Worlds
World-building, fantasy, and speculative fiction guides.
Best Books About Medieval History by Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Tuchman made history read like a novel - A Distant Mirror and her other medieval and modern classics, with clear content notes on every pick.
Best Books About Medieval History by Amin Maalouf
No meeting matters more to Amin Maalouf than the medieval one between Islam and the West - his essential history and fiction, with content notes.
Best Books About Medieval History by Dan Jones
Dan Jones makes the medieval kings of England vivid - narrative history that reads like a saga, with clear content notes on every recommendation.
Best Books About Medieval History by Mary Beard
Mary Beard makes ancient history urgent - SPQR and her studies of Rome and Greece, with clear content notes on every recommendation in this shelf.
Best Books About Medieval History by Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose grew out of Eco's doctoral work on medieval aesthetics - his fiction and essays of the age, with clear content notes on every title.
Best Books About Science and Scholars by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan made the wonder of science a household thing - Cosmos and his other books on the universe, with clear content notes on every recommendation.
Best Books About Science and Scholars by Dava Sobel
Longitude made the history of science a bestseller - Dava Sobel's elegant, human stories of the seekers, with clear content notes on every title.
Best Books About Science and Scholars by Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking made black holes and the origin of the universe plain - A Brief History of Time and his essential books, with clear notes on every pick.
Best Books About Science and Scholars by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov wrote more than five hundred books - his guides to science alongside the Foundation stories, with clear content notes on every title.
Best Books About Science and Scholars by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson writes the lives of the great minds - Einstein, Leonardo and the digital creators, with clear content notes on every recommendation.
Best Books About Travel and Discovery by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson walked the Appalachian Trail and crossed Australia - his funny, curious travel classics, with clear content notes on every recommendation.
Best Books About Travel and Discovery by Ibn Battuta
In the fourteenth century Ibn Battuta crossed the known world from Morocco to China - his travels and the books they inspired, with clear notes on every pick.