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Books like Germany

12 books with a reading profile close to Germany by Neil MacGregor. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.
3

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

by Victoria Finlay

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Victoria Finlay tracks the physical origins of artistic pigments by traveling to the remote geographical sources of the rainbow.
4

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

by Jessica Bruder

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Jessica Bruder documents the lives of older Americans who, after the 2008 financial crisis, abandoned traditional housing for a life on the road.
5

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.
6

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.
7

Consider the Eel

by Richard Schweid

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Schweid tracks the biological lifecycle of the eel from its mysterious breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea to its development in the freshwater rivers of Europe and North America.
8

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.
9

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.
10

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.
11

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.
12

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.

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