What to Read After 1453
Readers who loved 1453 by Roger Crowley keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where 1453 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 1453
Persian Fire
A short history of Byzantium
The first crusade
The Crusades
Byzantium
The fall of Constantinople, 1453-
The enemy at the gate
God's Crucible
Sailing from Byzantium
Ottoman Centuries
Osman's dream
The Great Game
City of fortune
The Alexiad
Lords of the sea
Soldiers and Ghosts
Rubicon
Caesar
The Crusades through Arab eyes
Eagle in the Snow
Conquerors
The Punic wars
The Peloponnesian War
In the shadow of the sword