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Where to Start with Patrick Radden Keefe: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Patrick Radden Keefe — whether to begin with Say Nothing, Empire of Pain, or Rogues. A complete reading guide to the narrative non-fiction journalist.
Where to Start with Peter Frankopan: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Frankopan — how to approach The Silk Roads, his sweeping revisionist history that reorients world civilisation away from Europe and toward the trade routes linking East and West. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Rebecca Skloot: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Rebecca Skloot — how to approach The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, her essential work of science and human story. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Roger Lowenstein: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Roger Lowenstein — how to approach When Genius Failed, his definitive account of the rise and collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and what it revealed about the gap between financial models and the real world. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Ron Chernow: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ron Chernow — whether to begin with Alexander Hamilton, Washington: A Life, or Grant. A complete reading guide to the American presidential biographer.
Where to Start with Stephen E. Ambrose: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Stephen E. Ambrose — how to approach Band of Brothers, his essential company-level history of Easy Company in the Second World War. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Thomas Piketty: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Thomas Piketty — how to approach Capital in the Twenty-First Century, his landmark work on wealth and inequality. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with William L. Shirer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with William L. Shirer — how to approach The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, his monumental eyewitness history of Nazi Germany. A complete reading guide.
Best Biography Books: Essential Reading in Life Writing
The best biography books — from The Power Broker and Alexander Hamilton to Educated and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Essential biography and memoir reading.
Best Books About Colonialism and Empire: Essential Reading
The best books about colonialism and empire — from Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart to A Passage to India and Half of a Yellow Sun. Essential postcolonial reading.
Best Books About Democracy and Tyranny: Essential Political Reading
The best books about democracy and tyranny — from 1984 and Darkness at Noon to It Can't Happen Here and Brave New World. Essential political fiction and non-fiction.
Best Books About the American West: Essential Reading
The best books about the American West — from Blood Meridian and Lonesome Dove to My Ántonia and All the Pretty Horses. Essential Western fiction and history.
Best Books About the Holocaust: Essential Reading List
The best books about the Holocaust — memoirs, novels, and history that bear witness honestly. From The Diary of a Young Girl and Night to Maus and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Best Books About World War II: Fiction, Non-Fiction & Memoirs
The best World War II books across fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and military history — from The Diary of a Young Girl and All the Light We Cannot See to Antony Beevor's Stalingrad and Band of Brothers.
Best Cold War Books: Essential Fiction and Non-Fiction
The best Cold War books — from The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Doctor Zhivago to Darkness at Noon and Animal Farm. Essential Cold War reading.
Best Economics Books: Essential Reading List
The best economics books for general readers — from The Wealth of Nations and Freakonomics to Why Nations Fail and Thinking, Fast and Slow. Economics that changes how you see the world.
Best History Books of All Time: Essential Reading List
The best history books ever written — from Sapiens and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich to Why Nations Fail and Team of Rivals. History that changes how you understand the present.
Best Holocaust Books: Essential Reading on the Shoah
The best Holocaust books — from Night and Man's Search for Meaning to The Diary of a Young Girl, The Book Thief, and Fatelessness. Essential reading on the Shoah.
Best Narrative Nonfiction Books: Essential True Stories
The best narrative nonfiction books — from The Devil in the White City and Say Nothing to Empire of Pain and The Warmth of Other Suns. Essential true stories.
Best Postcolonial Literature: Essential Reading on Empire and Its Aftermath
The best postcolonial literature — from Things Fall Apart and Heart of Darkness to A Passage to India and The Quiet American. Empire, colonialism, and their aftermath.
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