History Education Books Self-improvement
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I asked, "What's the best history book you've ever read?"
I received 300+ responses.
Here are 20 books that will help you understand the world and how we got here:
1/
Sapiens
by @harari_yuval
amzn.to
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2/
The Lessons of History
by Ariel Durant & Will Durant
amzn.to
amzn.to
3/
Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond
amzn.to
amzn.to
4/
A Brief History of Nearly Everything
by @billbrysonn
amzn.to
amzn.to
5/
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
amzn.to
amzn.to
6/
1776
by David McCullough
amzn.to
amzn.to
7/
A Little History of the World
by E. H. Gombrich
amzn.to
amzn.to
8/
The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
amzn.to
amzn.to
9/
The Silk Roads
by @peterfrankopan
amzn.to
amzn.to
10/
The Invention of Nature
by @andrea_wulf
amzn.to
amzn.to
11/
The Ascent of Money
by @nfergus
amzn.to
amzn.to
12/
An Ancestor’s Tale
by @RichardDawkins
amzn.to
amzn.to
13/
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
amzn.to
amzn.to
14/
The Dawn of Everything
by @davidgraeber & @davidwengrow
amzn.to
amzn.to
15/
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
amzn.to
amzn.to
16/
How to Hide an Empire
by @dimmerwahr
amzn.to
amzn.to
17/
The Warmth of Other Suns
by @Isabelwilkerson
amzn.to
amzn.to
18/
The March of Folly
by Barbara W. Tuchman
amzn.to
amzn.to
19/
SPQR
by @wmarybeard
amzn.to
amzn.to
20/
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by @JamesWLoewen
amzn.to
amzn.to
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