What to Read After In the Shadow of the Sword
Readers who loved In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where In the Shadow of the Sword 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 In the Shadow of the Sword
Jerusalem
The Silk Roads
Vanished Kingdoms
Persian Fire
The Great Arab Conquests
The Middle Sea
Rubicon
A History of the World
City of Fortune
A Line in the Sand
Worlds at War
Islamic Imperialism
In God's Path
Dividing the Spoils
Games Without Rules
The fall of Constantinople, 1453
The Return of a King
Dynasty
Understanding Britain
The Making of the Middle Sea
1453
The fall of the Ottomans
The Crusades
Story of the Jews