What to Read After Black Sea
Readers who loved Black Sea by Neal Ascherson keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Black Sea is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Black Sea
Danubia
Tamerlane
The Northern Crusades
Memory and the Mediterranean
The Great Game
Twice a Stranger
The fall of Constantinople, 1453-
Pax Britannica
Foreign devils on the Silk Road
Among the Russians
Black Earth
Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia
The monks of war
A history of the Jews
Still Life With Rice
Ataturk
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
The Pillars of Hercules
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Between the Woods and the Water : On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland
Vanished Kingdoms
Iron Kingdom
Balkan ghosts
Time of Gifts : On Foot to Constantinople