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Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 79,160 ratings — published 2002
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 247,344 ratings — published 2003
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 26,026 ratings — published 1997
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 123,998 ratings — published 1998
The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,508 ratings — published 2006
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.34 — 117,784 ratings — published 2010
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,604 ratings — published 2012
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 57,735 ratings — published 2010
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,497 ratings — published 2007
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,777 ratings — published 1995
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,948 ratings — published 2005
Paper: Paging Through History (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,075 ratings — published 2016
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.32 — 284,754 ratings — published 2025
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,365 ratings — published 2012
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 778,895 ratings — published 2003
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 73,774 ratings — published 2003
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 195,305 ratings — published 2016
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,450 ratings — published 2005
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,096 ratings — published 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 824,728 ratings — published 2010
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 23,849 ratings — published 2017
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,083 ratings — published 2010
The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.61 — 573 ratings — published 1998
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 74,936 ratings — published 1999
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 99,934 ratings — published 2010
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,526 ratings — published 2000
Spice: The History of a Temptation (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,590 ratings — published 2004
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,483 ratings — published 1959
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,172 ratings — published 2006
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 124,821 ratings — published 1994
Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.62 — 559 ratings — published 2008
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,114 ratings — published 1999
The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,732 ratings — published 2004
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 62,294 ratings — published 2010
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,285 ratings — published 2004
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,572 ratings — published 1996
Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 469 ratings — published 2000
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 114,808 ratings — published 2009
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 29,491 ratings — published 1999
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 22,283 ratings — published 2003
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 779 ratings — published 2023
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 9,641 ratings — published 2023
Butts: A Backstory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 10,052 ratings — published 2022
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,927 ratings — published 2000
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.45 — 5,160 ratings — published 2016
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,498 ratings — published 2017
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,475 ratings — published 1976
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,044 ratings — published 2015
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.45 — 14,392 ratings — published 2009
Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as micro-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 632 ratings — published 1986
