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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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Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
Mrs. Astor Regrets
Mrs. Astor Regrets
by Meryl Gordon
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
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The Fifties
The Fifties
by David Halberstam
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
The Master of Disguise
The Master of Disguise
by Antonio J. Mendez, Malcolm McConnell
Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
America's Secret Aristocracy
America's Secret Aristocracy
by Stephen Birmingham
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Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Global Crisis
Global Crisis
by Geoffrey Parker
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Dancing in the Mosque
Dancing in the Mosque
by Homeira Qaderi, Zaman S. Stanizai
Nothing Is Too Big to Fail
Nothing Is Too Big to Fail
by Kerry Killinger, Linda Killinger
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
by Harlow Giles Unger
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
by Joseph Pisenti
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
Unsinkable
Unsinkable
by Daniel Allen Butler
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Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Neil Armstrong
Grant Takes Command
Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
The Hidden History of the Korean War, 1950–1951
The Hidden History of the Korean War, 1950–1951
by Mark Crispin Miller, I. F. Stone, Bruce Cumings
Sherman's March
Sherman's March
by Burke Davis
Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
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Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin V
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Incredible Victory
Incredible Victory
by Walter Lord
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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What Becomes a Legend Most
What Becomes a Legend Most
by Philip Gefter
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
Color Blind
Color Blind
by Tom Dunkel
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
Official and Confidential
Official and Confidential
by Anthony Summers
Of a Feather
Of a Feather
by Scott Weidensaul
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
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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.