7 best-selling history books like The Caste War of Yucatan by Nelson Reed

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The Caste War of Yucatan

By: Nelson Reed

4.07

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history―the revolt of t…

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1. It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

By: Mark Wolynn

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generatio… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. Baby Teeth

By: Zoje Stage

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only per… read more

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"She would have killed for anything with Julius the Monkey on it."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

"Being a mom can be a lonely job too, sometimes other people dont see that."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

"The baby wasn't supposed to remind her of an internal mass of pooling waste."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

"She told herself it wasn't wrong to do what she most felt like doing in that moment."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

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3. Las batallas en el desierto

By: José Emilio Pacheco

4.13

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A novella depicts the harsh reality of life in urban Mexico and the tragedy of childhood innocence … read more

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"Enamorarse sabiendo que todo está perdido y no hay ninguna esperanza."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Querer a alguien no es pecado, el amor está bien, lo único demoníaco es el odio."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Qué estupidez meterme en un lío que pude haber evitado con sólo resistirme a mi imbécil declaración de amor.Todo pasó como pasan los discos en la sinfonola."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

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4. The Birds and Other Stories

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.39

Format: 440 pages, ebook

A classic of alienation and horror, The Birdswas immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. … read more

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5. A Journal of the Plague Year

By: Daniel Defoe , None , Cynthia Wall

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Ring (Ring, #1)

By: Kōji Suzuki , Glynne Walley , Robert B. Rohmer

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act… read more

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7. Cuentos reunidos

By: Amparo Dávila

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

En Cuentos reunidos, Amparo Davila, galardonada con el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia en 1977, suma a s… read more

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8. Canek

By: Ermilo Abreu Gómez

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Presents a fictionalized account of the adventures of Jacinto Canek, a leader of the revolt of the … read more

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"En la fe el espíritu descansa; en la razón vive; en el amor goza; sólo en el dolor adquiere conciencia."

-Ermilo Abreu Gómez, Canek

"Nunca tengas miedo de tus lágrimas. Ningún cobarde llora. Sólo los hombres lloran. Además, hijo, las lágrimas siempre caen de rodillas."

-Ermilo Abreu Gómez, Canek

"Los blancos hicieron que estas tierras fueran extranjeras para el indio; hicieron que el indio comprara con su sangre el aire que respira."

-Ermilo Abreu Gómez, Canek

"Dicen que el cuerpo es como el armario donde se guarda el alma. Está bien. Sin embargo, a veces, el alma es tan grande que el cuerpo, como grano de anís, se guarda en el alma."

-Ermilo Abreu Gómez, Canek

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9. 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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"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

10. The Tartar Steppe

By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood

3.80

Format: 25 pages,

Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more

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11. The Night Visitor and Other Stories

By: B. Traven , Charles Miller

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Here are ten of B. Traven's remarkable short stories. Three of them are long stories: The setting o… read more

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12. Balún Canán

By: Rosario Castellanos

3.64

Format: 288 pages,

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13. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

By: Octavio Paz , Lysander Kemp , Yara Milos

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this internationa… read more

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14. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.37

Format: 414 pages,

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits… read more

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15. The Poverty of Philosophy

By: Karl Marx

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Poverty of Philosophy criticizes the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Prou… read more

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16. Los niños de paja

By: Bernardo Esquinca

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Un investigador que resuelve casos a partir de rastros en los insectos, una mujer acechada por un d… read more

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17. Guerra en el Paraíso

By: Carlos Montemayor

3.46

Format: 192 pages,

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18. The Terror

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more

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19. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

By: William Dalrymple

4.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

By: Vaclav Smil

3.97

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

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22. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

By: Steven Levitsky

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"

-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

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23. The Dead March: A History of the Mexican-American War

By: Peter Guardino

3.97

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

By focusing on the experiences of ordinary Mexicans and Americans, The Dead March offers a clearer … read more

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  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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24. The Caste War of Yucatan

By: Nelson Reed

4.07

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history―the revolt of t… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • military history

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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

Mark Wolynn

3.55

Transform Your Habits

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe , None , Cynthia Wall

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Mike Duncan

4.52

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

4.20

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Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

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Tom Holland

4.22

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