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Books like Guns, Germs, and Steel

If you liked Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, here are 8 non-fiction books to read next, matched on our topic reading lists, shared subject and shared author. Each pick says why it is here.

  1. #1

    1776

    by David McCullough

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  2. #2

    A People's History of the United States

    by Howard Zinn

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  3. #3

    Endurance

    by Alfred Lansing

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  4. #4

    Longitude

    by Dava Sobel

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  5. #5

    Salt

    by Mark Kurlansky

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  6. #6

    SPQR

    by Mary Beard

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  7. #7

    Team of Rivals

    by Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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  8. #8

    The Devil in the White City

    by Erik Larson

    Another history pick — same territory as Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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