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Ann Althouse queries her readers:

I’m trying to come up with a list of history books — emphatically not historical novels, but solid history books — that are written so well that one would want to read them as great literature. I mean to set a very high standard. That is, David McCullough isn’t good enough….

Anyway, offer up some suggestions for someone who wants a sublime aesthetic experience while reading history.

The readers respond in droves.  Keep your Amazon wish list handy.