Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton
Best History Books
3,712 books — 3,753 voters
The Odyssey by HomerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,653 books — 120,516 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesIvanhoe by Walter  ScottLincoln by Gore Vidal
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,614 voters