13 must-read history books like 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings

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100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

By: Ken Jennings

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes…

If you liked the history plot in 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark by Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester

1. The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark

By: Trae Crowder , Drew Morgan , Corey Ryan Forrester

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

The Liberal Rednecks--a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire--celebrate … read more

Similar categories in Trae Crowder's The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of American Zion: A New History of Mormonism by Benjamin E. Park

2. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin E. Park's American Zion: A New History of Mormonism book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes by Cody Cassidy

3. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

By: Cody Cassidy

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more

Similar categories in Cody Cassidy's How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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5. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

By: Jenni Nuttall

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Nuttall's Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

6. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Harold

By: Steven Wright

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the t… read more

Similar categories in Steven Wright's Harold book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • humor
  • audiobook
"Looking at the wingless angel Harold firmly believed her shadow should be in color."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"She smelled too. Like a 22 year old girl. He tried to place that smell but he couldn't. It seemed like a mixture of skin lotion and confidence."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"In Ms Yuka's class he once wrote a poem about it called: 'Listen' The last lines were - I know you know you do it, it doesn't matter to you at all you just want to keep on talking a verbal waterfall"

-Steven Wright, Harold

"Harold thought how weird and strange it must be to be a girl. He was glad he wasn’t one because he didn’t think he would be able to do that. Or he wouldn’t want to do that. It’s probably good that yo…"

-Steven Wright, Harold

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8. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more

Similar categories in Michael Finkel's The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."

-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

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9. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more

Similar categories in Susan Casey's The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

10. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

By: Amy Schneider

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more

Similar categories in Amy Schneider's In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

Cover of 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings

12. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

By: Ken Jennings

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • history
  • unfinished
  • travel
  • humor
  • death
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges by Tom Quinn

13. Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges

By: Tom Quinn

3.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantag… read more

Similar categories in Tom Quinn's Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding

14. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses

By: Katie Spalding

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more

Similar categories in Katie Spalding's Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of We're All in This Together . . .: So Make Some Room by Tom Papa

15. We're All in This Together . . .: So Make Some Room

By: Tom Papa

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stand-up is all well and good, but observational humor that’s funny and warm may work best in books… read more

Similar categories in Tom Papa's We're All in This Together . . .: So Make Some Room book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs

16. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Jacobs's The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Cross Stitch with Cattitude: 20 pawsome designs

By: Emma Congdon

4.23

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The cats have spoken... If you humans insist on doing your stitchy hobby rather than give us your … read more

Similar categories in Emma Congdon's Cross Stitch with Cattitude: 20 pawsome designs book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
Cover of You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love by Marcia A. Zug

18. You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

By: Marcia A. Zug

3.75

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage,… read more

Similar categories in Marcia A. Zug's You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"The social and cultural preference for marriage has obvious negative effects for single people, but it also harms the married. A desire to retain marriage's preferential status is on of the most cite…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

"As marriage became "proof" of black respectability, this induced many freedmen and women to marry, but it also encouraged the black community to exert pressure on those who resisted..."The colored pe…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

"Black men had fewer opportunities to become wealthy and were specifically encourages, often by the US government, to look to marriage, rather than wealth, as a source of social status. The government…"

-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

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19. James Acaster’s Findings: A BBC Radio Comedy Show

By: James Acaster

None

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

You may know him from his Netflix series Repertoire, his podcast Off Menu or James Acaster's Perfec… read more

Similar categories in James Acaster's James Acaster’s Findings: A BBC Radio Comedy Show book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

Cover of This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits by Annie Zaleski

20. This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits

By: Annie Zaleski

3.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the merriest season of the year with award-winning author and music journalist Annie Zale… read more

Similar categories in Annie Zaleski's This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

  • adult
  • nonfiction
Cover of Made in Ohio: A History of Buckeye Invention  Ingenuity by Conrade C. Hinds

21. Made in Ohio: A History of Buckeye Invention Ingenuity

By: Conrade C. Hinds

3.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

American Know How in the Heart of It All Ohio was and remains tailor made for commerce, transport… read more

Similar categories in Conrade C. Hinds's Made in Ohio: A History of Buckeye Invention Ingenuity book and Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

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