19 must-read history books like Mussolini by Nicholas Farrell

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Mussolini

By: Nicholas Farrell

3.83

Format: 634 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The question of whether Italians had to pay too much in terms of loss of liberty has been answered…

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1. The Crimean War: A History

By: Orlando Figes

4.06

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians," (Financial Times) the definitive account… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Each power entered the Crimean War with its own motives. Nationalism and imperial rivalries combined with religious interests."

-Orlando Figes, The Crimean War: A History

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2. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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3. The Maltese Falcon

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more

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4. Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

By: Don Hagen , Volker Ullrich

4.43

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A major new biography-an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personifica… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Kershaw did not minimise the historical role played by his insane, ideological fixations, but he did illustrate that without the readiness of many people to work for the man in charge, there would ha…"

-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

"Hitler's unusually improvisational and personal style of leadership, which created constant responsibility conflicts and an anarchic tangle of offices and portfolios, was anything but an expression o…"

-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

5. Imperium

By: Francis Parker Yockey , Ulick Varange

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The English Patient

By: Michael Ondaatje

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel tr… read more

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7. Shogun, Part 2

By: James Clavell

3.84

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

"...Shogun beshe nai-visshiia rang, koito niakoi sm'rten mozheshe da dostigne v Iaponiia. Shogun oz… read more

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8. The Leopard

By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more

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  • italy
"While there’s death there’s hope"

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

9. 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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10. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

11. The Doctrine of Fascism

By: Benito Mussolini

3.45

Format: None pages,

This article, co-written by Giovanni Gentile, is considered to be the most complete articulation of… read more

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12. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more

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13. Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis & the Road to War

By: Ian Kershaw

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Chas Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, was born to power. Scion of a… read more

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14. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health

By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

4.52

Format: 934 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 on AMAZON, and a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL B… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

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16. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

By: Christopher Lasch

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “bibl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Since “the society"

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"Imprisoned in his self-awareness modern man longs for the lost innocence of spontaneous feeling."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"When the images of power overshadow the reality, those without power find themselves fighting phantoms."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

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18. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

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19. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.21

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

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20. The Populist Delusion

By: Neema Parvini

4.37

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump unleashed a wave of populism not seen in America sin… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Left-wing progressivism"

-Neema Parvini, The Populist Delusion

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21. The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The Untold Story of the International Spy Network

By: Richard Kerbaj

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Secret History of The Five Eyes: The untold story of the international spy network, is a riveti… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stalin's War: A New History of World War II by Sean McMeekin

22. Stalin's War: A New History of World War II

By: Sean McMeekin

4.28

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the Second World War by a prize-winning historian We remember World War I… read more

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  • world war ii
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Trafalgar

By: Nicholas Best

4.51

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande Armée to Britain, the only coun… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost Hills (Eve Ronin, #1) by Lee Goldberg

24. Lost Hills (Eve Ronin, #1)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.18

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

A video of Deputy Eve Ronin’s off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into… read more

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25. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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26. The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions

By: Joseph de Maistre

4.18

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Joseph de Maistre had no doubt that the root causes of the French Revolution were intellectual and … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The eighteenth century, which distrusted itself in nothing, as a matter of course, hesitated in nothing."

-Joseph de Maistre, The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions

"The productions of the pencil present themselves to our eyes as living things; but if we interrogate them, they maintain a dignified silence. It is the same with writing, which knows not what to say …"

-Joseph de Maistre, The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions

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27. Enemy of the People: The Untold Story of the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler

By: Terrence Petty

3.75

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring true story of the journalists who dared to oppose Hitler—and the campaign waged against … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Understanding World War II: Essays on the Shaping Event of Our Modern World by Ron Unz

28. Understanding World War II: Essays on the Shaping Event of Our Modern World

By: Ron Unz

4.31

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

World War II constitutes the central shaping event of our modern world, and has been the subject of… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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29. Mussolini

By: Nicholas Farrell

3.83

Format: 634 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The question of whether Italians had to pay too much in terms of loss of liberty has been answered… read more

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  • italy
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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30. De Gaulle

By: Aidan Crawley

3.78

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A comprehensive narrative in which fact and anecdote...are combined to produce a very detailed but… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century

By: A. James Gregor

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This book challenges the long-held position that Marxism and Fascism are antithetical political phi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

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The Crimean War: A History

Orlando Figes

4.06

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

Don Hagen , Volker Ullrich

4.43

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Francis Parker Yockey , Ulick Varange

3.50

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Kazuo Ishiguro

4.14

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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

4.75

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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

Hilary Mantel

4.00

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A.S. Byatt , None

3.89

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