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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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The Way We Were
The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
The Late Shift
The Late Shift
by Bill Carter
The Royals
The Royals
by Kitty Kelley
Iron Empires
Iron Empires
by Michael Hiltzik
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Fiber Craft Heritage
Fiber Craft Heritage
by Doris Fischer
Dear Santa
Dear Santa
by Chronicle Books
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
The Heart of Everything That Is
The Heart of Everything That Is
by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
The Grandes Dames
The Grandes Dames
by Stephen Birmingham
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Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
What Becomes a Legend Most
What Becomes a Legend Most
by Philip Gefter
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground
by Martha Gellhorn
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
Cartographic Japan
Cartographic Japan
by Karen Wigen, Sugimoto Fumiko, Cary Karacas
Mrs. Astor Regrets
Mrs. Astor Regrets
by Meryl Gordon
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
by Jieun Baek
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
High, Wide and Lonesome
High, Wide and Lonesome
by Hal Borland
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
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
The Invention of News
The Invention of News
by Andrew Pettegree
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
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring
by Modris Eksteins
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Official and Confidential
Official and Confidential
by Anthony Summers
On the Wealth of Nations
On the Wealth of Nations
by P. J. O'Rourke
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
Constantine's Sword
Constantine's Sword
by James Carroll
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
by Greg Young, Tom Meyers
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
Blood River
Blood River
by Tim Butcher
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
Bacteria and Bayonets
Bacteria and Bayonets
by David Petriello
Holocaust Journey
Holocaust Journey
by Martin Gilbert
The Child Who Never Grew
The Child Who Never Grew
by Pearl S. Buck
The Gay Metropolis
The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
The Spies Who Never Were
The Spies Who Never Were
by Hervie Haufler
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Arctic Homestead
Arctic Homestead
by Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser
Agent Jack
Agent Jack
by Robert Hutton
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
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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.