Best new History books in 2016



History books that will change your view of reality. The best books of this year that will bring the past to life in vivid detail.
The Vore selects the top best History books of 2016. Which modern authors can compete with Eric Hobsbawm, E. P. Thompson & Carter G. Woodson in the History genre?

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Popular Authors Boris Johnson, Russell Shorto & Mary Beard
Must-reads The Churchill factor, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City & SPQR: A history of ancient Rome

10 new History books 2016 top list

Recent History books with reviews, ratings, similar books & download/buy links.

  1. A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment (05-05-2016)
  2. History author John Preston

    Author John Preston (The Dig )
    Publisher Viking
    Keywords accurate • biographical • critically acclaimed • page-turner •
    Country United Kingdom •
    Similar books Ink
    Pages 304
    Goodreads Review 4.30/5
    Link Official website
    Buy/stream it Amazon - iTunes

  3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (09-11-2015)
  4. History author Mary Beard

    Author Mary Beard (The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found )
    Publisher Liveright Publishing Corp./W.W. Norton & Company
    Keywords extraordinary • insightful • magnificent •
    Country United Kingdom •
    Similar books Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy
    Pages 606
    Goodreads Review 4.15/5
    Link Official website
    Buy/stream it Amazon - iTunes

  5. Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (05-04-2016)
  6. History author Nathalia Holt

    Author Nathalia Holt (Cured: How the Berlin Patients Defeated HIV and Forever Changed Medical Science )
    Publisher Little, Brown and Company
    Keywords elusive • fascinating • historical • insightful •
    Country United States •
    Similar books They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War
    Pages 352
    Goodreads Review 4.13/5
    Link Official website
    Buy/stream it Amazon - iTunes

  7. Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse (18-04-2016)
  8. History author Eric Jay Dolin

    Author Eric Jay Dolin (Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America )
    Publisher Liveright
    Keywords adventurous • memorable • unique •
    Country United States •
    Similar books Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
    Pages 560
    Goodreads Review 4.33/5
    Link Official website
    Buy/stream it Amazon - iTunes

  9. Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck (01-03-2016)
  10. History author Adam Cohen

    Author Adam Cohen (American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation )
    Publisher Penguin Press
    Keywords engrossing • fascinating • heartbreaking •
    Country United States •
    Similar books Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue
    Pages 416
    Goodreads Review 3.78/5
    Link Official website
    Buy/stream it Amazon - iTunes

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