History

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

Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of KentuckyJohn S. C. Abbott

★3.8

PoetryHistory

The Chaldean account of GenesisGeorge Smith

★3.8

FictionHistory

History of anthropologyA. Hingston Quiggin Alfred C. Haddon

★3.7

HistoryPhilosophy

A Short History of England, Ireland and ScotlandMary Platt Parmele

★3.6

HistoryFiction

True Detective Stories from the Archives of the PinkertonsCleveland Moffett

★3.5

HistoryMystery & Detective

A Son of the Middle BorderHamlin Garland

★4.0

BiographyFiction

The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland ExpeditionsRandolph B. Marcy

★4.0

Travel & ExplorationPoetry

A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire DownsW. H. Hudson

★4.5

BiographyFiction

MichelangeloRomain Rolland

★3.8

EssaysHistory

The Religion of Ancient EgyptW. M. Flinders Petrie

★3.6

Mythology & FolkloreReligion

A Thousand and One Afternoons in ChicagoBen Hecht

★3.9

EssaysFiction

Q-Ships and Their StoryE. Keble Chatterton

★3.8

History

A History of Freedom of ThoughtJ. B. Bury

★3.6

PhilosophyFiction

Voyage of the LiberdadeJoshua Slocum

★4.0

AdventureBiography

Alexander HamiltonCharles A. Conant

★3.4

BiographyFiction

Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex DifficultiesMarie Carmichael Stopes

★3.4

FictionHistory

The Obstacle RaceEthel M. Dell

★4.2

AdventureBiography

History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian WarProcopius

★4.1

FictionHistorical Fiction

Anglo-Saxon BritainGrant Allen

★3.6

ReferenceFiction

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by HimselfHenry Bibb

★4.0

BiographyFiction

Life of ChopinFranz Liszt

★3.6

BiographyFiction

History of the Conflict Between Religion and ScienceJohn William Draper

★3.6

ReligionHistory

Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of TarawaJoseph H. Alexander

★4.2

History

The War of IndependenceJohn Fiske

★3.8

FictionHistory