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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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Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The Fall of Japan
The Fall of Japan
by William Craig
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We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
Voyagers of the Titanic
Voyagers of the Titanic
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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The Fifties
The Fifties
by David Halberstam
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Sacred Liberty
Sacred Liberty
by Steven Waldman
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
The Master of Disguise
The Master of Disguise
by Antonio J. Mendez, Malcolm McConnell
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
Fiber Craft Heritage
Fiber Craft Heritage
by Doris Fischer
Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
"The Rest of Us"
"The Rest of Us"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Vitebsk
Vitebsk
by Otto Heidkamper, Linden Lyons
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A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
The Purple Diaries
The Purple Diaries
by Joseph Egan
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
Dancing in the Mosque
Dancing in the Mosque
by Homeira Qaderi, Zaman S. Stanizai
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Red Road from Stalingrad
Red Road from Stalingrad
by Mansur Abdulin, Artem Drabkin
The Lords of Creation
The Lords of Creation
by Gretchen Morgenson, Mark Crispin Miller, Frederick Lewis Allen
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
by Joseph Pisenti
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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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The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
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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.