Ranked: History, Empires

This is a subjective Ranked version of Genre: History, Empires


  1. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
  2. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
  3. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
  4. Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
  5. Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man
  6. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum
  7. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
  8. Conquests and Cultures: An International History by Thomas Sowell
  9. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
  10. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
  11. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
  12. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
  13. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford
  14. The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World by Martin Page
  15. The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
  16. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
  17. These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
  18. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
  19. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
  20. A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell
  21. Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull
  22. Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
  23. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
  24. The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle by Isabel Kershner
  25. Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
  26. Saint Joan of Arc by Vita Sackville-West
  27. Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park
  28. The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
  29. Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
  30. Charlemagne by Johannes Fried
  31. When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
  32. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
  33. Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
  34. Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
  35. Ancient China : Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
  36. The Native American Experience: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Fetterman Massacre, and Creek Mary's Blood by Dee Brown
  37. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
  38. The Golden Age of Islam by Maurice Lombard
  39. A History of Medieval Islam by J.J. Saunders
  40. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin
  41. The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby
  42. Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
  43. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek
  44. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
  45. The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes
  46. The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World by Jeff Pearce
  47. Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik
  48. Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani
  49. Japan Unbound: A Volatile Nation's Quest for Pride and Purpose by John Nathan
  50. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
  51. Vikings: The Viking Age From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
  52. Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World by Hugh Pope
  53. A Concise History of Ancient Greece to the Close of the Classical Era by Peter Green
  54. The Rise of Persia and the First Greco-Persian Wars: The Expansion of the Achaemenid Empire and the Battle of Marathon by Manousos E. Kambouris
  55. Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts
  56. Mayan Civilization: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
  57. The Battle of the Little Bighorn: A Good Day To Die by Francis Hayes
  58. The Story of the Goths by Henry Bradley
  59. Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia by History Compacted
  60. Alexander the Great: A Historical Biography of History's Greatest Military Commander by Philip Egenes
  61. Aztecs: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
  62. The 'Awakening' of China: Western Concepts of China in the Early 20th Century by Edwin Poon
  63. Alexander the Great: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
  64. Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
  65. The Mongols: A History by Jeremiah Curtin
  66. The Expansion of Elizabethan England by A.L. Rowse
  67. Ancient Greece: From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver