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Civilization Books
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.04 — 459,206 ratings — published 1997
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,794 ratings — published 2004
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,268,822 ratings — published 2011
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 31 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.18 — 288,470 ratings — published 2015
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,151 ratings — published 2018
Civilization: The West and the Rest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,315 ratings — published 2011
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.78 — 14,098 ratings — published 1996
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,042,050 ratings — published 2006
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,211,826 ratings — published 1954
The Collapse of Complex Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,503 ratings — published 1988
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.07 — 133,268 ratings — published 2009
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.19 — 26,540 ratings — published 2021
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.04 — 50,520 ratings — published 1997
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.74 — 12,884 ratings — published 2014
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.09 — 63,425 ratings — published 2012
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,653 ratings — published 1995
Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,206 ratings — published 2006
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis (Civilizations Rise and Fall, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.90 — 11,687 ratings — published 2019
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.92 — 326,822 ratings — published 1961
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.05 — 95,521 ratings — published 2005
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,602 ratings — published 1935
Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.21 — 27,038 ratings — published 2011
Weslandia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,107 ratings — published 1999
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,658 ratings — published 2010
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.17 — 49,048 ratings — published 2015
The Evolution of Civilizations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.39 — 316 ratings — published 1961
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,884 ratings — published 2017
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,068 ratings — published 2012
Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.01 — 104,648 ratings — published 1992
Story of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,810 ratings — published 1975
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,454 ratings — published 2018
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,937 ratings — published 2010
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,304,896 ratings — published 2011
A History of Civilizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,208 ratings — published 1963
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,646 ratings — published 2000
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.81 — 46,921 ratings — published 1995
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,085,390 ratings — published 1932
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.22 — 423,983 ratings — published 2003
Energy and Civilization: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,138 ratings — published 2017
The Lessons of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.05 — 20,614 ratings — published 1968
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,440 ratings — published 2007
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,324 ratings — published 2011
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,209 ratings — published 1860
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.18 — 340,555 ratings — published 1995
A Short History of Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,462 ratings — published 2004
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 15,571 ratings — published 2022
The High King of Montival (Emberverse, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,918 ratings — published 2010
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,269 ratings — published 2021
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.52 — 162,196 ratings — published 2020
The Decline of the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,240 ratings — published 1918
“الحضارة تُعلِّم أما الثقافة فتُنور. تحتاج الأولي الى تعلم, اما الثانية فتحتاج الى تأمل”
― الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب
― الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب
“Where do you. come from?" Frank challenged, puffing his chest, a little bolder now that he could breathe. "Some of us are starting to wonder."
"I come from civilization," Lucius retorted. "You wouldn't be familiar with the territory. Now pick up the books.”
― Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
"I come from civilization," Lucius retorted. "You wouldn't be familiar with the territory. Now pick up the books.”
― Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side












