At Home: A Short History of Private Life — Bill Bryson — Similar Books & Further Reading

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• Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination. — Ackroyd, Peter
• The Eye of Thomas Jefferson. — Adams, William Howard
• Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu. — Alcabes, Philip
• Stuff: The Materials the World Is Made Of. — Amato, Ivan
• Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life. — Ariès, Philippe
• Where the Germs Are: A Scientific Safari. — Where the Germs Are: A Scientific Safari.
• Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour. — Ball, Philip
• The Goddess and the Bull: Çatalhöyük: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization. — Balter, Michael,
• Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City. — Bascomb, Neal
• Exhibiting Electricity. — Beauchamp, K. G.,
• Lunacy and the Arrangement of Books. — Belanger, Terry
• The Undercover Scientist: Investigating the Mishaps of Everyday Life. — Bentley, Peter J.,
• The Dollar Decade: Mammon and the Machine in 1920s America. — The Dollar Decade: Mammon and the Machine in 1920s America.
• From Harding to Hiroshima. — Boardman, Barrington
• The Secret Garden. — Bodanis, David,
• Fear: A Cultural History. — Bourke, Joanna,
• How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built. — Brand, Stewart,
• The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease. — Brown, Kevin,
• Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition. — Byles, Jeff,
• Medical Education: Past, Present and Future. — Calman, Sir Kenneth C.,
• The Pleasures of the Past. — Cannadine, David
• At Home: An Anthropology of Domestic Space. — Cieraad, Irene
• Hubbub: Filth, Noise and Stench in England 1600– 1770. — Cockayne, Emily
• Fashions in Hair: The First Five Thousand Years. — Corson, Richard
• The Making of the Modern World: Milestones of Science and Technology — Cossons, Neil
• Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking. — Colquhoun, Kate,
• The Architecture of Happiness. — De Botton, Alain,
• Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850–1520. — Dyer, Christopher,
• The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison. — Emsley, John
• The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization. — Fagan, Brian
• The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change — Flannery, Tim
• The Grass Is Greener: Our Love Affair with the Lawn. — Fort, Tom,
• Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier. — Fowler, Brenda
• The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance. — Garrett, Laurie
• Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Science. — Gosnell, Mariana,
• Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention. — Gray, Charlotte,
• Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America, 1770–1781. — Hibbert, Christopher,
• Industry and Empire. — Hobsbawm, E. J.,
• Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City. — Hunt, Tristram,
• Edison: A Life of Invention. — Israel, Paul,
• The Economy of Cities. — The Economy of Cities.
• The Spice Route: A History. — Keay, John,
• The Big Oyster: New York in the World, a Molluscular History. — Kurlansky, Mark,
• Salt: A World History. — Kurlansky, Mark,
• The Life and Times of William Shakespeare. — Levi, Peter,
• Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Plague of 541–750. — Little, Lester D.
• Space and the American Imagination. — McCurdy, Howard E.,
• On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. — McGee, Harold,
• The Killer Beans of Calabar and Other Stories. — Macinnis, Peter
• Light, Wind and Structure: The Mystery of the Master Builders. — Mark, Robert,
• The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present. — Melosi, Martin V.,
• The Telephone: The Life Story of a Technology. — Mercer, David,
• American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago. — Miller, Ross,
• Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime. — Moran, Joe
• Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire. — Moxham, Roy
• The City in History: Its Transformations and its Prospects. — Mumford, Lewis
• Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements. — Nasaw, David
• Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Poverty and Deprivation. — Newman, Lucile F.
• God’s Country: America in the Fifties. — Oakley, J. Ronald,
• The Great Wine Blight. — Ordish, George,
• The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person’s Guide to How a House Works. — Owen, David,
• The Evolution of Useful Things. — Petroski, Henry,
• Tea: A Social History. — Pettigrew, Jane,
• Locks and Lavatories: The Architecture of Privacy. — Planel, Philippe,
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. — Pollan, Michael,
• Seven Ages of Britain. — Pollard, Justin,
• Flesh in the Age of Reason. — Porter, Roy
• Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage. — Rathje, William, and Cullen Murphy
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science. — Roach, Mary
• The History of Archaeology. — Romer, John
• Home: A Short History of an Idea. — Rybczynski, Witold,
• City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World. — Rybczynski, Witold,
• Waiting for the Weekend. — Rybczynski, Witold,
• Building on Ruins: The Rediscovery of Rome and English Architecture. — Salmon, Frank,
• Barons of Business: Their Lives and Lifestyles. — Scheller, William G.,
• Wanderlust: A History of Walking. — Solnit, Rebecca,
• A History of the World in Six Glasses. — Standage, Tom,
• The Man Who Ate Everything: And Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits. — Steingarten, Jeffrey,
• The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. — Stewart, Amy,
• Never Done: A History of American Housework. — Strasser, Susan
• Epidemics and History: Disease, Power and Imperialism. — Watts, Sheldon,
• The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story — Weightman, Gavin
• The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Creation of the Modern World, 1776–1914. — Weightman, Gavin
• The World Without Us. — Weisman, Alan,
• Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books. — Willes, Margaret,
• Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee – the Dark History of the Food Cheats. — Wilson, Bee
• Fire and Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain. — Wolmar, Christian
• A Short History of Progress. — Wright, Ronald,
• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. — Yergin, Daniel