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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 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
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A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
Find Me Unafraid
Find Me Unafraid
by Kennedy Odede, Jessica Posner
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
The Grandees
The Grandees
by Stephen Birmingham
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Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
by Susan Goldman Rubin
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The Nature of Alexander
The Nature of Alexander
by Mary Renault
140 Days to Hiroshima
140 Days to Hiroshima
by David Dean Barrett
Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad
by Candacy A. Taylor
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
by Mark Jacob, Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Slavery and Public History
Slavery and Public History
by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton, Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash
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
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
by Lucy Adlington
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
Official and Confidential
Official and Confidential
by Anthony Summers
The Baby Boom
The Baby Boom
by P. J. O'Rourke
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 Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
by Marshall Trimble
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
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
Bohemian Paris
Bohemian Paris
by Dan Franck
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
Blood River
Blood River
by Tim Butcher
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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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
by Elizabeth Keckley
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler
by Patricia Smith
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
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by Gary Kinder
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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.