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Salt

Salt: A World History

By Mark Kurlansky
Narrated by Scott Brick
Length: 13h 48m

Cultural History

★★★★½ 4.3 (4,062 ratings)

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The Swerve

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

By Stephen Greenblatt
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 9h 41m

Renaissance History

★★★★½ 4.4 (3,256 ratings)

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Sapiens

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by Derek Perkins
Length: 15h 18m

Human History

★★★★½ 4.6 (141,394 ratings)

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🎨 Arts & Music History

The History of Classical Music

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

By Alex Ross
Narrated by Grover Gardner
Length: 23h 7m

Music History

★★★★½ 4.5 (842 ratings)

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The History of Jazz

The History of Jazz, Second Edition

By Ted Gioia
Narrated by Bob Souer
Length: 21h 59m

Music History

★★★★½ 4.6 (629 ratings)

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Lives of the Artists

Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes, and What the Neighbors Thought

By Kathleen Krull
Narrated by John C. Brown, Melissa Hughes
Length: 2h 1m

Art History

★★★★½ 4.6 (90 ratings)

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👥 Society & Customs

At Home

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

By Bill Bryson
Narrated by Bill Bryson
Length: 16h 32m

Social History

★★★★½ 4.5 (6,096 ratings)

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The Time Traveler's Guide

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England

By Ian Mortimer
Narrated by Jonathan Keeble
Length: 17h 59m

Medieval History

★★★★½ 4.6 (1,322 ratings)

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A History of the World in 6 Glasses

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

By Tom Standage
Narrated by Sean Runnette
Length: 7h 34m

Cultural History

★★★★½ 4.4 (3,970 ratings)

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⛪ Religion & Beliefs

A History of Religious Ideas

Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined

By Stephen Fry
Narrated by Stephen Fry
Length: 15h 10m

Greek Mythology

★★★★★ 4.8 (8,848 ratings)

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East

By Simon Sebag Montefiore
Narrated by John Lee
Length: 25h 30m

Religious History

★★★★½ 4.5 (2,712 ratings)

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Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

By Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Neil Gaiman
Length: 6h 29m

Norse Mythology

★★★★½ 4.5 (35,275 ratings)

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👗 Fashion & Style History

The Secret Lives of Color

The Secret Lives of Color

By Kassia St. Clair
Narrated by Kassia St. Clair
Length: 8h 7m

Fashion History

★★★★½ 4.7 (4,363 ratings)

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Dress Codes

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

By Richard Thompson Ford
Narrated by Raphael Corkhill
Length: 13h 48m

Fashion History

★★★★½ 4.5 (326 ratings)

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Fashion Climbing

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs

By Bill Cunningham, Hilton Als - preface
Narrated by Arthur Morey
Length: 6h 28m

Fashion Memoir

★★★★½ 4.4 (375 ratings)

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🍳 Food & Cuisine History

Food: A Cultural History

Food: A Cultural Culinary History

By Ken Albala
Narrated by Ken Albala
Length: 18h 22m

Food History

★★★★½ 4.7 (7,890 ratings)

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Milk!

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas

By Mark Kurlansky
Narrated by Brian Sutherland
Length: 12h 38m

Food History

★★★★ 4.2 (458 ratings)

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The Cooking Gene

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

By Michael W. Twitty
Narrated by Michael W. Twitty
Length: 15h 20m

Cultural Food History

★★★★½ 4.7 (1,920 ratings)

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