Best Social History Books

A selection of recommended social history books worth reading.

• When God Was a WomanMerlin Stone
• Caste the Origins of Our DiscontentIsabel Wilkerson
• StrongmenRuth Ben-Ghiat
• Kingdom the Power & the GloryTim Alberta
• Proud TowerBarbara W. Tuchman
• WordslutAmanda Montell
• Tell My Horse Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica Harper Perennial Modern ClassZora Neale Hurston
• Energy & CivilizationVaclav Smil
• Kingdom the Power & the GloryTim Alberta
• Point of the NeedleBarbara Burman