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. Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
22. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
23. The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle by Isabel Kershner
24. Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
25. Saint Joan of Arc by Vita Sackville-West
26. Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park
27. The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
28. Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
29. Charlemagne by Johannes Fried
30. When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
31. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
32. Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
33. Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
34. Ancient China : Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
35. The Native American Experience: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Fetterman Massacre, and Creek Mary's Blood by Dee Brown
36. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
37. The Golden Age of Islam by Maurice Lombard
38. A History of Medieval Islam by J.J. Saunders
39. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin
40. The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby
41. Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
42. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek
43. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
44. The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes
45. The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World by Jeff Pearce
46. Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik
47. Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani
48. Japan Unbound: A Volatile Nation's Quest for Pride and Purpose by John Nathan
49. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
50. Vikings: The Viking Age From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
51. Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World by Hugh Pope
52. A Concise History of Ancient Greece to the Close of the Classical Era by Peter Green
53. 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
54. Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts
55. Mayan Civilization: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
56. The Battle of the Little Bighorn: A Good Day To Die by Francis Hayes
57. The Story of the Goths by Henry Bradley
58. Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia by History Compacted
59. Alexander the Great: A Historical Biography of History's Greatest Military Commander by Philip Egenes
60. Aztecs: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
61. The 'Awakening' of China: Western Concepts of China in the Early 20th Century by Edwin Poon
62. Alexander the Great: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
63. Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
64. The Mongols: A History by Jeremiah Curtin
65. The Expansion of Elizabethan England by A.L. Rowse
66. Ancient Greece: From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver