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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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Battle of Brothers
Battle of Brothers
by Robert Lacey
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
by Georgina Howell
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
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Ada Blackjack
Ada Blackjack
by Jennifer Niven
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
Spectacle
Spectacle
by Pamela Newkirk
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Saints
by Peter Brown
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Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad
by Candacy A. Taylor
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
by Mark Jacob, Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Nixon & Rockefeller
Nixon & Rockefeller
by Stewart Alsop
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
by Virginia D'Albert-Lake
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Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
by Laura Brennan
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
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
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
The Original Watergate Stories
The Original Watergate Stories
by The Washington Post, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
The Lords of Creation
The Lords of Creation
by Frederick Lewis Allen, Mark Crispin Miller, Gretchen Morgenson
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
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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.