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    189 mentions across 24 recommendation lists.

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    #1

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

    758 upvotes

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    Salt

    Mark Kurlansky

    553 upvotes

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    Nixonland

    Rick Perlstein

    347 upvotes

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    One Summer

    Bill Bryson

    312 upvotes

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    King Leopold's Ghost

    Adam Hochschild

    243 upvotes

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    Nuclear Weapons

    Joseph M. Siracusa

    240 upvotes

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    The Devil In The White City

    Erik Larson

    234 upvotes

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    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    226 upvotes

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    #9

    Salt

    Mark Kurlansky

    206 upvotes

    Cover of A Lynching in the Heartland

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    A Lynching in the Heartland

    NA NA

    183 upvotes

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    Columbine

    Dave Cullen

    171 upvotes

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    Local People

    John Dittmer

    160 upvotes

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    Death in the Haymarket

    James Green

    160 upvotes

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    #14

    Invisible Hands

    Kim Phillips-fein

    160 upvotes

    Cover of When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

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    When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

    Ira Katznelson

    160 upvotes

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    #16

    Southern Horrors

    Crystal N. Feimster

    160 upvotes

    Cover of Impossible Subjects

    #17

    Impossible Subjects

    Mae M. Ngai

    160 upvotes

    Cover of American Babylon

    #18

    American Babylon

    Robert O. Self

    160 upvotes

    Cover of Fashionable Nonsense

    #19

    Fashionable Nonsense

    Alan D. Sokal, Jean Bricmont

    146 upvotes

    Cover of The Storm Before the Storm

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    The Storm Before the Storm

    Mike Duncan

    132 upvotes

    Cover of Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich

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    Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich

    William L. Shirer

    127 upvotes

    Cover of Midnight in Chernobyl

    #22

    Midnight in Chernobyl

    Adam Higginbotham

    125 upvotes

    Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (20th Anniversary Edition)

    #23

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (20th Anniversary Edition)

    Jared Diamond

    117 upvotes

    Cover of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    #24

    SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    Mary Beard

    117 upvotes

    Cover of The Indifferent Stars Above LP

    #25

    The Indifferent Stars Above LP

    Daniel James Brown

    110 upvotes

    Cover of A People's History of the United States

    #26

    A People's History of the United States

    Howard Zinn

    110 upvotes

    Cover of The Guns of August

    #27

    The Guns of August

    Barbara W. Tuchman

    97 upvotes

    Cover of Endurance

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    Endurance

    Alfred Lansing

    95 upvotes

    Cover of The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke

    #29

    The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke

    Edmund Burke

    88 upvotes

    Cover of A Little Gay History of Wales

    #30

    A Little Gay History of Wales

    Daryl Leeworthy

    82 upvotes

    Cover of The Guns of August

    #31

    The Guns of August

    Barbara W. Tuchman

    81 upvotes

    Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative

    #32

    The Civil War: A Narrative

    Shelby Foote

    81 upvotes

    Cover of The King Years

    #33

    The King Years

    Taylor Branch

    81 upvotes

    Cover of SAPIENS - Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit

    #34

    SAPIENS - Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit

    Yuval Noah Harari

    81 upvotes

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    #35

    Blood in the Water

    Heather Ann Thompson

    76 upvotes

    Cover of Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    #36

    Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    Giles Milton

    74 upvotes

    Cover of The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    #37

    The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    Jane Jacobs

    73 upvotes

    Cover of The Prince

    #38

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli

    68 upvotes

    Cover of At Home (Illustrated Edition)

    #39

    At Home (Illustrated Edition)

    Bill Bryson

    68 upvotes

    Cover of Man and Nature

    #40

    Man and Nature

    George Perkins Marsh

    65 upvotes

    Cover of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Dee Brown

    65 upvotes

    Cover of Dead Wake

    #42

    Dead Wake

    Erik Larson

    61 upvotes

    Cover of The Boys on the Bus

    #43

    The Boys on the Bus

    Timothy Crouse

    58 upvotes

    Cover of 1491

    #44

    1491

    Charles C. Mann

    57 upvotes

    Cover of The Hidden 1970s

    #45

    The Hidden 1970s

    Dan Berger

    52 upvotes

    Cover of Auschwitz and After

    #46

    Auschwitz and After

    Charlotte Delbo

    49 upvotes

    Cover of The Devil in the White City

    #47

    The Devil in the White City

    Erik Larson

    48 upvotes

    Cover of Three Cups of Tea

    #48

    Three Cups of Tea

    Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

    44 upvotes

    Cover of The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records

    #49

    The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records

    Paul Carus

    42 upvotes

    Cover of Fantasyland

    #50

    Fantasyland

    Kurt Andersen

    40 upvotes

    Cover of The Library Book

    #51

    The Library Book

    Susan Orlean

    39 upvotes

    Cover of The Lost City of Z

    #52

    The Lost City of Z

    David Grann

    37 upvotes

    Cover of People of the Saltwater

    #53

    People of the Saltwater

    Charles R. Menzies

    37 upvotes

    Cover of The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

    #54

    The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

    Diane Ackerman

    32 upvotes

    Cover of The Complete Story of Civilization

    #55

    The Complete Story of Civilization

    Will Durant

    30 upvotes

    Cover of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

    #56

    The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

    David Treuer

    29 upvotes

    Cover of Roots

    #57

    Roots

    Alex Haley

    27 upvotes

    Cover of The Stations of the Sun

    #58

    The Stations of the Sun

    Ronald Hutton

    26 upvotes

    Cover of Rubicon

    #59

    Rubicon

    Tom Holland

    26 upvotes

    Cover of Poland

    #60

    Poland

    Adam Zamoyski

    24 upvotes

    Cover of They Thought They Were Free

    #61

    They Thought They Were Free

    Milton Mayer

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Tibet

    #62

    Tibet

    Sam van Schaik

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure

    #63

    Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure

    Frank Arthur Worsley

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Endurance

    #64

    Endurance

    Alfred Lansing

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    #65

    Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    Jack Weatherford

    24 upvotes

    Cover of The Great Bridge

    #66

    The Great Bridge

    David McCullough

    24 upvotes

    Cover of India

    #67

    India

    John Keay

    24 upvotes

    Cover of In the Heart of the Sea

    #68

    In the Heart of the Sea

    Nathaniel Philbrick

    24 upvotes

    Cover of A History of the World

    #69

    A History of the World

    Jeremy Black

    24 upvotes

    Cover of 1215: The Year of Magna Carta

    #70

    1215: The Year of Magna Carta

    Danny Danziger, John Gillingham

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Rome

    #71

    Rome

    Matthew Kneale

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition

    #72

    Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition

    Beau Riffenburgh

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Hue 1968

    #73

    Hue 1968

    Mark Bowden

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Nothing To Envy

    #74

    Nothing To Envy

    Barbara Demick

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Nagasaki

    #75

    Nagasaki

    Susan Southard

    22 upvotes

    Cover of Underground

    #76

    Underground

    Haruki Murakami

    22 upvotes

    Cover of The Splendid and the Vile

    #77

    The Splendid and the Vile

    Erik Larson

    22 upvotes

    Cover of Voices of a People's History of the United States

    #78

    Voices of a People's History of the United States

    Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove

    22 upvotes

    Cover of Les Parisiennes

    #79

    Les Parisiennes

    Anne Sebba

    20 upvotes

    Cover of Black Hawk Down

    #80

    Black Hawk Down

    Mark Bowden

    19 upvotes

    Cover of America's Women

    #81

    America's Women

    Gail Collins

    18 upvotes

    Cover of Slavery By Another Name

    #82

    Slavery By Another Name

    Douglas A. Blackmon

    18 upvotes

    Cover of A Conflict of Visions

    #83

    A Conflict of Visions

    Thomas Sowell

    18 upvotes

    Cover of The Strategy of Conflict

    #84

    The Strategy of Conflict

    Thomas C. Schelling

    18 upvotes

    Cover of Fascists and Conservatives

    #85

    Fascists and Conservatives

    Martin Blinkhorn

    18 upvotes

    Cover of Rediscovering God in America

    #86

    Rediscovering God in America

    Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich

    18 upvotes

    Cover of Oracle Bones

    #87

    Oracle Bones

    Peter Hessler

    17 upvotes

    Cover of The Girl with the White Flag

    #88

    The Girl with the White Flag

    Tomiko Higa

    17 upvotes

    Cover of The Conspiracy Against Hitler in the Twilight War

    #89

    The Conspiracy Against Hitler in the Twilight War

    Harold C. Deutsch

    17 upvotes

    Cover of Liberty or Death

    #90

    Liberty or Death

    Peter McPhee

    16 upvotes

    Cover of 1493

    #91

    1493

    Charles C. Mann

    16 upvotes

    Cover of The Texas Rangers

    #92

    The Texas Rangers

    Mike Cox

    16 upvotes

    Cover of Shadow Divers

    #93

    Shadow Divers

    Robert Kurson

    16 upvotes

    Cover of The Mental Floss History of the World

    #94

    The Mental Floss History of the World

    Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand, Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudor

    15 upvotes

    Cover of The Splendid and the Vile

    #95

    The Splendid and the Vile

    Erik Larson

    15 upvotes

    Cover of Dirty Little Secrets of World War Ii

    #96

    Dirty Little Secrets of World War Ii

    James F. Dunnigan

    15 upvotes

    Cover of Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth Century

    #97

    Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth Century

    James F. Dunnigan

    15 upvotes

    Cover of Spying on Students

    #98

    Spying on Students

    Gregg L. Michel

    15 upvotes

    Cover of The Book of the Navajo

    #99

    The Book of the Navajo

    Raymond Friday Locke

    15 upvotes

    Cover of How to be a Spy

    #100

    How to be a Spy

    Denis Rigden

    15 upvotes