Microhistory | 26 books
The best Microhistory books
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Simon Singh
The Code Book
4.3
11 min
Bill Bryson
At Home
4
15 min
Charles Seife
Zero
4
19 min
Aja Raden
Stoned
4.1
13 min
Kassia St Clair
The Golden Thread
4.1
17 min
Mark Kurlansky
Cod
3.9
9 min
Bee Wilson
Consider the Fork
3.9
14 min
Marc Levinson
The Box
3.9
15 min
Stephanie Coontz
Marriage, a History
4
8 min
Mark Kurlansky
Salt
3.8
16 min
Victoria Finlay
Color
3.8
17 min
Tom Standage
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
3.8
15 min
Sven Beckert
Empire of Cotton
3.9
19 min
Rose George
The Big Necessity
4
11 min
Trevor Corson
The Story of Sushi
3.8
11 min
Melissa Mohr
Holy Sh*t
3.9
13 min
Greg Jenner
A Million Years In A Day
3.7
20 min
Cynthia Barnett
Rain
3.8
9 min
Elissa Stein
Flow
3.7
14 min
Mark Essig
Lesser Beasts
4.2
10 min
Sheril Kirshenbaum
The Science of Kissing
3.5
11 min
Tom Standage
A Brief History of Motion
3.8
29 min
Nicholas A. Basbanes
On Paper
3.9
11 min
Joanna Bourke
Fear
3.5
16 min
Nichi Hodgson
The Curious History of Dating
3.3
21 min
Bruce Watson
Light
3.8
10 min