The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

The Mistress of Shenstone

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

The Following of the Star

Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck

Through the Postern Gate: A Romance in Seven Days

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

The Upas Tree: A Christmas Story for all the Year

Life in the Third Reich: Daily Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (National Book Award Finalist)

The Zulu: An A-Z of Culture and Traditions

Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook

The Chinese in America: A Narrative History

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar

Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology

The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes

Lady in Waiting: The charming, word-of-mouth bestseller, with over 500,000 copies sold