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Nonfiction Choices
The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong
The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand Year Golden AgePhilip Jenkins
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science -- from the Babylonians to the Maya, Dick Teresi
AP World History Summer Reading and Assignments
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the WorldMark Kurlansky
Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and PlaguesChristopher Willis
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, Ross E. Dunn
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford
Lords of the Horizon: A History of the Ottoman EmpireJason Goodwin
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”Stewart Gordon
Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to NowJan Wong
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedJared Diamond
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,Charles C. Mann
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created,Charles C. Mann
Indian GiversJack Weatherford
I Didn’t Do It For You: How the World Betrayed a Small African NationMichela Wrong
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of CultureMarvin Harris
MeanderJeremy Seal
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in NigeriaNoo Saro-Wiwa
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Last Man in RussiaOliver Bullough
Molotov’s Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian HistoryRachel Polonsky
The White MughalsWilliam Dalrymple
City of DjinnsWilliam Dalrymple
In XanaduWilliam Dalrymple
From the Holy MountainWilliam Dalrymple
Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlansky
Africa: Biography of a ContinentJohn Reader
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Wild SwansJung Chang
The Cucubine Who Launched Modern China: Empress Dowager Ci XiJung Chang
Fiction: Period One (8000 BCE to 600 BCE) Choices
Day of the False KingBrad Geagley
Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient EgyptBrad Geagley
The Red TentAnita Diamant
IshmaelDaniel Quinn
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Fiction: Period Two (600 BCE to 600 CE) Choices
The Gardens of LightAmin Maalouf
MahabharataR. K. Narayan (translator)
Roman BloodArms of NemesisCatalina’s RiddleThe Venus ThrowA Murder on the Appian WayRubiconLast Seen in MassiliaA Mist of PropheciesThe Judgement of CaesarSteven Saylor
SiddharthaHerman Hesse
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Fiction: Period Three (600 CE to 1450 CE) Choices
The Book of SaladinTariq Ali
In an Antique LandAmitav Ghosh
The Monkey King’s Amazing Adventures: A Journey to the West in Search of AdventureWu Cheng’en & Arthur Waley (translator)
SamarkandAmin Maalouf
Tusk and StoneMalcolm Bosse
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Fiction: Period Four (1450 to 1750) Choices
Leo AfricanusAmin Maalouf
My Name is RedOrhan Pamuk
The SamuraiShasuku Endo
SilenceShasuku Endo
TaikoEiji Yoshikawa
The Twentieth WifeFeast of Roses (sequel)Indu Sundaresan
The Orenda: A NovelJoseph Boyden
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Fiction: Period Five (1750 to 1900) Choices
All Souls RisingMadison Smartt Bell
Cloud of SparrowsTakashi Matsuoka
Daughter of FortuneIsabel Allende
The Dawning: A NovelMilka Bajic-Poderegin
Fantasia: An Algerian CavalcadeAssia Djebar
Island Beneath the SeaIsabelle Allende
Land: A NovelPak Kyong-Ni
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MorengaUwe Timm
Rebels of the Heavenly KingdomKatherine Patterson
The Rock of TaniosAmin Maalouf
SeguMaryse Conde
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Fiction: Period Six (1900 to present) Choices
Anil’s GhostMichael Ondaatje
Beneath a Sky of PorphyryAicha Lemsine
Beneath the Lion’s GazeMaaza Mengiste
Birds Without WingsLouis de Bernieres
Bitter GroundsSandra Benitez
The Bride PriceBuchi Emcheta
Death in the AndesMario Vargas Llosa
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Destination BiafraBuchi Emcheta
House of SpiritsIsabelle Allende
In the Time of ButterfliesJulia Alvarez
Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean BoyhoodRichard E. Kim
Paradise of the BlindDuong Thu Huong
Pillars of SaltFadia Faqir
SabriyaUlfat Idlibi
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Shadow LinesAmit Ghosh
A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
The UnderdogsLos de AbajoMariano Azuela
Weep Not, ChildNgugi wa Thiong’o
Women of Algeria in Their ApartmentAssia Djebar
Burnt ShadowsKamila Shamsie
Our Lady of the NileScholastique Mukasonga
Child 44Tom Rob Smith
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Secret SpeechTom Rob Smith
Ali and NinoKurban Said
The Quiet AmericanGraham Greene
Midnight’s ChildrenSalman Rushdie
Cracking IndiaBapsi Sidwa
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