29 Best

Microhistory Books

1

Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet

2

Heart: A History

3

Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

4

Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

5

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

6

Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

7

Corsets and Codpieces: A Social History of Outrageous Fashion

8

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

9

The Brilliant History of Color in Art

10

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life

11

The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination

12

The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish

13

A Short History of Drunkenness

14

Proof: The Science of Booze

15

Salt: A World History

16

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

17

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

18

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

19

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

20

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

21

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

22

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

23

The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History

24

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

25

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

26

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

27

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

28

A History of the World in 6 Glasses