World History Book Summaries

India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
History
India
Asia
The Fall of the Ottomans Summary
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
by Eugene Rogan 2015 512 pages
4.17
4.5K ratings
History
World War I
War
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
by Tim Hannigan 2015 288 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Asia
Travel
A Splendid Exchange Summary
A Splendid Exchange
How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. Bernstein 2008 477 pages
4.16
3.3K ratings
History
Economics
Business
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
by Angus Konstam 2006 336 pages
3.53
415 ratings
History
Pirates
Biography
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by Christopher Lascelles 2011 241 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
History
Historical
Reference
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
by Natasha Tidd 2023 288 pages
3.59
1.3K ratings
History
Historical
World History
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
Over the Edge of the World Summary
Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
by Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 pages
4.18
18.2K ratings
History
Biography
Adventure
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee 2025 288 pages
3.66
121 ratings
Science
History
Evolution
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages
3.86
2.8K ratings
History
Classics
World History
Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4.2K ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Klondike Fever Summary
The Klondike Fever
The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton 1958 494 pages
4.10
416 ratings
History
Canada
American History
Fire and Blood Summary
Fire and Blood
A History of Mexico
by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973 703 pages
3.93
604 ratings
History
Religion
Travel
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