Ask HN: Best books/articles on world history?

I am doing one by Andrew Marr. Audio book.

https://www.audible.in/pd/A-History-of-the-World-Audiobook/B...

Not a book, but History Lapse https://historylapse.org/ (made by HN user domnuprofesor) is a nice combination of well-researched historical narrative and pretty pictures.

I found the Silk Roads hard going but I learnt a lot from it:

https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Roads-New-History-World-ebook/dp...

Becker, Jasper, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine.