Big Books of Summer

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The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie1491 by Charles C. MannOpen Veins of Latin America by Eduardo GaleanoThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraTurn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
South America - History and Culture
362 books — 126 voters
Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelAztec by Gary Jennings
Historical Fiction set in Latin America
164 books — 137 voters

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin MaaloufThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades by Jonathan Riley-SmithLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievThe Crusades by Thomas AsbridgeOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Best History Books on Crusades
115 books — 96 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del CastilloKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildLongsword by Dimitar GyopsalievOathbreaker by Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Crusaders, Conquistadores and Colonial Empires
261 books — 77 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,925 books — 4,059 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardRubicon by Tom HollandThe Histories by HerodotusGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost on the Throne by James Romm
Best Books About Ancient History
459 books — 139 voters