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The Best History Book Recommendations

There’s so much more to learn than just what was in your high school textbooks (and if you’re anything like us, you’ve probably forgotten most of that anyway). There’s a book out there exploring just about everything that’s happened in our world. From the Crusades to the World Wars, and everything before and after, there’s a history book for that. 

What’s more, there are history books on just about whatever you’re interested in! From biographies on U.S. presidents to what happened on the Titanic, from the history of world religions to books about Old Hollywood, there’s a book for you.

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Ms. Gloria Steinem
Ms. Gloria Steinem
by Winifred Conkling
Arctic Homestead
Arctic Homestead
by Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser
Why Homer Matters
Why Homer Matters
by Adam Nicolson
Sacred Liberty
Sacred Liberty
by Steven Waldman
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
by Georgina Howell
The Royals
The Royals
by Kitty Kelley
Scotland
Scotland
by Alistair Moffat
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Every Vote Is a Prayer
Every Vote Is a Prayer
by Cathy Cambron
How to Survive in Medieval England
How to Survive in Medieval England
by Toni Mount
The Egg & I
The Egg & I
by Betty MacDonald
America's Secret Aristocracy
America's Secret Aristocracy
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
by Maria Hesse
Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
Toy Monster
Toy Monster
by Jerry Oppenheimer
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
Ninja
Ninja
by Stephen Turnbull
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
by Stephan Benzkofer, Mark Jacob, Chicago Tribune
A Woman on the Edge of Time
A Woman on the Edge of Time
by Jeremy Gavron
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ian Buruma, Ruth Benedict
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Washington's Immortals
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
by Greg Young, Tom Meyers
The Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
The Land of Little Rain
The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass
Harlem
Harlem
by Jonathan Gill
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
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As there are seemingly endless different eras of history, no one book is the best book on history. But three books that top most Best Book On History Lists are A Night to Remember by Walter Lord, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown, and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.