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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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Kill Chain
Kill Chain
by Andrew Cockburn
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Why Homer Matters
Why Homer Matters
by Adam Nicolson
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The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
The Master of Disguise
The Master of Disguise
by Antonio J. Mendez, Malcolm McConnell
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen
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The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Pain, Parties, Work
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by Elizabeth Winder
How to Survive in Medieval England
How to Survive in Medieval England
by Toni Mount
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
America's Secret Aristocracy
America's Secret Aristocracy
by Stephen Birmingham
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Margaret Graver, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, A. A. Long
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
by Greg Young, Tom Meyers
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
by Harlow Giles Unger
Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned
by Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Thomas
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The Brass Check
The Brass Check
by Upton Sinclair
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Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
by Joseph Pisenti
The Fall of Japan
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Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
The Night Lives On
The Night Lives On
by Walter Lord
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Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren
by Tracy Kidder
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Neil Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Deke Slayton, Howard Benedict
The Last Madam
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
Leadership
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns
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by Mark Bowden
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Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Fremantle Diary
The Fremantle Diary
by James Fremantle, Walter Lord
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
Upstairs at the White House
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)
by James MacGregor Burns
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
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by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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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.