World History – Reading Quest

Cycle 1 – World History Reading Plan

TitleAuthorCountry / RegionGenreReading Status
Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth IPeter AckroydEnglandNon-Fiction
The Autobiography of Henry VIIIMargaret GeorgeEnglandFiction
Wolf HallHilary MantelEnglandFiction
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global HistoryAlexander MikaberidzeEuropeNon-Fiction
Sharpe’s Tiger (The Sharpe Stories #1)Bernard CornwellEuropeFiction
RomanovsSimon SebagMontefioreEurasiaNon-Fiction
Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoyevskyEurasiaFiction
Congo: The Epic History of a PeopleDavid VanReybrouckAfricaNon-Fiction
Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradAfricaFiction
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for PeaceMichael ScottBaumannMiddle EastNon-Fiction
The SourceJamesA MichenerMiddle EastFiction
A Short History of CanadaDesmond MortonNorth AmericaNon-Fiction
Alias GraceMargaret AtwoodNorth AmericaFiction
BolívarMarie AranaSouth AmericaNon-Fiction
One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel MárquezSouth AmericaFiction
The History of Latin America: Collision of CulturesMarshallC EakinCentral AmericaNon-Fiction
The House of the SpiritsIsabel AllendeCentral AmericaFiction
Penguin History of Europe #1: The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to AugustineSimon PriceAncient & Classical HistoryNon-Fiction
Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire #1)Simon ScarrowAncient & Classical HistoryFiction
A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill BrysonGeneral World HistoryNon-Fiction
A Day of FireKate QuinnWorld HistoryFiction

Cycle 0

TitleAuthorCountry / RegionGenreReading Status
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the TudorsPeter AckroydEnglandNon-Fiction

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