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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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My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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A History of the United States in Five Crashes
A History of the United States in Five Crashes
by Scott Nations
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A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
In Praise of Folly
In Praise of Folly
by Desiderius Erasmus
Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng
"The Rest of Us"
"The Rest of Us"
by Stephen Birmingham
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How to Live Japanese
How to Live Japanese
by Yutaka Yazawa
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
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
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
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls
by William McKeown
Vietnam
Vietnam
by Mary McCarthy
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
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
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
The Land of Little Rain
The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
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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Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
The Last Madam
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
In Our Hearts We Were Giants
In Our Hearts We Were Giants
by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Incredible Victory
Incredible Victory
by Walter Lord
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
by Philip Eade
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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.