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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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