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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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The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
The Real Elizabeth
The Real Elizabeth
by Andrew Marr
The Late Shift
The Late Shift
by Bill Carter
Stiff
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by Mary Roach
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Tibetan Peach Pie
Tibetan Peach Pie
by Tom Robbins
America's Secret Aristocracy
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by Stephen Birmingham
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
by Saint Augustine
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A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
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
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
by Joseph Pisenti
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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After Henry
After Henry
by Joan Didion
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
How to Live Japanese
How to Live Japanese
by Yutaka Yazawa
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
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
Dancing in the Mosque
Dancing in the Mosque
by Homeira Qaderi, Zaman S. Stanizai
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
The Land of Little Rain
The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
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
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
The Night Lives On
The Night Lives On
by Walter Lord
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Collected Essays
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by Joan Didion
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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.