Books like History

History by Herodotus reads as informative, grand. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides · 1526

Both explore war & human nature

72% genome match

Lives

Plutarch · 1564

Both explore human nature

66% genome match

The histories

Polybius · 1542

Both explore empire & war

65% genome match

The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665

Daniel Defoe · 1722

Same classic feel

62% genome match

Julius Caesar

Jacob Abbott · 1849

Both explore war

60% genome match

The lessons of history

Michael Eliot Howard · 1981

Both explore war & human nature

63% genome match

De bello Gallico

Gaius Julius Caesar · 1802

Same classic feel

59% genome match

Procopius

Procopius · 1833

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Germania

P. Cornelius Tacitus · 1652

Same classic feel

58% genome match

Famous men of Rome

John Haaren · 1989

Same historical feel

59% genome match

Dell'Arte della Guerra

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1540

Same classic feel

53% genome match

De bello judaico

Flavius Josephus · 1481

Both explore war

54% genome match