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The Best Microhistories

The world’s history as told through details of very specific developments.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service
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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy
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The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
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A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
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Heart: A History
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Rust: The Longest War
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Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
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E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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The Best Microhistories

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy

The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes

Heart: A History

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Rust: The Longest War

Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History