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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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Rebel King
Rebel King
by Tom Bower
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
by Georgina Howell
Edward III: The Perfect King
Edward III: The Perfect King
by Ian Mortimer
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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
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
Cartographic Japan
Cartographic Japan
by Karen Wigen, Sugimoto Fumiko, Cary Karacas
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
A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
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
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
The Fall of Japan
The Fall of Japan
by William J. Craig
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The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren
by Tracy Kidder
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Fremantle Diary
The Fremantle Diary
by Walter Lord, Lt. Col. James Fremantle
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin V
The Harvest Gypsies
The Harvest Gypsies
by John Steinbeck, Charles Wollenberg
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
by William J. Craig
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Incredible Victory
Incredible Victory
by Walter Lord
America's Secret Aristocracy
America's Secret Aristocracy
by Stephen Birmingham
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
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
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
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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.