21 must-read history books like A History of Video Games by Jeremy Parish

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A History of Video Games

By: Jeremy Parish

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dol…

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1. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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2. The Story of Human Language

By: None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Audiobook

"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more

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3. Deputy Mayor Putin

By: Maeve McQuillan

3.65

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vam… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
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4. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party

By: Adam Jortner

3.91

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The history of the Boston Tea Party is a hidden one. Why? Since it was a clandestine operation, all… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter

By: Zoë Schiffer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“the bird is freed” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022 When Elon Musk took over Twitter, … read more

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  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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7. The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance

By: Larissa Tracy

3.63

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

See the word "knight " and you’ll likely think of gallant men facing off on the field of battle, or… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. Powerful Women of the Medieval World

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.28

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Throughout history, women have played integral roles in family, society, religion, government, war—… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"If you’re a college professor and you’re bored, it’s your own damn fault."

-Dorsey Armstrong, Powerful Women of the Medieval World

Cover of Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo by Reggie Fils-Aimé

9. Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo

By: Reggie Fils-Aimé

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER LESSONS FROM A BOSS-LEVEL DISRUPTOR AND GAMING LEGEND Reggie Fils-Ai… read more

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  • audiobook
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • business
  • technology
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10. The Real History of Dracula

By: Sara Cleto

3.94

Format: None pages, Audiobook

There are few fictional characters who have entrenched themselves so thoroughly in the popular imag… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

11. Sleep and Folklore in Popular Culture

By: Dr. Franziska Kohlt

3.53

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

t’s easy to dismiss dreams as “just dreams”—incoherent visions, disturbing, odd images that don’t r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. A History of Video Games

By: Jeremy Parish

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Since their arrival in the mid-20th century, video games have become a sprawling, multi-billion dol… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Parish's A History of Video Games book and Jeremy Parish's A History of Video Games

  • audiobook
  • history
  • pop culture
  • video games
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • business
  • technology
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13. Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World

By: Kara Cooney

4.08

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

What is power and who is allowed to wield it? Why is female power so rare and, often, so feared? Wh… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Hot White Heist 2

By: Adam Goldman

3.66

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Please note: This content is intended for adults only. It contains explicit language, sexual refere… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson

15. The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

By: Ritchie Robertson

4.27

Format: 985 pages, Hardcover

This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenmen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When different religion managed to coexist peacefully for a long period, the visibility of other religion tended to weaken one's conviction of the unique excellence of one's own."

-Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

Cover of Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why by Michael Shermer

16. Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why

By: Michael Shermer

3.81

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 6 hours and 30 minutes The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, enter… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shermer's Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why book and Jeremy Parish's A History of Video Games

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. Wolves and Werewolves in History and Popular Culture

By: Shannon Scott

3.82

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

By: Jennifer McNabb

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

10 lectures on European and American witchcraft trials and history. 5 hours and 11 minutes Fr… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"He who is not the right faith of God is not of God, but of him in whom he believes, that is the Devil. -Canon Episcopi"

-Jennifer McNabb, Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

"He who is not the right faith of God is not of God, but of him in whom he believes, that is the Devil." -Canon Episcopi"

-Jennifer McNabb, Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

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19. The World of J.R.R. Tolkien

By: Dimitra Fimi

4.14

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of American Monsters by Adam Jortner

20. American Monsters

By: Adam Jortner

3.99

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

4 hours and 55 minutes Cackling witches in Puritan communities calling forth Satan. Sea serpents… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. The Celtic World

By: Jennifer Paxton

4.09

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Following the surge of interest and pride in Celtic identity since the 19th century, much of what w… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Feminism in the 1990s by Jennifer Baumgardner

22. Feminism in the 1990s

By: Jennifer Baumgardner

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Feminism in the 1990s was a movement unique to its time but also deeply connected to earlier moveme… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Generals and Geniuses: A History of the Manhattan Project by Edward G. Lengel

23. Generals and Geniuses: A History of the Manhattan Project

By: Edward G. Lengel

3.99

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Boom. On July 16, 1945, a fireball erupted in the sky over a remote desert in New Mexico - and the … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of How Horror Works in Books and Film by Shannon Scott

24. How Horror Works in Books and Film

By: Shannon Scott

3.75

Format: 4 pages, Audiobook

Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Secret World of Espionage

By: The Great Courses

3.51

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery—even to those in it—but so much of what we think we k… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind by Elen Furlong

26. Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind

By: Elen Furlong

3.88

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

They might be our best friends, but we often have no idea what they are thinking. Peer inside the f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary by James Krasner

27. Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary

By: James Krasner

3.95

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not o… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Decoding Cats: Inside the Feline Mind by Kristyn Vitale

28. Decoding Cats: Inside the Feline Mind

By: Kristyn Vitale

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

One minute they’re purring next to us, the next they’re attacking our toes, yet for all their myste… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses) by Emily Zarka

29. Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses)

By: Emily Zarka

3.41

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Livable Cities with Mark Alan Hughes by Mark Alan Hughes

30. Livable Cities with Mark Alan Hughes

By: Mark Alan Hughes

3.62

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Ours is an urban age. Before 1800, less than one in 10 people lived in cities. Today, more than eig… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Falling in Love with Romance Movies by Eric R.  Williams

31. Falling in Love with Romance Movies

By: Eric R. Williams

3.74

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 4 hours and 41 minutes Why have viewers always had a love affair with romance … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

13 must-read historical books like A History of Video Games by Jeremy Parish

Transform Your Habits

Deputy Mayor Putin

Maeve McQuillan

3.65

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Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

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The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party

Adam Jortner

3.91

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The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance

Larissa Tracy

3.63

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29 Best audiobook books like American Monsters by Adam Jortner

Transform Your Habits

Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

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The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

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Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

John McWhorter

3.99

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Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works

Maureen Corrigan

4.18

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