Best Books of 2011: History

Erik Larson has crafted a gripping, deeply-intimate narrative with a climax that reads like the best political thriller in In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Kindle Book, print edition) and tops our History list for 2011. See more--including our editors' picks in Kindle Books--in our Best of 2011 Store.

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson List Price: $26.00 Price: $13.49 You Save: $12.51 (48%) In Stock Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff List Price: $26.99 Price: $16.19 You Save: $10.80 (40%) In Stock The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough List Price: $37.50 Price: $22.22 You Save: $15.28 (41%) In Stock A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor List Price: $45.00 Price: $25.50 You Save: $19.50 (43%) In Stock   Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie List Price: $35.00 Price: $13.98 You Save: $21.02 (60%) Usually ships in 7 to 13 days The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia List Price: $34.95 Price: $20.97 You Save: $13.98 (40%) In Stock Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science by Marjorie Caroline Malley List Price: $21.95 Price: $13.17 You Save: $8.78 (40%) In Stock Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard List Price: $28.95 Price: $17.37 You Save: $11.58 (40%) In Stock