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History & Lives

How we got here, told through events and through the people inside them.

43 books · absorbs History, Biography, Memoir

A People's History of the United StatesZinn

A People's TragedyFiges

A Room of One's OwnWoolf

Born a CrimeNoah

EducatedWestover

Einstein: His Life and UniverseIsaacson

Empire of PainKeefe

Empire of the Summer MoonGwynne

Guns, Germs, and SteelDiamond

H Is for HawkMacdonald

Hidden FiguresShetterly

Homo DeusHarari

I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsAngelou

Know My NameMiller

Leonardo da VinciIsaacson

Long Walk to FreedomMandela

Men We ReapedWard

PersepolisSatrapi

Prisoners of GeographyMarshall

Salt: A World HistoryKurlansky

Say NothingKeefe

Steve JobsIsaacson

Team of RivalsGoodwin

The Autobiography of Malcolm XX

The Diary of a Young GirlFrank

The Nine Lives of PakistanWalsh

The Power BrokerCaro

The Radium GirlsMoore

The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichShirer

The Silk RoadsFrankopan

The Splendid and the VileLarson

The Warmth of Other SunsWilkerson

The Wright BrothersMcCullough

The Year of Magical ThinkingDidion

Every book on this shelf

43 volumes

1491Charles C. Mann

A People's History of the United StatesHoward Zinn

A People's TragedyOrlando Figes

A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf

BecomingMichelle Obama

Born a CrimeTrevor Noah

CasteIsabel Wilkerson

EducatedTara Westover

Einstein: His Life and UniverseWalter Isaacson

Empire of PainPatrick Radden Keefe

Empire of the Summer MoonS. C. Gwynne

Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond

H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald

Hidden FiguresMargot Lee Shetterly

Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari

I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou

Just KidsPatti Smith

Know My NameChanel Miller

Leonardo da VinciWalter Isaacson

Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela

Men We ReapedJesmyn Ward

PersepolisMarjane Satrapi

Prisoners of GeographyTim Marshall

Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlansky

SapiensYuval Noah Harari

Say NothingPatrick Radden Keefe

SPQRMary Beard

Steve JobsWalter Isaacson

Team of RivalsDoris Kearns Goodwin

The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X

The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank

The Nine Lives of PakistanDeclan Walsh

The Power BrokerRobert A. Caro

The Radium GirlsKate Moore

The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichWilliam L. Shirer

The Silk RoadsPeter Frankopan

The Splendid and the VileErik Larson

The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson

The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough

The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan Didion

UnbrokenLaura Hillenbrand

WildCheryl Strayed

Wild SwansJung Chang