home
books
Categories
science & nature
technology
fiction
health & fitness
design
business & management
Featured books
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton M. Christensen
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Let My People Go Surfing
Yvon Chouinard
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed
Linchpin
Seth Godin
The Overstory
Richard Powers
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian
Trillion Dollar Coach
Eric Schmidt
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
Purple Cow
Seth Godin
High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil
How Not to Die
Dr. Michael Greger
Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari
view all categories
explore all books
people
Industries
technology
media
venture capital
entrepreneurship
science
writing
Featured people
Yotam Ottolenghi
James Clear
Joe Rogan
Esther Dyson
Warren Buffett
Yuval Noah Harari
Ben Shapiro
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Whitney Cummings
Satya Nadella
Lex Fridman
Mr. Beast
Pedro Pascal
Chris Dixon
Sam Altman
Ev Williams
Howard Marks
Peter Attia
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Tom Hanks
Yuval Noah Harari
view all industries
explore all people
lists
series
top 100
blog
books
view all
all categories
arts & entertainment
biographies & memoirs
business & management
design
economics & politics
fiction
health & fitness
history
money & investing
non-fiction
philosophy
poetry
psychology
science & nature
self improvement
spirituality & religion
technology
top 100 books
view all
fiction
non-fiction
people
view all
all industries
crypto
activism
hospitality
education
photography
marketing
film
comedy
journalism
design
venture capital
technology
sport
science
politics
music
media
investing
modelling
entrepreneurship
writing
entertainment
featured
Malcolm Gladwell
Chelsea Handler
Brian Cox
Rick Rubin
Tim Urban
Hugh Jackman
Balaji S. Srinivasan
Lex Fridman
Ray Dalio
Girish Mathrubootham
Rana el Kaliouby
Vitalik Buterin
Marissa Mayer
Terrance McArthur
Gwynne Shotwell
Tim Cook
Jennifer Morgan
John Doerr
Jason Calacanis
Anya Taylor-Joy
Mike Maples, Jr.
Walter Isaacson
Karlie Kloss
David Heinemeier Hansson
lists
curated book lists
series
book series in order
blog
the reading journal
shop
shop the goodbooks merch
missing something?
submit
instagram
facebook
twitter
hi@goodbooks.io
history
Discover the best history books recommended by the world's most successful and interesting people.
filter by category
All history books
1 people
1 people
1 person
Strategy, Ethics and the War on Terrorism
Albert Pierce
1 people
1 people
1 person
Days of Rage
Bryan Burrough
1 people
1 people
1 person
One Bullet Away
Nathaniel Fick
1 people
1 people
1 person
Stalingrad
Antony Beevor
1 people
1 people
1 person
1939: The Lost World of the Fair
David Gelernter
1 people
1 people
1 person
Women & Power
Mary Beard
1 people
1 people
1 person
California
Kevin Starr
1 people
1 people
1 person
Twenty-One Years
Randolph S. Churchill
1 people
1 people
1 person
Out of Mao's Shadow
Philip P. Pan
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Confessions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Rules of the Game
Andrew Gordon
1 people
1 people
1 person
Slander
Ann Coulter
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Curse of Bigness
Tim Wu
1 people
1 people
1 person
Red Blood, Black Sand
Chuck Tatum
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Visual History of Type
Paul McNeil
1 people
1 people
1 person
100 Great Operas and Their Stories
Henry W. Simon
1 people
1 people
1 person
Sea Flight
Hugh Popham
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Encyclopedia of Earth
Michael Allaby
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Columbian Exchange
Alfred Crosby
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Wade Davis
1 people
1 people
1 person
Painting as a Pastime
Winston Churchill
1 people
1 people
1 person
The Road to OPEC
Stephen G. Rabe
1 people
1 people
1 person
Voices From Chernobyl
Svetlana Alexievich
38 / 43
Filter by category
All books
arts & entertainment
biographies & memoirs
business & management
design
economics & politics
fiction
health & fitness
history
money & investing
non-fiction
philosophy
poetry
psychology
science & nature
self improvement
spirituality & religion
technology
Featured books in history
54 people
54 people
54 person
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
14 people
14 people
14 person
The Lessons of History
Will & Ariel Durant
13 people
13 people
13 person
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond
11 people
11 people
11 person
Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari
11 people
11 people
11 person
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
10 people
10 people
10 person
Einstein
Walter Isaacson
9 people
9 people
9 person
Titan
Ron Chernow
9 people
9 people
9 person
The True Believer
Eric Hoffer
9 people
9 people
9 person
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
8 people
8 people
8 person
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
8 people
8 people
8 person
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
8 people
8 people
8 person
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
8 people
8 people
8 person
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
8 people
8 people
8 person
Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson
7 people
7 people
7 person
The Power Broker
Robert A. Caro
explore all books
Featured people
Andrew Huberman
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Ryan Holiday
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Peter Attia
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Muna AbuSulayman
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Brian Grazer
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Pedro Pascal
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Samin Nosrat
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Harry Styles
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Nigella Lawson
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Charlamagne Tha God
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Kevin Rose
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
Peter Thiel
activist
comedian
designer
educator
actor
entrepreneur
filmmaker
hospitality
investor
journalist
marketer
media personality
model
musician
photographer
politics
scientist
sport
technology
venture capitalist
author
explore all people
Recently added books
The Currency of Heaven: How to Trust God for More Than Enough
Taylor A. Welch
Fireline: Rediscover Your Purpose In the Crossroads Of Life
Collin Quigley
Money and the Prosperous Soul: Tipping the Scales of Favor and Blessing
Stephen De Silva
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
I Am the Messenger
Markus Zusak
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Daring Greatly
Brene Brown
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
Awaken the Giant Within
Tony Robbins
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
explore all books
Seeing what someone’s reading is like seeing the first derivative of their thinking.
Reid Hoffman
Try Audible Premium Plus and Get Up to Two Free Audiobooks
Check it out