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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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Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
by Mark Jacob, Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
Cool
Cool
by Salvatore Basile
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
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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Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Peary to the Pole
Peary to the Pole
by Walter Lord
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
The Grandees
The Grandees
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Wife
Shakespeare's Wife
by Germaine Greer
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
The Nature of Alexander
The Nature of Alexander
by Mary Renault
140 Days to Hiroshima
140 Days to Hiroshima
by David Dean Barrett
Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad
by Candacy A. Taylor
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
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
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
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
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
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
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
Red Road from Stalingrad
Red Road from Stalingrad
by Mansur Abdulin, Artem Drabkin
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
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
Blood River
Blood River
by Tim Butcher
Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
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
1000 Years of Annoying the French
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Neil Armstrong
Kick Kennedy
Kick Kennedy
by Barbara Leaming
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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.