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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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Battle of Brothers
Battle of Brothers
by Robert Lacey
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
by Georgina Howell
Crazy '08
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by Cait N. Murphy, Robert W. Creamer
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
America's Secret Aristocracy
America's Secret Aristocracy
by Stephen Birmingham
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Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
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
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan
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
Constantine's Sword
Constantine's Sword
by James Carroll
The Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
Harlem
Harlem
by Jonathan Gill
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
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
We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
by Jimmy Breslin
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The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Voyagers of the Titanic
Voyagers of the Titanic
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Thirteen
Thirteen
by Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Indestructible Jews
The Indestructible Jews
by Max I. Dimont
Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
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Upstairs at the White House
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
by William J. Craig
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lonely Vigil
Lonely Vigil
by Walter Lord
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 Fifties
The Fifties
by David Halberstam
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army
by Bruce Catton
The Harvest Gypsies
The Harvest Gypsies
by John Steinbeck, Charles Wollenberg
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Marine!
Marine!
by Burke Davis
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin V
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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.