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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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Wounded Shepherd
Wounded Shepherd
by Austen Ivereigh
Ada Blackjack
Ada Blackjack
by Jennifer Niven
Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
How to Survive in Medieval England
How to Survive in Medieval England
by Toni Mount
The Egg & I
The Egg & I
by Betty MacDonald
The Grandes Dames
The Grandes Dames
by Stephen Birmingham
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This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
Bullwhip Days
Bullwhip Days
by James Mellon
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume I
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume I
by Marilyn French, Margaret Atwood
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
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
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
The Fall of Japan
The Fall of Japan
by William J. Craig
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
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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Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
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We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
The Good Rat
The Good Rat
by Jimmy Breslin
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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
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David F. Powers
Grant Takes Command
Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Marine!
Marine!
by Burke Davis
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
Upstairs at the White House
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz
The Canon
The Canon
by Natalie Angier
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin V
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Spinning and Weaving
Spinning and Weaving
by Lynn Huggins-Cooper
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
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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.