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Books like The Fourth Turning
The best books like The Fourth Turning are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and The End of History and the Last Man. The Fourth Turning by William Strauss & Neil Howe is about historical cycles, generational theory, social change. 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.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 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 End of History and the Last Man
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The End of History and the Last Man
Francis Fukuyama · History
Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man was published in 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the apparent triumph of liberal democracy as the world's dominant political model.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Forged in Crisis
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Nancy Koehn · History
Nancy Koehn, a historian at Harvard Business School, profiles five historical leaders who were forged — not simply demonstrated — by crisis: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson.
Both dig into crisis.
Read the summary → - The Big Change
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Frederick Lewis Allen · History
The Big Change is Frederick Lewis Allen's account of how the United States was transformed between 1900 and 1950, covering the shifts in technology, economics, social life, and values that remade American society in half a century.
Both dig into social change.
Read the summary → - The True Believer
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Eric Hoffer · Philosophy
The True Believer, published in 1951, is Eric Hoffer's essay on the psychological makeup of the fanatic and the conditions under which mass movements arise.
Both dig into social change.
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.
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Books like The Fourth Turning: quick answers
What are the best books like The Fourth Turning?
The best books like The Fourth Turning by William Strauss & Neil Howe are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Forged in Crisis by Nancy Koehn, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Fourth Turning, such as historical cycles, generational theory, social change.
What should I read after The Fourth Turning?
A natural next read after The Fourth Turning is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari.
What books are similar to The Fourth Turning by William Strauss & Neil Howe?
The Fourth Turning centers on historical cycles, generational theory, social change. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Forged in Crisis by Nancy Koehn, The Big Change by Frederick Lewis Allen — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
