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Conquistador Summary
Conquistador
Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
by Buddy Levy 2008 448 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
History
Biography
War
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.67
108 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Impounded Summary
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
by Linda Gordon 2006 224 pages
4.28
391 ratings
History
Photography
World War II
Island Infernos Summary
Island Infernos
The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
by John C. McManus 2021 656 pages
4.46
500+ ratings
History
World War II
Military History
50 Battles That Changed the World Summary
50 Battles That Changed the World
The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History
by William Weir 2001 320 pages
3.65
288 ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
The Strategy of Denial Summary
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
by Elbridge A. Colby 2021 384 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
The Quiet American Summary
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene 1955 180 pages
3.98
72k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Kashmir Summary
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
by Tariq Ali 2011 140 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
India
Politics
The Parthian Summary
The Parthian
by Peter Darman 2011 722 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Roman
Goliath Summary
Goliath
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
by Max Blumenthal 2012
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
From Sand and Ash Summary
From Sand and Ash
by Amy Harmon 2016 372 pages
4.38
68k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Overthrow Summary
Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
by Stephen Kinzer 2006 384 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013 352 pages
4.30
120 ratings
History
Military History
Military Fiction
The Wages of Destruction Summary
The Wages of Destruction
The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
by Adam Tooze 2007 802 pages
4.54
3k+ ratings
History
Economics
World War II
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.11
464 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
The First Casualty Summary
The First Casualty
by Ben Elton 2005 444 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Historical
Ali and Nino Summary
Ali and Nino
by Kurban Said 1937 282 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Brotherless Night Summary
Brotherless Night
by V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 348 pages
4.45
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
My Men Are My Heroes Summary
My Men Are My Heroes
The Brad Kasal Story
by Brad Kasal 2007 287 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Blood and Iron Summary
Blood and Iron
The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
by Katja Hoyer 2021 256 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
History
Germany
European History
Blood Money Summary
Blood Money
Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
by Peter Schweizer 2024 316 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Imperial Hubris Summary
Imperial Hubris
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Michael Scheuer 2004 352 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Terrorism
Comandante ad Auschwitz Summary
Comandante ad Auschwitz
by Rudolf Höss 1951 266 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
History
Holocaust
Biography
Palestine Summary
Palestine
Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter 2006 288 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Middle East
The Wall Summary
The Wall
by William Sutcliffe 2013 304 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Contemporary
History of the Peloponnesian War Summary
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides 648 pages
3.95
40k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Endling Summary
Endling
by Maria Reva 2025 352 pages
3.85
11k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Ukraine
Contemporary
Il fuoco Summary
Il fuoco
by Henri Barbusse 1916 327 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
War
World War I
Classics
The Handbook of 5GW Summary
The Handbook of 5GW
A Fifth Generation of War?
by Daniel H. Abbott 2010 275 pages
4.09
23 ratings
War
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
by Sharon Weinberger 2017 496 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
History
Science
War
The Brothers Summary
The Brothers
John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
by Stephen Kinzer 2013 416 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
One Good Thing Summary
One Good Thing
by Georgia Hunter 2025 432 pages
4.27
14k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Italy
The Third Reich in Power Summary
The Third Reich in Power
by Richard J. Evans 2005 941 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
No Ballet Shoes in Syria Summary
No Ballet Shoes in Syria
by Catherine Bruton 2019 268 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Contemporary
Childrens
Corelli's Mandolin Summary
Corelli's Mandolin
A Novel
by Louis de Bernières 1994 2 pages
4.04
93k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
A View Across the Rooftops Summary
A View Across the Rooftops
by Suzanne Kelman 2019 398 pages
4.43
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Questa sera è già domani Summary
Questa sera è già domani
by Lia Levi 2018 224 pages
3.51
457 ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Great Leveler Summary
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Scheidel 2017 528 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
History
Economics
Politics
The Spartacus War Summary
The Spartacus War
by Barry S. Strauss 2009 264 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
War
The Thousand Names Summary
The Thousand Names
by Django Wexler 2013 513 pages
4.04
20k+ ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Sleepwalkers Summary
The Sleepwalkers
How Europe Went to War in 1914
by Christopher Clark 2012 706 pages
4.24
14k+ ratings
History
World War I
War
Legacy of Ashes Summary
Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner 2007 514 pages
3.96
15k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
1916 Summary
1916
A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
by Morgan Llywelyn 1998 576 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
The Coming of the Third Reich Summary
The Coming of the Third Reich
by Richard J. Evans 2003 622 pages
4.32
12k+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
Legacy of the Force Summary
Legacy of the Force
Betrayal
by Aaron Allston 2006 496 pages
3.89
9k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
La chica que escapó de Auschwitz Summary
La chica que escapó de Auschwitz
by Ellie Midwood 2021 350 pages
4.44
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
The Gallic War Summary
The Gallic War
by Gaius Julius Caesar 320 pages
4.02
13k+ ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Science of Coercion Summary
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
by Christopher Simpson 1994 224 pages
4.11
89 ratings
History
Psychology
Politics
The Fifth Domain Summary
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
by Richard A. Clarke 2019 352 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
History
Déogratias Summary
Déogratias
by Jean-Philippe Stassen 2000 80 pages
3.46
1k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Comics
Historical Fiction
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