History

First-hand accounts and analyses of civilizations, wars, and world events.

The Story of Joan of ArcAndrew Lang

★3.4

ReligionHistorical Fiction

Steep TrailsJohn Muir

★3.9

AdventureBiography

The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo SaibG. A. Henty

★3.8

HistoryAdventure

Why Men Fight: A method of abolishing the international duelBertrand Russell

★4.0

Historical FictionHistory

The History of the Standard Oil CompanyIda M. Tarbell

★3.9

HistoryPolitical Science

The Rise of UniversitiesCharles Homer Haskins

★3.8

EducationHistory

Letters to His ChildrenTheodore Roosevelt

★3.0

BiographyChildren's Literature

Stories of Old Greece and RomeEmilie K. Baker

★4.0

FictionHistory

The Victorian Age in LiteratureG. K. Chesterton

★3.8

FictionHistory

Of Yankee graniteEdward Herbert Cameron

★3.6

BiographyFiction

The Story of TimUnknown Author

★3.5

BiographyFiction

Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch

★4.0

EssaysFiction

A Short History of SpainMary Platt Parmele

★3.3

FictionHistory

Anthropology and modern lifeFranz Boas

★4.0

HistoryPhilosophy

The Life of St. PaulJames Stalker

★4.1

BiographyHistory

The Story of NapoleonHarold Wheeler

★3.6

BiographyChildren's Literature

A Short History of Greek PhilosophyJ. Marshall

★3.6

FictionHistory

Among the TibetansIsabella L. Bird

★3.5

HistoryTravel & Exploration

To the Front: A Sequel to Cadet DaysCharles King

★4.0

BiographyHistorical Fiction

A RetrospectJames Hudson Taylor

★4.4

BiographyHistory

A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George WhitefieldJ. C. Ryle

★4.3

BiographyHistory

Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish NavvyPatrick MacGill

★4.2

BiographyFiction

Homer and Classical PhilologyFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

★3.7

FictionHistory

War GameBryce Walton

★4.3

Children's LiteratureHistorical Fiction