Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton
Best History Books
3,672 books — 3,701 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
31,327 books — 119,027 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesIvanhoe by Walter ScottLincoln by Gore Vidal
Best Historical Fiction
7,274 books — 25,467 voters