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Accounts of wars, cities and peoples by those who tried to explain them.
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Herodotus The HistoriesThe HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430 BCEOn 8 listsThe Great BooksDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Democracy in AmericaDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville · 1835-1840On 8 lists
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides · c. 431-400 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 lists
Augustine The City of GodThe City of GodAugustine · 413-426On 6 listsThe Great BooksAnnalsTacitusTacitus AnnalsAnnalsTacitus · c. 115-120On 5 listsThe Great BooksDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli Discourses on the First Ten Books of LivyDiscourses on the First Ten Books of LivyNiccolò Machiavelli · c. 1513On 5 lists
Leo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 listsThe Great BooksThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois · 1903On 4 lists
ExodusThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe BibleAnonymousAnonymous The BibleThe BibleAnonymous · c. 1000 BCEOn 3 lists
Livy History of RomeHistory of RomeLivy · 20 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 lists
Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireEdward Gibbon · 1776-1789On 3 listsThe Great BooksLectures on the Philosophy of HistoryG. W. F. HegelG. W. F. Hegel Lectures on the Philosophy of HistoryLectures on the Philosophy of HistoryG. W. F. Hegel · 1822On 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Acts of the ApostlesAnonymousThe Acts of the ApostlesAnonymous · c. 80-100 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksHistoriesTacitusHistoriesTacitus · c. 105-110On 2 lists
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 lists
SamuelThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Athenian ConstitutionAristotleThe Athenian ConstitutionAristotle · c. 330 BCEOn 1 list
Polybius The HistoriesThe HistoriesPolybius · c. 150-118 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLettersCiceroCicero LettersLettersCicero · 68-43 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGermanyTacitusGermanyTacitus · 98On 1 listThe Great BooksLettersPliny the YoungerLettersPliny the Younger · c. 97-112 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymousAnonymous The Saga of Burnt NjalThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymous · c. 1280On 1 listThe Great BooksThe MuqaddimahIbn KhaldunIbn Khaldun The MuqaddimahThe MuqaddimahIbn Khaldun · 1377On 1 listThe Great BooksChroniclesJean FroissartJean Froissart ChroniclesChroniclesJean Froissart · c. 1370-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam HarrisonA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam Harrison · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksEdward the SecondChristopher MarloweEdward the SecondChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 2William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 2William Shakespeare · c. 1597-1598On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksCoriolanusWilliam ShakespeareCoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1608On 1 listThe Great BooksAppeal Concerning the PriestsFelipe Guamán Poma de AyalaAppeal Concerning the PriestsFelipe Guamán Poma de Ayala · c. 1615On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 listThe Great BooksWilliam TellFriedrich SchillerWilliam TellFriedrich Schiller · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksMachiavelliThomas Babington MacaulayMachiavelliThomas Babington Macaulay · 1827On 1 listThe Great BooksThe BetrothedAlessandro ManzoniAlessandro Manzoni The BetrothedThe BetrothedAlessandro Manzoni · 1827On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Positive PhilosophyAuguste ComteAuguste Comte The Positive PhilosophyThe Positive PhilosophyAuguste Comte · 1830-1842On 1 list
Carl von Clausewitz On WarOn WarCarl von Clausewitz · 1832On 1 list
Charles Darwin The Voyage of the BeagleThe Voyage of the BeagleCharles Darwin · 1839On 1 list
Richard Henry Dana Jr. Two Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana Jr. · 1840On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrineJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman An Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrineAn Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrineJohn Henry Newman · 1845On 1 listThe Great BooksEnglish TraitsRalph Waldo EmersonEnglish TraitsRalph Waldo Emerson · 1856On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Old Regime and the RevolutionAlexis de TocquevilleThe Old Regime and the RevolutionAlexis de Tocqueville · 1856On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden BoughJames George FrazerJames George Frazer The Golden BoughThe Golden BoughJames George Frazer · 1890On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismMax WeberThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismMax Weber · 1904On 1 listThe Great BooksLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan NeilsonWilliam Allan Neilson Lectures on the Harvard ClassicsLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan Neilson · 1914On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan HuizingaJohan Huizinga The Waning of the Middle AgesThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan Huizinga · 1919On 1 listThe Great BooksAdventures of IdeasAlfred North WhiteheadAdventures of IdeasAlfred North Whitehead · 1933On 1 list
Arnold J. Toynbee A Study of HistoryA Study of HistoryArnold J. Toynbee · 1934-1961On 1 list
The Evolution of PhysicsAlbert Einstein · 1938On 1 list
If This Is a ManPrimo Levi · 1947On 1 listThe Great BooksCivilization on TrialArnold J. ToynbeeCivilization on TrialArnold J. Toynbee · 1948On 1 list
Hannah Arendt The Origins of TotalitarianismThe Origins of TotalitarianismHannah Arendt · 1951On 1 list
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of MexicoMiguel León-Portilla (ed.) · 1959On 1 list
Discipline and PunishMichel Foucault · 1975On 1 list
BelovedToni Morrison · 1987On 1 listThe Great BooksSlavery, Race, and Ideology in the United States of AmericaBarbara J. FieldsSlavery, Race, and Ideology in the United States of AmericaBarbara J. Fields · 1990On 1 list