What to Read After Coal
Readers who loved Coal by Barbara Freese keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Coal 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 Coal
COD; A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
The Basque
Uranium
Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics
Mauve
A short history of rudeness
Tea
The Devil's Cup
Potato
Jewels
Tobacco
Calendar:
The Barbary Plague
Dancing in the Streets
Milk
One Good Turn
Spice
Seeds of change
The Alchemy of Air
The big roads
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
To End All Wars
Bury Me Standing
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded