7 must-read world history books like A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human …

If you liked the world history plot in A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

1. 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

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

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

2. 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 David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

3. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • archaeology
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

4. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline

5. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

Similar categories in Eric H. Cline's After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • science
Cover of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl Swift

6. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

Similar categories in Earl Swift's Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York by Barbara Weisberg

7. Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

By: Barbara Weisberg

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposi… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Weisberg's Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

8. 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

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • science
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • 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

Cover of Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by Lisa Kaltenegger

9. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

By: Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Kaltenegger's Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

10. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

11. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

Similar categories in David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • adventure
  • maritime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • archaeology
  • science
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

12. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

Similar categories in Eric Jay Dolin's Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • world history
  • adventure
  • maritime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

13. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

Similar categories in John O’Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts

14. Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

By: Jason Roberts

4.25

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of A Sense of the World comes this dramatic, globe-spanning and meticul… read more

Similar categories in Jason Roberts's Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony Bale

15. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

By: Anthony Bale

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bale's A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

Cover of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline by Paul M.M. Cooper

16. Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

By: Paul M.M. Cooper

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations. Based on t… read more

Similar categories in Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Silk: A World History by Aarathi Prasad

17. Silk: A World History

By: Aarathi Prasad

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the compl… read more

Similar categories in Aarathi Prasad's Silk: A World History book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance

18. Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers—men and women—who expo… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lance's Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • science
Cover of The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt

19. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

By: Boyce Upholt

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more

Similar categories in Boyce Upholt's The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

20. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

By: Kathleen Sheppard

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Sheppard's Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age book and David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • archaeology
  • audiobook
Cover of Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great by Rachel Kousser

21. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

By: Rachel Kousser

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Rebecca Boyle

3.95

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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