This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: History, Empires
Below are history books have a focus on nations, countries, and empires.
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- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
A
- Alexander the Great: A Historical Biography of History's Greatest Military Commander by Philip Egenes
- Alexander the Great: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
- Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts
- Ancient China : Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
- Ancient Greece: From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
- Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
- Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia by History Compacted
- The 'Awakening' of China: Western Concepts of China in the Early 20th Century by Edwin Poon
B
- Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek
C
- Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
- Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
- A Concise History of Ancient Greece to the Close of the Classical Era by Peter Green
- Conquests and Cultures: An International History by Thomas Sowell
- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
D
E
- Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
- The Expansion of Elizabethan England by A.L. Rowse
F
- The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World by Martin Page
- From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
G
- Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
- The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World by Jeff Pearce
- The Golden Age of Islam by Maurice Lombard
H
- A History of Medieval Islam by J.J. Saunders
- The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
I
- Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani
- The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
- Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
- The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
J
M
- Mayan Civilization: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
- The Mongols: A History by Jeremiah Curtin
N
- The Native American Experience: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Fetterman Massacre, and Creek Mary's Blood by Dee Brown
- The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States by Ross Terrill
O
- October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
P
- Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes
- Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
R
- Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum
- The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby
- The Rise of Persia and the First Greco-Persian Wars: The Expansion of the Achaemenid Empire and the Battle of Marathon by Manousos E. Kambouris
- Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
S
- The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford
- Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World by Hugh Pope
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
- The Story of the Goths by Henry Bradley
T
- Vikings: The Viking Age From Beginning To End by Stephan Weaver
W
- When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
- The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
