What to Read After On history
Readers who loved On history by Eric Hobsbawm keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where On history 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 On history
What is history?
The making of the English working class
Civilization and capitalism, 15th-18th century
In defense of history
The Age of Capital
The age of extremes
The age of empire, 1875-1914
The Invention of tradition
The roaring nineties
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism
The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985
The footnote
The uses and abuses of history
The Landscape of History
The Historian's Craft
Europe and the people without history
The Purpose of the Past
Metahistory
The Age of Revolution
Nations and nationalism since 1780
Industry and empire
Bandits B Pbp
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1
Dark Continent