8 Top history books like The Course of German History by A.J.P. Taylor

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The Course of German History

By: A.J.P. Taylor

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

One of A.J.P. Taylor's best-known books, The Course of German History is a notoriously idiosyncrati…

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

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3. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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4. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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5. The Coming of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more

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  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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6. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71

By: Alistair Horne

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Alistair Horne's The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-71is the first book of Alistair… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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8. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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9. On the Shortness of Life

By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more

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10. The Lathe of Heaven

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for bet… read more

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11. What Is History?

By: Edward Hallett Carr

4.21

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Based on The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures delivered at University of Cambridge, January-March… read more

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12. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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13. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more

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14. The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism

By: Colin Crouch

3.37

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung prize The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental c… read more

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15. True History of the Kelly Gang

By: Peter Carey

3.87

Format: 334 pages,

"I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dea… read more

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16. Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

By: Sam Harris , Maajid Nawaz

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this deeply informed and absorbing exchange, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz present an antidote to … read more

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17. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.79

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more

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"Never be daunted"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"I am always in love."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

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18. Case Study

By: Graeme Macrae Burnet

3.60

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more

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"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

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19. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By: Jack Weatherford

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"The first key to leadership is self-control."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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20. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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21. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

By: Arkady Martine

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more

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"I thought you hated them,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

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22. Time Is a Mother

By: Ocean Vuong

3.94

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershoc… read more

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23. London Rules (Slough House, #5)

By: Mick Herron

4.34

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more

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"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

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24. The Promise

By: Damon Galgut

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African f… read more

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"A smile quickly cut his face and then healed up."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Give him a taboo and he feels the need to break it."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Children still, on the verge of not being children any more."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Her own voice sounds echoey, as if somebody else is speaking."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

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25. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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26. The Wolf and the Watchman: 1793

By: Niklas Natt och Dag

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Best Debut, The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award 2017 The year is 1793, Stockholm. King G… read more

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27. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

By: Gary Gerstle

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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28. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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29. Snow Crash

By: Neal Stephenson

4.02

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "me… read more

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"They made data a controlled substance."

-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance."

-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

"I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo."

-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

"Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot."

-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

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30. The Course of German History

By: A.J.P. Taylor

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

One of A.J.P. Taylor's best-known books, The Course of German History is a notoriously idiosyncrati… read more

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  • history
  • unfinished
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

9 Top nonfiction books like The Course of German History by A.J.P. Taylor

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Coming of the Third Reich

Richard J. Evans

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

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Transform Your Habits

The Grand Design

Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Brian Greene

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

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