Non-Fiction Reads
Discover the best non-fiction books with our curated list of top reads. Explore biographies, history, science, and more to expand your knowledge and perspective.
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A Distant Mirror
by Barbara W. Tuchman
A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
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Red Star Over China
by Edgar Snow
The iconic history of the Chinese Communist leaders who forever changed the course of China The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese …
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Sleepwalking Through History
by Haynes Johnson
National bestseller: In this brilliantly readable book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles the Reagan decade, when America fell from dominant world power to struggling debtor …
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The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner
The bestselling classic that examines the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx—“all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want …
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Vietnam
by Stanley Karnow
"A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World This monumental narrative clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the …
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The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first …
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The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
A penetrating take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence
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Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes
He that is to govern a whole nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but mankind. Leviathan is both a magnificent …
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The History of Medieval Europe
by Maurice Keen
A comprehensive, general survey of Europe from the ruins of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Ottoman Turks.
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Death's Men
by Denis Winter
In their own words the soldiers of the First World War describe the horrors of their days in battle.
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Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History
by Richard Shenkman
Whistleblowing historian Richard Shenkman skewers the nonsense we were all taught about the world’s revolutions, religions, heroes, and inventors in a whirlwind tour of history. …
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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
by Philip Sugden
Sugden offers the definitive account of history's most infamous murders and the legendary serial killer known only as "Jack the Ripper." of photos. Index.
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Russia's War
by Richard Overy
RUSSIA'S WAR is the epic account of the greatest military encounter in human history. In a vivid, often shocking narrative, Richard Overy describes the astounding …
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Longitude
by Dava Sobel
Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.
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The March of Folly
by Barbara W. Tuchman
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, …
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning
by Jonathan Mahler
By early 1977, the metropolis was in the grip of hysteria caused by a murderer dubbed "Son of Sam." And on a sweltering night in …
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The Rising Sun
by John Toland
“[The Rising Sun] is quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific war.”—Chicago Sun-Times This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II …
