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Book Recommendations for World in 2023

There are 92 world books recommended by the community in 2023.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt
4.5
Comments: 48
Avaliable on Amazon
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
4.6
Comments: 31
Avaliable on Amazon
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (The Biblical Resource Series)
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (The Biblical Resource Series)
Mark S. Smith
4.0
Comments: 20
Avaliable on Amazon
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Ilse Lasch, Harold S. Kushner
4.7
Comments: 16
Avaliable on Amazon
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Christopher R. Browning
4.4
Comments: 14
Avaliable on Amazon
Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel-On Prayer
Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel-On Prayer
Thomas DuBay
4.7
Comments: 11
Avaliable on Amazon
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Bart D. Ehrman
4.3
Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared M. Diamond
4.2
Comments: 9
Avaliable on Amazon
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Kevin M. Kruse
4.2
Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)
Eric H. Cline
3.0
Comments: 7
Avaliable on Amazon
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey
4.0
Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Karen Armstrong
4.2
Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
Kimberly Hahn, Visit Amazon's Kimberly Hahn Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralKimberly Hahn
4.8
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
Andrea Pitzer
4.8
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History: Society and Culture)
Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History: Society and Culture)
R. Davis
4.6
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Ben Shapiro
4.7
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Studies on the Early Papacy
Studies on the Early Papacy
Ex Fontibus Company, Visit Amazon's Ex Fontibus Company Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralEx Fontibus Company
5.0
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451
The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451
Adrian Fortescue, Alcuin Reid
4.5
Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Case for ... Series)
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Case for ... Series)
Lee Strobel
4.8
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition
Edwin Black
4.4
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation
The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation
Justo L. Gonzalez
4.5
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Chris Hedges
4.2
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History
Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History
Rodney Stark
4.7
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Jeff Cummings
4.2
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Tim Reiterman
4.5
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology
The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology
Ibn Warraq
4.2
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade
4.0
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Founding of Christendom: A History of Christendom (vol. 1)
The Founding of Christendom: A History of Christendom (vol. 1)
Warren H. Carroll
4.3
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Qur'an - with References to the Bible: A Contemporary Understanding
The Qur'an - with References to the Bible: A Contemporary Understanding
Safi Kaskas, David Hungerford
4.5
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State"
Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State"
Stephen P. Halbrook
4.6
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Jeff Sharlet
4.5
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
World History For Dummies
World History For Dummies
Peter Haugen
4.2
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics.
The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics.
Susan Friend Harding
4.0
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Jewish Century
The Jewish Century
Yuri Slezkine
4.1
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
Jeff Sharlet
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945
The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945
Gerald Reitlinger
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Christopher R. Browning
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945
The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945
Richard Steigmann-Gall
3.8
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Freedom of a Christian
The Freedom of a Christian
Martin Luther, Mark D. Tranvik
4.1
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Timothy Snyder
4.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians
Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians
Austen Hartke
4.8
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Apostolic Fathers in English
Apostolic Fathers in English
Holmes
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Joseph N Tylenda
4.2
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History
Will Durant, Ariel Durant
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Victorian Christianity and Emigrant Voyages to British Colonies c.1840 - c.1914
Victorian Christianity and Emigrant Voyages to British Colonies c.1840 - c.1914
Rowan Strong
4.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer, Ron Rosenbaum
4.7
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Northern Crusades: Second Edition
The Northern Crusades: Second Edition
Eric Christiansen
4.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History)
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History)
Thomas Cahill
4.3
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit: And Its Impact on World History
The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit: And Its Impact on World History
E. Michael Jones
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Rubicon
Rubicon
Tom Holland
4.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Orthodox Church: New Edition
The Orthodox Church: New Edition
Timothy Ware
4.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Early Daoist Scriptures (Daoist Classics , No 1)
Early Daoist Scriptures (Daoist Classics , No 1)
Stephen R. Bokenkamp
3.8
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within
Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within
Taylor Marshall
4.8
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Devil's Notebook
The Devil's Notebook
Anton Szandor LaVey
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings
Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings
Payton Jr., James R.
4.1
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer, Ron Rosenbaum
4.7
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State
Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State
Götz Aly
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Big Dead Place
Big Dead Place
Nicholas Johnson, Aaron Abano
4.2
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Blue Runa: Edred's Shorter Wporks (1988-1994)
Blue Runa: Edred's Shorter Wporks (1988-1994)
Edred Thorsson
5.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
Rodney Stark
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies (Studies in Christianity in China)
Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies (Studies in Christianity in China)
Chris White, Jenny McGill, Xinzhang Zhang
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation
The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation
James C. Russell
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Colonies in Space: A Comprehensive and Factual Account of the Prospects for Human Colonization of Space (Stackpole Classics)
Colonies in Space: A Comprehensive and Factual Account of the Prospects for Human Colonization of Space (Stackpole Classics)
T. A. Heppenheimer
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
Thomas Asbridge
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Making of Buddhist Modernism
The Making of Buddhist Modernism
David L. McMahan
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
David Wootton
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
S. Frederick Starr
4.0
Comments: 1
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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Roger Crowley
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion (Oxford Handbooks)
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion (Oxford Handbooks)
John Corrigan
3.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Nazi Census: Identification And Control In The Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan)
Nazi Census: Identification And Control In The Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan)
Edwin Black, Karl Heinz Roth
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women
The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women
Laura Swan
4.3
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation
Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation
Andrew Pettegree
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor
How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor
James K. A. Smith
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled
Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled
Acharya S
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Arthur I. Miller
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1
The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1
Fernand Braudel
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Cave on Earth
Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Cave on Earth
James M. Tabor
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
4.8
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Buddhist Warfare
Buddhist Warfare
Mark Juergensmeyer, Visit Amazon's Mark Juergensmeyer Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralMark Juergensmeyer
3.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Expedition
The Expedition
Bea Uusma
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Dominion
Dominion
Tom Holland
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
4.2
Avaliable on Amazon
...and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year (THE TYRANNY OF DEBT)
...and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year (THE TYRANNY OF DEBT)
Michael Hudson
4.8
Avaliable on Amazon
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
Thomas Woods Jr.
4.4
Avaliable on Amazon
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
4.0
Avaliable on Amazon
Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
James Q. Whitman
4.4
Avaliable on Amazon
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469-1839 (Oxford India Collection)
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469-1839 (Oxford India Collection)
Khushwant Singh
3.9
Avaliable on Amazon