David's votes on the list Best books on history and culture.

Listopia > David's votes on the list Best books on history and culture. (39 Books)

1	The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World by Daniel J. Boorstin 3.94 avg rating — 977 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.18 avg rating — 2,646 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.11 avg rating — 11,866 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	John Milton: A Hero of Our Time by David Hawkes 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic by Peter L. Berger 3.73 avg rating — 648 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun 4.14 avg rating — 4,658 ratings David added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	In Afghanistan: Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation by David Loyn 3.90 avg rating — 121 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Evolution, Creationism, and Other Modern Myths: A Critical Inquiry by Vine Deloria Jr. 3.66 avg rating — 93 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How Fairness Went Too Far by Philip K. Howard 3.65 avg rating — 62 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction by Gary B. Ferngren (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 115 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies 3.44 avg rating — 1,578 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 47,146 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill 3.75 avg rating — 3,429 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent by Michael Frassetto 3.62 avg rating — 143 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer (British Commonwealth, United States, United Nations, 1993) by Michael White 3.85 avg rating — 412 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life by Daniel Klein 3.82 avg rating — 3,620 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America by James D. Rice 3.57 avg rating — 141 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living by Luc Ferry 3.96 avg rating — 4,269 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion by Susan Ronald (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 517 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 6,184 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do by Albert-László Barabási (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 1,094 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson 3.98 avg rating — 5,018 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt 3.87 avg rating — 35,616 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace by Paul Moses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 274 ratings David added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson 3.76 avg rating — 824 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 77,033 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 463,804 ratings David added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 768,806 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis 3.99 avg rating — 64,619 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life by Adam Gopnik 3.61 avg rating — 1,017 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and Justice by Dorothy Day 4.02 avg rating — 5,779 ratings David added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World by David King 3.69 avg rating — 269 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes 3.80 avg rating — 846 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Two Classics of the French Revolution: Reflections on the Revolution in France/The Rights of Man by Edmund Burke 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings David added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch 3.88 avg rating — 990 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Concise History of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes 3.85 avg rating — 723 ratings David added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages by Richard E. Rubenstein 3.99 avg rating — 1,086 ratings David rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Modernism: The Lure of Heresy by Peter Gay 3.89 avg rating — 749 ratings David added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn 4.09 avg rating — 269,375 ratings David rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars