29 must-read nonfiction books like The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World by Paul Strathern

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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World

By: Paul Strathern

3.83

Format: 336 pages, ebook

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philoso…

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1. Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History

By: John Julius Norwich

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history

2. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens

By: Alison Weir

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and e… read more

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3. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

By: Ian Mortimer

4.00

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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6. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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7. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.97

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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8. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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9. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

By: Sarah Bakewell

4.03

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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12. The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just ou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

By: Martyn Rady

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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14. France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle

By: John Julius Norwich

3.97

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

'For his final book, the late Norwich tackled the dauntingly vast subject of two millennia of Frenc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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  • audiobook
"With the Roman Empire effectively gone (...) Gaul disintegrated into a mass of small barbarian states under so-called kings, dukes, and counts. As we know however, nature abhors a vacuum, sooner or l…"

-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle

"In 1870, the throne was offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Had the Prince rejected the offer at once, there might have been no Franco-Prussian war, and Napoleon III might have end…"

-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle

"Martyrs were innumerable, among them, Saint Denis, 3rd century bishop of Paris, who, when beheaded, calmly picked up his severed head and walked several miles to the site of the abbey that bears his …"

-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle

"[The Gauls] were carnivores through and through and they loved fighting. Their horsemanship probably outclassed even that of the Romans and, though they lacked the more sophisticated Roman weaponry, …"

-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle

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15. The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World

By: Paul Strathern

3.83

Format: 336 pages, ebook

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philoso… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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16. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History

By: Tracy Borman

4.26

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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19. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
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20. Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

By: Nicholas Spencer

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right? Most things you ‘know’ about… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

By: Philip Plait

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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23. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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24. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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25. Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis

By: Volker Ullrich

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough kno… read more

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  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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26. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

By: Andrew Pettegree

3.84

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives

By: Naoíse Mac Sweeney

3.92

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"A bold, sweeping bird's eye view of thousands of years of history that provides a truly global per… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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28. Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives)

By: Philip Freeman

4.15

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
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29. Vergil: The Poet's Life (Ancient Lives)

By: Sarah Ruden

3.62

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid   “Ms. Ruden… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

30. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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31. Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country

By: Juliet Nicolson

3.44

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not st… read more

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25 Best audiobook books like The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World by Paul Strathern

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Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

Ian Mortimer

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Hampton Sides

4.51

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Tom Holland

4.22

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