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