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12 books with a reading profile close to Consider the Eel by Richard Schweid. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

1

A Concise History of Greece

by Richard Clogg

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Clogg examines the evolution of the Greek state from the initial stages of the national movement in the late eighteenth century through the political shifts of the early 2000s.
2

By the Sword

by Richard Cohen

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Cohen chronicles the technical and cultural evolution of swordplay from ancient Egypt to the modern Olympic Games.
3

Aftermath

by Harald Jähner

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Harald Jähner chronicles the decade between 1945 and 1955, examining the logistical and psychological survival of Germans in a nation fractured into occupation zones.
4

Curry

by Lizzie Collingham

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Lizzie Collingham traces the evolution of Indian cuisine by analyzing how centuries of migration, conquest, and trade dictated the contents of the subcontinent's kitchen.
5

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Erik Larson chronicles the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the surrender of Fort Sumter.
6

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

by Garrett M. Graff

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Thomas Cahill argues that during the fifth century, as Germanic tribes dismantled the Roman Empire and burned its libraries, the classical tradition survived only on the remote island of Ireland.
8

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Bill Bryson traces the development of the English language from its obscure Germanic origins into a dominant global tongue.
9

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

by Denise Kiernan

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In the early 1940s, the United States government constructed Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a secret city carved out of rural farmland to house seventy thousand residents working on the Manhattan Project.
10

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Erik Larson reconstructs the final 1915 voyage of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, tracking its path from New York toward the Irish coast during the early stages of World War I.
11

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan moved beyond the deep South to establish a stronghold in the American Midwest, specifically Indiana.
12

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett entered the Amazon jungle to locate a hidden civilization he named "Z," believing it to be the birthplace of complex South American culture.

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