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
The First Crusade
A short history of Byzantium
Byzantium
Byzantium
The Crusades
The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople, 1453
God's Crucible
The Enemy at the Gate
Sailing from Byzantium
Osman's Dream
Ottoman Centuries
The Great Game
City of Fortune
Lords of the sea
Soldiers and Ghosts
The Alexiad
Rubicon
Caesar
The Crusades through Arab eyes
Eagle in the Snow
Conquerors
The Punic wars