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Books like The Nine Tailors

Loved The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from history, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

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    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond · 1997 · History

    Why some societies came to dominate others, argued from geography rather than race; sweeping and influential.

  2. 2

    The Warmth of Other Suns

    Isabel Wilkerson · 2010 · History

    The Great Migration of Black Americans told through three unforgettable lives; monumental narrative history.

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    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2011 · History

    A sweeping history of humanity from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa to the present, arguing that what made humans uniquely powerful was the ability to create and believe in shared fictions — nations, religions, money — that allowed large-scale social cooperation impossible for other species. One of the bestselling non-fiction books of the 21st century.

  4. 4

    Max Beckmann

    Max Beckmann · 1931 · History

    "This panoramic presentation of Max Beckmann's painted oeuvre sheds new light on central themes such as the world of cabaret, music, and the theater, dreams and reality, staged sensuality, and the rol

  5. 5

    Meḿoires de guerre

    Charles de Gaulle · 1940 · History

    Originally published in three separate volumes covering three distinct periods, this single edition encompasses all the personal writings by one of this century's most prominent generals and statesmen

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    A man could stand up

    Ford Madox Ford · 1926 · History

    "Surrounded by the jubilation of Armistice Day, Valentine Wannop receives a telephone call which brings alarming news of her dear friend Christopher Tietjens. For whilst she strains to hear against th

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    The Moon is Down

    John Steinbeck · 1942 · History

    Also contained in: - [The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men][1] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23165W/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_The_Moon_is_Down_Cannery

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    No more parades

    Ford Madox Ford · 1925 · History

    Second book in the "Parade's End" series about the Tietjens family and WWI.

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    The Everlasting Man

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1925 · History

    The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contra

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    Some Do Not ..

    Ford Madox Ford · 1924 · History

    Christopher Tietjens, quietly preoccupied with his disastrous marriage to the beautiful, faithless Sylvia, takes a diverting golfing weekend in the country at the suggestion of his friend Macmaster. T

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