6 Top world history books like Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins

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Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

3.63

Format: None pages, ebook

Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, …

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1. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

By: Hisham Matar

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"What do you do when you cannot leave and cannot return?"

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"The past, like a severed limb, tried to fix itself onto the body of the present."

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest."

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"Those who would later lament Seif and his father's (Qaddafi) regime are like a man who looks at the ashes and says, "I much prefer the fire"

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

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2. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

By: Tom Holland

4.16

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West book and Stephen Dando-Collins's Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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3. The Princes in the Tower

By: Alison Weir

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. The Annals of Imperial Rome

By: Michael Grant , Tacitus

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the pe… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history

5. Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

By: Frank Dikötter

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with t… read more

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6. The Civil War

By: Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his … read more

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7. Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the United States Was Used to Create Israel

By: Alison Weir

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly ha… read more

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8. Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks

By: Stephen Davis

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. A… read more

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9. The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519

By: Christopher Hibbert

3.74

Format: 70 pages,

The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissanc… read more

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10. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

By: Mike Duncan

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more

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11. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry S. Strauss

12. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

By: Barry S. Strauss

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)

By: Santiago Posteguillo

4.70

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

Maldita Roma es una obra monumental que desvela la épica conquista del poder de Julio César. Un rel… read more

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"Pues ¿qué es la vida sino un largo texto, un largo discurso que vamos construyendo, día a día, sobre nosotros mismos?"

-Santiago Posteguillo, Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)

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15. The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior

By: Michael Jones

4.07

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series) by Michael Scott-Baumann

16. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)

By: Michael Scott-Baumann

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville

18. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."

-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

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19. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

By: Jeremy D. Popkin

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
Cover of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan

20. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans

By: Garrett Ryan

4.20

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
Cover of Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1) by Conn Iggulden

21. Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man’s hand curled aro… read more

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Cover of Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders by Mike Rothmiller

22. Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.09

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy by Philip Freeman

23. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy

By: Philip Freeman

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Nameless Ones (Charlie Parker, #19) by John Connolly

24. The Nameless Ones (Charlie Parker, #19)

By: John Connolly

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty South, the white-… read more

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Cover of Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins

25. Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

3.63

Format: None pages, ebook

Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Dando-Collins's Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome book and Stephen Dando-Collins's Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome

  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • drama
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26. Life in Ancient Rome

By: Lionel Casson

3.88

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

". . . gracefully written" - The New York Times Award-winning historian Lionel Casson paints a vivi… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Many of the so-called mystery religions, whose members were initiated in a secret ceremony and then worshipped with a secret ritual they were sworn never to divulge, arose on Greek soil... the ones t…"

-Lionel Casson, Life in Ancient Rome

Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

27. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History by Jeffrey Burton Russell

28. The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History

By: Jeffrey Burton Russell

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles - throughout history the Prince of Darkness, the Western … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll by Alan Edwards

29. I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll

By: Alan Edwards

3.98

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

'Alan is such a wonderful storyteller' Debbie Harry 'Alan Edwards is a class observant, attentive,… read more

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30. History's 9 Most Insane Rulers

By: Scott Rank

3.29

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Madness and Power. Can the insane rule? Can insanity be a leadership quality? Scott Rank says yes … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

20 Best history books like Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins

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Hisham Matar

4.15

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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

4.16

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4.31

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4.25

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4.34

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