History Book Summaries

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World book summary

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By Jack Weatherford

A People’s History of the United States book summary

A People’s History of the United States

By Howard Zinn

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks book summary

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

By Rebecca Skloot

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation book summary

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Diary of a Young Girl book summary

The Diary of a Young Girl

By Anne Frank

A Short History of Nearly Everything book summary

A Short History of Nearly Everything

By Bill Bryson

American Prometheus book summary

American Prometheus

By Kai Bird & Martin J Sherwin

Chip War book summary

Chip War

By Chris Miller

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents book summary

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

By Isabel Wilkerson

The Splendid and the Vile book summary

The Splendid and the Vile

By Erik Larson

A Promised Land book summary

A Promised Land

By Barack Obama

The Origins of Totalitarianism book summary

The Origins of Totalitarianism

By Hannah Arendt

Leonardo Davinci book summary

Leonardo Davinci

By Walter Isaacson

Stamped From the Beginning book summary

Stamped From the Beginning

By Ibram X. Kendi

Team of Rivals book summary

Team of Rivals

By Doris Kearns Goodwin

The New Jim Crow book summary

The New Jim Crow

By Michelle Alexander

Sapiens book summary

Sapiens

By Yuval Noah Harari