What to Read After Pursuit of the Millennium
Readers who loved Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Pursuit of the Millennium 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 Pursuit of the Millennium
The making of the Middle Ages
Civilization and capitalism, 15th-18th century
Religion and the Decline of Magic
The Ties that Bound
Feudal Society
The anatomy of fascism
The devils of Loudun
Holy feast and holy fast
The Sicilian Vespers
The Formation of a Persecuting Society
The making of Europe
Montaillou, the promised land of error
Black Mass
The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history
The Golden Bough
Crusades
A History of Private Life IV.
Gnosis
Images and Symbols
The Oxford illustrated history of medieval Europe
The collapse of complex societies
The Norton anthology of world religions
Mastery, tyranny, and desire
Sleep walkers