The making of the modern world

Explore the best books on the making of the modern world—essential reads that uncover the pivotal events, ideas, and figures shaping today's global landscape.

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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

by Philip Gourevitch

In 1994 the Rwandan government implemented a policy for the Hutu majority to murder everyone in the Tutsi majority.
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King Leopold's Ghost

by Adam Hochschild

Documents the plundering of the territory.
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The Bookseller of Kabul

by Asne Seierstad

This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of …
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Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of …
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