What to Read After House of Wisdom
Readers who loved House of Wisdom by Jonathan Lyons keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where House of Wisdom 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 House of Wisdom
Muhammad
After the Prophet
The Crusades through Arab eyes
Lost History
The Great Arab Conquests
Destiny Disrupted
1001 inventions
Iran: Empire of the Mind
Arabs
A Vanished World
Osman's Dream
Aristotle's Children
Arab historians of the Crusades
Science and Islam
God's Crucible
A history of Iran
Pathfinders
The Principles of State and Government in Islam
Rogue State
The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
History of the Arab Peoples
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Qur'An and Woman
World until Yesterday