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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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Pete Rose
Pete Rose
by Kostya Kennedy
Camilla
Camilla
by Angela Levin
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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Good Hunting
Good Hunting
by Jack Devine, Vernon Loeb
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin V
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April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Global Crisis
Global Crisis
by Geoffrey Parker
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Wife
Shakespeare's Wife
by Germaine Greer
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Invention of Religion in Japan
The Invention of Religion in Japan
by Jason Ananda Josephson
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
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
Slavery and Public History
Slavery and Public History
by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton, Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
by Virginia D'Albert-Lake
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Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
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
The Battle for Afghanistan
The Battle for Afghanistan
by Mohammad Yousaf, Mark Adkin
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
The Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
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
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)
by James MacGregor Burns
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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Votescam
Votescam
by James M. Collier, Kenneth F. Collier
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Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
West with the Night
West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
The Go-Go Years
The Go-Go Years
by John Brooks, Michael Lewis
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Girl Sleuth
Girl Sleuth
by Melanie Rehak
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
The Last Madam
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
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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.