • 2016

Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.

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🌍 Historical Travelogue 🧠 Intellectual History 🔬 Creativity Research 🏛️ Comparative History 💡 Innovation Ecosystems

The Geography of Genius 90%

Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.

by Eric Weiner 2016

3.80

4k+ ratings

🌍 Historical Travelogue 🧠 Intellectual History 🔬 Creativity Research 🏛️ Comparative History 💡 Innovation Ecosystems

Girly Drinks

by Mallory O'Meara • 2021

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

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📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

Girly Drinks 90%

Women invented alcohol. The backlash: witch trials, Prohibition, and a label mocking their taste.

by Mallory O'Meara 2021

4.15

4k+ ratings

📜 Women's History 🍸 Alcohol History 🥂 Women And Alcohol 🍺 Beer And Brewing 🧙 Early Modern Witchcraft

Parisian Lives

by Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

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🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Parisian Lives 90%

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

by Deirdre Bair 2019

4.02

775 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Cities

by Monica L. Smith • 2019

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

3.26

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🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Cities 90%

Cities were never about efficiency. They were about all the things you cannot get alone.

by Monica L. Smith 2019

3.26

446 ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Ancient Cities 🏺 Material Culture 🌆 Urban Anthropology 🚶 Everyday Urbanism

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

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🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another 90%

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

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🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 90%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

4.24

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

Daughters of the Samurai

by Janice P. Nimura • 2015

Japan sent three girls to America for a decade. They came home unable to speak Japanese.

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⛩️ Meiji Japan 📚 Women's Education 🔄 Reverse Culture Shock 🌏 Cultural Exchange 👥 Group Biography

Daughters of the Samurai 90%

Japan sent three girls to America for a decade. They came home unable to speak Japanese.

by Janice P. Nimura 2015

3.90

2k+ ratings

⛩️ Meiji Japan 📚 Women's Education 🔄 Reverse Culture Shock 🌏 Cultural Exchange 👥 Group Biography

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

by Jack Weatherford • 2010

Genghis Khan's daughters held the Silk Road. The sons buried them; a widow rebuilt the empire.

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🏹 Mongol Empire 🐪 Silk Road 👑 Women Rulers ⚔️ Warrior Women 📜 Erased History

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens 90%

Genghis Khan's daughters held the Silk Road. The sons buried them; a widow rebuilt the empire.

by Jack Weatherford 2010

3.93

5k+ ratings

🏹 Mongol Empire 🐪 Silk Road 👑 Women Rulers ⚔️ Warrior Women 📜 Erased History

Hidden History

by Brian Haughton • 2007

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

Hidden History 90%

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

by Brian Haughton 2007

3.71

233 ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

The Toronto Book of Love

by Adam Bunch • 2021

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

4.35

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🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🔎 Hidden Histories 🏘️ Urban Microhistory

The Toronto Book of Love 90%

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

by Adam Bunch 2021

4.35

136 ratings

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 🔎 Hidden Histories 🏘️ Urban Microhistory

How to Think Like a Woman

by Regan Penaluna • 2023

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

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📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

How to Think Like a Woman 90%

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

by Regan Penaluna 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

Lose Your Mother

by Saidiya Hartman • 2007

A historian goes to Ghana seeking roots. All anyone calls her is stranger.

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🚢 Atlantic Slave Trade 🌍 African Diaspora ✊ Pan-Africanism 📜 Archival Erasure 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Feminism

Lose Your Mother 90%

A historian goes to Ghana seeking roots. All anyone calls her is stranger.

by Saidiya Hartman 2007

4.29

3k+ ratings

🚢 Atlantic Slave Trade 🌍 African Diaspora ✊ Pan-Africanism 📜 Archival Erasure 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Feminism

Crusade for Justice

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett • 1970

She bit a conductor to keep her seat, won, then a lynching made her a crusader.

4.32

865

🏛️ Jim Crow Era ✊ Early Civil Rights ⚖️ Anti-Lynching Movement ✍️ Activist Memoir 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Crusade for Justice 90%

She bit a conductor to keep her seat, won, then a lynching made her a crusader.

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1970

4.32

865 ratings

🏛️ Jim Crow Era ✊ Early Civil Rights ⚖️ Anti-Lynching Movement ✍️ Activist Memoir 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Ancient Egyptian Magic

by Christina Riggs • 2020

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

3.91

216

🏛️ Egyptology 📜 Ancient Religion ✨ Ritual Magic 🌿 Magical Healing 📖 Spellcraft

Ancient Egyptian Magic 90%

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

by Christina Riggs 2020

3.91

216 ratings

🏛️ Egyptology 📜 Ancient Religion ✨ Ritual Magic 🌿 Magical Healing 📖 Spellcraft

The Atlantis Blueprint

by Rand Flem-Ath • 2000

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

3.81

574

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry 🗺️ Ancient Cartography 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology

The Atlantis Blueprint 90%

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

by Rand Flem-Ath 2000

3.81

574 ratings

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry 🗺️ Ancient Cartography 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology

The Lost City of the Monkey God

by Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

3.93

63k+

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

The Lost City of the Monkey God 90%

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

by Douglas Preston 2017

3.93

63k+ ratings

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Josephine Baker

by Jean-Claude Baker • 1993

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

3.78

351

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

Josephine Baker 90%

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

by Jean-Claude Baker 1993

3.78

351 ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

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