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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 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
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Spectacle
Spectacle
by Pamela Newkirk
The Egg & I
The Egg & I
by Betty MacDonald
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
140 Days to Hiroshima
140 Days to Hiroshima
by David Dean Barrett
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Slavery and Public History
Slavery and Public History
by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton, Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash
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
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
Washington's Immortals
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
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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Holocaust Journey
Holocaust Journey
by Martin Gilbert
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
by Gary Kinder
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Unsinkable
Unsinkable
by Daniel Allen Butler
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Neil Armstrong
The Last Madam
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
Leadership
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Standing Next to History
Standing Next to History
by Joseph Petro, Jeffrey Robinson
The Far Shore
The Far Shore
by Rear Admiral Edward Ellsberg
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
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
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
Vietnam
Vietnam
by Mary McCarthy
1877
1877
by Michael A. Bellesiles
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
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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.