14 must-read nonfiction books like Rome: Strategy of Empire by James Lacey

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Rome: Strategy of Empire

By: James Lacey

4.09

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final de…

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1. The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.40

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following reinstat… read more

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  • military fiction
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2. Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March

By: Adam Zamoyski

4.35

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Napoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the ci… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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3. Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

By: Steven Erikson

4.37

Format: 1008 pages, Hardcover

In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is s… read more

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"Speak truth, grow still, until the water is clear between us."

-Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

"If we are to live, we must take risks. Else our lives become deaths in all but name."

-Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

"If need be, the round man can prove a most blunt barrier. Just ask the man with the hammer."

-Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

"The dust dreams of the world it had once been. But the dust, alas, does not command the wind."

-Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

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4. Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

By: Daniel Tammet

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A stunning rumination on math and numbers from the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day. Thinki… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

By: Edward Gibbon , Daniel J. Boorstin , None , Hans-Friedrich Mueller

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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7. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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8. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By: David Mitchell

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In 1799, Jacob de Zoet disembarks on the tiny island of Dejima, the Dutch East India Company's remo… read more

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9. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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10. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

By: Donnie Eichar

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriousl… read more

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11. 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

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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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12. 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

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and James Lacey's Rome: Strategy of Empire

  • roman
  • history
  • politics
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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13. Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.54

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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14. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.17

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

By: Dan Jones

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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16. Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You've Never Heard of (Market Wizards, #5)

By: Jack D. Schwager

4.29

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The Market Wizards are back! Unknown Market Wizards continues in the three-decade tradition … read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • world history
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18. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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19. Rome: Strategy of Empire

By: James Lacey

4.09

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final de… read more

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  • roman
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
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20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

21. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • world history

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3.37

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4.19

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3.59

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