8 must-read science books like The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C. Winegard

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The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

By: Timothy C. Winegard

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An International Bestseller A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book An Amazo…

If you liked the science plot in The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C. Winegard , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts

1. The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

By: Elizabeth Letts

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable true st… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Letts's The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • history
  • war
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • horses
  • audiobook
"An old adage says that a good rider can hear his horse speak and a great rider can hear his horse whisper."

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"Great dressage demands more than skill; it engages a rider's inner wisdom and his ability to communicate with a mount in the silent language of horsemanship."

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"Just as ballroom dancing and pair skating command partners to work together seamlessly, in the sport of dressage, the rider performers an intricate pas de deux with his partner—a twelve-hundred-pound…"

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"The stallion’s crest was arched, his nose was perpendicular to the floor, and his hind legs were gathered underneath him, showing off the powerfully developed muscles in his massive hindquarters. His…"

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

2. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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3. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

Similar categories in Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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4. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

Similar categories in Emma Southon's Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

Similar categories in Willy Vlautin's The Horse book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • horses
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

6. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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7. Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

By: Paul M.M. Cooper

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations. Based on t… read more

Similar categories in Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • history
  • world history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Silk: A World History by Aarathi Prasad

8. Silk: A World History

By: Aarathi Prasad

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the compl… read more

Similar categories in Aarathi Prasad's Silk: A World History book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • history
  • world history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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9. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

By: Boyce Upholt

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more

Similar categories in Boyce Upholt's The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1 - 3 (includes: Merchants of Virtue, Voyage of Malice, Land of Hope): A historical fiction trilogy by Paul C.R. Monk

10. The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1 - 3 (includes: Merchants of Virtue, Voyage of Malice, Land of Hope): A historical fiction trilogy

By: Paul C.R. Monk

4.08

Format: 763 pages, Kindle Edition

This bundle contains the three books of the trilogy for the price of books 2 and 3 only! A family … read more

Similar categories in Paul C.R. Monk's The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1 - 3 (includes: Merchants of Virtue, Voyage of Malice, Land of Hope): A historical fiction trilogy book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

Cover of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr

11. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

By: Ferris Jabr

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more

Similar categories in Ferris Jabr's Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • history
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

12. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

Similar categories in Evan Friss's The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick

13. Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

By: Edward Dolnick

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading … read more

Similar categories in Edward Dolnick's Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • history
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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14. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

By: Rachel Kousser

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kousser's Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C. Winegard

15. The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

By: Timothy C. Winegard

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An International Bestseller A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book An Amazo… read more

Similar categories in Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • history
  • world history
  • war
  • animals
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • horses
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

16. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication by Arik Kershenbaum

17. Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication

By: Arik Kershenbaum

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Why Animals Talk is a scientific journey through the untamed world of animal communication. From th… read more

Similar categories in Arik Kershenbaum's Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
  • science
Cover of On Freedom by Timothy Snyder

18. On Freedom

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only c… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Snyder's On Freedom book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre

19. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror by Jack Carr

20. Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

By: Jack Carr

4.65

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that chan… read more

Similar categories in Jack Carr's Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery

21. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

By: Sy Montgomery

3.94

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird book and Timothy C. Winegard's The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity

  • science
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook

19 best-selling audiobook books like The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C. Winegard

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

Elizabeth Letts

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

Emma Southon

4.22

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27 best-selling audiobook books like The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

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