The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterFoundation by Peter AckroydThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonNathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton
Histories of Countries
85 books — 23 voters
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan ChandraEarly Indians by Tony JosephA History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder SinghIndia's Ancient Past by R.S. SharmaThe Wonder That Was India by A.L. Basham
Discovery of India
52 books — 2 voters

Lab Girl by Hope JahrenI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Treeline by Ben Rawlence
Popular Science Books
52 books — 13 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterChaos by James GleickThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Information by James Gleick
Complexity
160 books — 163 voters

Flatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon SinghThe Math Olympian by Richard HoshinoFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
For my math class
106 books — 30 voters
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Art of War by Sun TzuLiar's Poker by Michael   LewisThe Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean
Fortune's 75 Smartest Books We Know
89 books — 12 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
265 books — 106 voters
Bloodlands by Timothy SnyderGulag by Anne ApplebaumWhite Eagle, Red Star by Norman DaviesNatasha's Dance by Orlando FigesThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Eastern European History Books
232 books — 50 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
3,672 books — 3,701 voters
Prisoners of Geography by Tim  MarshallDiplomacy by Henry KissingerThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. MearsheimerThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
100 International Relations Classics
58 books — 19 voters


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