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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
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
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
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
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
by Justin Kaplan
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
by Saint Augustine
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Legends of the Samurai
Legends of the Samurai
by Hiroaki Sato
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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
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
Official and Confidential
Official and Confidential
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
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
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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Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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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
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Sherman's March
Sherman's March
by Burke Davis
In Our Hearts We Were Giants
In Our Hearts We Were Giants
by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
by Phyllis Lee Levin
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
The Late John Marquand
The Late John Marquand
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
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
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid
by Peter Lee
My People Are Rising
My People Are Rising
by Aaron Dixon, Judson L. Jeffries
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Vitebsk
Vitebsk
by Otto Heidkamper, Linden Lyons
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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.