History

Thomas Cahill

All of Thomas Cahill’s works are fascinating—they present history and sometimes religion in a way that is anything but boring or dogmatic.

Other

Here are some other interesting history books I have enjoyed:

  • Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and America in Iran
    by Azadeh Moaveni
  • The Devil in the White City
    by Erick Larson
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything
    by Bill Bryson
  • Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
    by JON KRAKAUER
  • Benjamin Franklin : An American Life
    by Walter Isaacson
  • Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
    by Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell
  • Bush at War
    by Bob Woodward
  • The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
    by Bernard Lewis
  • The Professor and the Madman
    by Simon Winchester