What to Read After Mauve
Readers who loved Mauve by Simon Garfield keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Mauve 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 Mauve
Color
Perfect Red
The Victorian Internet
The Pencil
A short history of rudeness
Tea
Seeds of change
Milk
Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics
Potato
Tulipomania
Jewels
Calendar:
Coal
The 13th element
The Map That Changed the World
Blue
A History of the Wife
Victorian Internet
Colour and culture
Brunelleschi's dome
The Planets
An illustrated life
Voyage Long and Strange