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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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Camilla
Camilla
by Angela Levin
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy
by Nicholas E. Reynolds
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
by Harlow Giles Unger
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
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Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
by Henry C. Clausen, Bruce Lee
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
140 Days to Hiroshima
140 Days to Hiroshima
by David Dean Barrett
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
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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Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Walter Lord
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Crochet Iconic Women
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by Carla Mitrani
The Last Madam
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by Chris Wiltz
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by John Brooks
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Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel
by William F. Sine
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by James MacGregor Burns
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
My Year with Eleanor
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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.