World History

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

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Asia

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7 Tipping Points That Saved the World

by Chris Stewart 2011 320 pages

3.97

1.9K ratings

History

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Politics

A Splendid Exchange

How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein 2008 477 pages

4.16

3.3K ratings

History

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Business

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

by Christopher Lascelles 2011 241 pages

3.85

1.6K ratings

History

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Reference

The Return of the Russian Leviathan

by Sergei Medvedev 2017 250 pages

4.06

325 ratings

Russia

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History

A Short History of the World

by H.G. Wells 1922 371 pages

3.86

2.8K ratings

History

Classics

World History

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

by Natasha Tidd 2023 288 pages

3.59

1.3K ratings

History

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World History

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

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

Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

by Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 pages

4.18

18.2K ratings

History

Biography

Adventure

The Dark Valley

A Panorama of the 1930s

by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages

4.18

593 ratings

History

European History

World History

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 British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

by Robert C. Allen 2009 342 pages

4

257 ratings

History

Economics

European History

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

Energy and Civilization

A History

by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages

4.09

4.0K ratings

History

Science

Economics

Palestine

Peace Not Apartheid

by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages

3.92

5.0K ratings

Politics

History

Middle East

A Concise History of the Middle East

by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 2005 576 pages

3.72

952 ratings

History

Middle East

Politics

Palestine

A Four Thousand Year History

by Nur Masalha 2018 304 pages

4.02

1.2K ratings

History

Middle East

Politics

The Zorg

A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

by Siddharth Kara 2025 304 pages

4.26

761 ratings

History

Africa

Crime

Fifth Sun

A New History of the Aztecs

by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages

4.09

5.1K ratings

History

Historical

World History

Conquistador

Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

by Buddy Levy 2008 448 pages

4.31

5.1K ratings

History

Biography

War

Blood and Iron

The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

by Katja Hoyer 2021 256 pages

4.15

3.4K ratings

History

Germany

European History

Smoke and Ashes

A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories

by Amitav Ghosh 2023 417 pages

4.06

1.6K ratings

History

China

India

1494

How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half

by Stephen R. Bown 2012 304 pages

3.89

359 ratings

History

Spain

Politics

The Scramble for Africa

The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912

by Thomas Pakenham 1992 738 pages

4.15

2.7K ratings

History

Africa

World History

The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

by Daniel Yergin 1993 928 pages

4.44

12.2K ratings

History

Economics

Business

Fire and Blood

A History of Mexico

by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973 703 pages

3.93

604 ratings

History

Religion

Travel