16 must-read audiobook books like Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume I: A History by John Matthews

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Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume I: A History

By: John Matthews

3.65

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

A wide-ranging survey of the history of the Roman Empire―from its establishment to decline and beyo…

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1. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

By: Stephen R. Platt

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars i… read more

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2. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

By: Ian Mortimer

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more

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3. The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty

By: Desmond Seward

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family from Henry II to Richard III . F… read more

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4. The Fall of Japan

By: William Craig

3.92

Format: 292 pages,

The Fall of Japan tells the breathtaking story of the last weeks of the war in the Pacific, and the… read more

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5. The Korean War

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more

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6. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

By: Ian Mortimer

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more

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7. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy

By: Peter H. Wilson

3.93

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more

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8. John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

By: David Wong

3.88

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too … read more

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"When a man plans, a woman laughs."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"John, let me make one thing clear,"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"My melon soul Crushed by your Gallagher of apathy"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"No. We talked about this. I’m going home to eat a pie."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

9. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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10. Medieval Christianity: A New History

By: Kevin J. Madigan

4.12

Format: 80 pages,

An expansive guide to the medieval world, with new attention to women, ordinary parishioners, attit… read more

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11. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

By: Paul Strathern

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, Th… read more

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12. de Gaulle

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic in 1958, wa… read more

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13. Battle: The Story of the Bulge

By: John Toland , Carlo D'Este

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and… read more

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14. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

By: Thomas R. Martin

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek ci… read more

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15. Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath

By: John Toland

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as "… read more

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16. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World

By: Marie Favereau

3.84

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)

By: Jonathan Clements

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more

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  • audiobook
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19. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)

By: Paul Strathern

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more

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  • audiobook
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20. Psyche and Eros

By: Luna McNamara

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more

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21. 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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22. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China

By: Raoul McLaughlin

3.74

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civil… read more

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23. Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000

By: Helmut Walser Smith

4.04

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea… read more

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24. The Queen: 1926–2022

By: Andrew Morton

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana,… read more

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25. Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture)

By: Robert Bartlett

4.10

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in mos… read more

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26. The Emperor Charlemagne

By: E.R. Chamberlin

4.02

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is… read more

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27. The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages

By: Katherine Harvey

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people.   T… read more

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28. A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic

By: Jonathan Clements

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, Chi… read more

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  • audiobook
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29. Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

3.74

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

How the conflict between political Islamists and secular nationalists has shaped the history of the… read more

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30. Heretic: The Many Lives and Deaths of Jesus Christ

By: Catherine Nixey

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”— New Yo… read more

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31. Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume I: A History

By: John Matthews

3.65

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

A wide-ranging survey of the history of the Roman Empire―from its establishment to decline and beyo… read more

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Stephen R. Platt

4.23

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Ian Mortimer

4.29

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Desmond Seward

4.29

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William Craig

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

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

Tom Holland

4.16

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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy

Adrienne Mayor

3.84

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Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

Dan Jones

4.41

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