25 World History Books That Will Give You a New Perspective
Expand your horizons with books that explore the places, people, and objects that shaped human history.
By
Stephen Lovely | Updated Aug 22, 2019 | Published Oct 24, 2018
The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
By Raoul McLaughlin
Masters of the Word
By William J. Bernstein
Big History
By Cynthia Stokes Brown
Aristotle's Children
By Richard E. Rubenstein
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The World of Patrick O'Brian
By Dean King
Empire's Crossroads
By Carrie Gibson
Guns, Germs, and Steel
By Jared Diamond
A Concise History of the Arabs
By John McHugo
A Splendid Exchange
By William J. Bernstein
The Ascent of Money
By Niall Ferguson
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The Silk Roads
By Peter Frankopan
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
By Jack Weatherford
Ordinary Men
By Christopher Browning
Dancing in the Streets
By Barbara Ehrenreich
The Looting Machine
By Tom Burgis
Nothing to Envy Here
By Barbara Demick
The War that Ended Peace
By Margaret MacMillan
The Complete Maus
By Art Spiegelman
The Last Days of the Incas
By Kim MacQuarrie
Sapiens
By Yuval Noah Harari
