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I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe King Must Die by Mary RenaultThe Praise Singer by Mary RenaultThe Bull from the Sea by Mary RenaultHomer's Daughter by Robert Graves
Classical Studies
59 books — 7 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardIndian Civilization Reborn — Volume II by Dinesh Chandra RawatRubicon by Tom HollandGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Histories by Herodotus
Best Books About Ancient History
466 books — 160 voters

The Chronicle of Theophanes by Harry TurtledoveFourteen Byzantine Rulers by Michael PsellusThe Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos (Translated Texts f... by SebeosMaurice's Strategikon by MauriceGenesios, On the Reigns of the Emperors by Joseph Genesius
Byzantine / Medieval Roman Primary Sources in Translation
104 books — 9 voters
Night by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,825 books — 757 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinBad Blood by John CarreyrouWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip Gourevitch
Best Books by Journalists
295 books — 112 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,705 books — 8,327 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
588 books — 411 voters
The Histories by HerodotusA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe American Translator by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
History as Literature
754 books — 715 voters

History of the Wars, Volume III by ProcopiusThe Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen by Hermias SozomenHistory of the Wars, Volume 5. Books 7.36-8. Gothic War by ProcopiusThe Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine by Eusebius PamphilusHistory of the Wars, Volume I by Procopius
Best Roman / Byzantine Primary Sources
18 books — 2 voters
The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter HeatherThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Later Roman Empire by Ammianus MarcellinusEmpires and Barbarians by Peter HeatherHow Rome Fell by Adrian Goldsworthy
Books on the Later Roman Empire
168 books — 46 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Classici
8 books — 6 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,102 books — 4,700 voters


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