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24 alternatives to HistoryLine

History Matrix

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HistoryLine launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Brothers▲71

   The hidden history of the Kennedy years

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Muqaddimah▲56

   An introduction to history

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HistoryMaps▲84

   Learn History Visually

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   2021 · history-maps.com · its alternatives →

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   A People's History of the United States▲66

   The American history textbook that will blow your mind

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SPQR▲76

   History of Ancient Rome

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

   Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Gene▲64

   An Intimate History

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Homo Deus▲105

    A Brief History of Tomorrow

    2017 · ynharari.com · its alternatives →

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    Bone Rooms▲73

    From scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    We the People▲63

    The second generation of Founding Fathers

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Oxford History of Board Games▲73

    Investigates the myriad board games around the world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Workers▲65

    Archaeology of the Industrial Age

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Red Mars▲74

    A future history of Martian colonization

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    First Women▲68

    The grace and power of America's first ladies

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The WikiLeaks Files▲67

    The world according to US Empire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Great War and Modern Memory ▲77

    Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ljoy▲81

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    2018 · letterjoy.co · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Ask▲63

    The counterintuitive online formula

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dark Territory▲69

    The Secret History of Cyber War

    2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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