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The Histories The Histories (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 55,753 ratings — published -430
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 266,848 ratings — published 1980
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 139,333 ratings — published 1992
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The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 236,188 ratings — published 1962
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1776 1776 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 249,013 ratings — published 2005
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 44,258 ratings — published 1978
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 761,080 ratings — published 2003
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The Guns of August The Guns of August (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 84,982 ratings — published 1962
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 459,008 ratings — published 1997
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 73,022 ratings — published 1992
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,267,759 ratings — published 2011
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 117,353 ratings — published 2010
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Salt: A World History Salt: A World History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 76,968 ratings — published 2002
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A Short History of Nearly Everything A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 423,768 ratings — published 2003
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History of the Peloponnesian War History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 40,679 ratings — published -411
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 102,707 ratings — published 1970
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 148,794 ratings — published 1960
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 4,204,536 ratings — published 1947
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 95,477 ratings — published 2005
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 448,552 ratings — published 2017
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 806,765 ratings — published 2010
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 24,103 ratings — published 2012
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 121,964 ratings — published 1998
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 999,752 ratings — published 2010
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 84,270 ratings — published 2004
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 82,021 ratings — published 2015
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Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 200,819 ratings — published 2004
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 15,506 ratings — published 1776
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 75,053 ratings — published 1995
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 200,530 ratings — published 2005
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
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avg rating 4.19 — 69,358 ratings — published 1998
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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 18,734 ratings — published 2019
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 20,616 ratings — published 2014
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The Persian Expedition The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 9,948 ratings — published -400
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 76,505 ratings — published 1995
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 98,706 ratings — published 2010
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The Life of Elizabeth I The Life of Elizabeth I (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 32,810 ratings — published 1998
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The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 9,901 ratings — published -29
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 56,418 ratings — published 2006
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 211,440 ratings — published 2023
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 15,514 ratings — published 2014
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 41,484 ratings — published 1998
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 11,715 ratings — published 2005
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The Campaigns of Alexander The Campaigns of Alexander (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 5,358 ratings — published 150
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 34,048 ratings — published 1988
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Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
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avg rating 3.52 — 34,240 ratings — published 2009
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 112,238 ratings — published 2006
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 12,882 ratings — published 1992
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883] Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883] (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 21,904 ratings — published 2003
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Ben Okri
“Nations and peoples are largely the stories they feed themselves. If they tell themselves stories that are lies, they will suffer the future consequences of those lies. If they tell themselves stories that face their own truths, they will free their histories for future flowerings.”
Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven

Roxane Gay
“Nostalgia is powerful. It is natural, human to long for the past, particularly when we can remember our histories as better than they were.”
Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

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