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