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Books like Empires of the Sea
The best books like Empires of the Sea are Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Guns of August, and Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley is about naval warfare, mediterranean history, ottoman empire. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Jared Diamond · Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel is Jared Diamond's attempt to answer a question posed to him by a Papua New Guinean politician named Yali: why did Europeans end up with so much cargo — wealth, technology, power — while other peoples had comparatively little?
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - The Guns of August
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Barbara Tuchman · History
The Guns of August covers the first month of the First World War — from the funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910 to the stalled offensives of September 1914 — with a level of narrative authority and moral clarity that has made it the defining popular history of the war's opening disaster.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland · History
Rubicon tells the story of the Roman Republic's last century — from the Gracchi in the 130s BCE through the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and the civil wars that followed — with the narrative energy of a thriller and the sourcing of serious scholarship.
A kindred history read.
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- The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan · History
Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads proposes a radical recentering of world history.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann · History
Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Charles C. Mann · History
Where 1491 ends, 1493 begins.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 1776
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David McCullough · History
David McCullough's 1776, published in 2005, covers a single year of the American Revolution — from the winter siege of Boston through Washington's crossing of the Delaware and the surprise victory at Trenton.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - A Man on the Moon
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Andrew Chaikin · History
A Man on the Moon is Andrew Chaikin's exhaustive narrative history of the Apollo program, from the first lunar orbit of Apollo 8 in 1968 through the final mission, Apollo 17, in 1972.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - A People's History of the United States
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn · History
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, first published in 1980, retells American history from the perspective of those who rarely appear in conventional textbooks: Native Americans, enslaved people, industrial workers, women, immigrants, and dissidents of various kinds.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein · History
Against the Gods is Peter Bernstein's intellectual history of how humanity learned to measure, quantify, and manage risk — a story he traces from ancient gambling in the Mediterranean through the development of modern probability theory, statistics, and financial derivatives.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Ben Macintyre · History
Eddie Chapman was a safecracker, con man, and professional criminal who became Britain's most remarkable double agent during World War II.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · History
All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists with his classmates during the First World War after being swept up in patriotic speeches.
A kindred history read.
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Books like Empires of the Sea: quick answers
What are the best books like Empires of the Sea?
The best books like Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley are Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Empires of the Sea, such as naval warfare, mediterranean history, ottoman empire.
What should I read after Empires of the Sea?
A natural next read after Empires of the Sea is Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan.
What books are similar to Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley?
Empires of the Sea centers on naval warfare, mediterranean history, ottoman empire. Books with a similar feel include Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
