r/history · 2023

Most-mentioned books in r/history during 2023

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/history within the published source unit for 2023. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Tracked mentions in 2023

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

A Pulitzer-winning argument that geography, not race, drove civilizational dominance — and the book historians most love to demolish.

1 in 2023

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan redraws world history from Central Asia outward, arguing the Middle East was the engine of civilization long before Europe noticed.

1 in 2023