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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 Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by Euripides
Rebel King
Rebel King
by Tom Bower
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
by Pat Shipman
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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Treacherous Alliance
Treacherous Alliance
by Trita Parsi
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
The Egg & I
The Egg & I
by Betty MacDonald
Shakespeare's Wife
Shakespeare's Wife
by Germaine Greer
A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Pete Rose
Pete Rose
by Kostya Kennedy
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
The Royals
The Royals
by Kitty Kelley
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
Medea
Medea
by Euripides
California Rich
California Rich
by Stephen Birmingham
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This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
Evidence of Love
Evidence of Love
by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
Blessed Experiences
Blessed Experiences
by James E. Clyburn, Alfre Woodard
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
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
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
A Train of Powder
A Train of Powder
by Rebecca West
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
by Lucy Adlington
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
Venice Observed
Venice Observed
by Mary McCarthy
The Nixon Tapes: 1973
The Nixon Tapes: 1973
by Douglas Brinkley, Luke A. Nichter
The Purple Diaries
The Purple Diaries
by Joseph Egan
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward
by Anthony Summers, Stephen Dorril
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Women of the Revolution
Women of the Revolution
by Robert Dunkerly
Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow
Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow
by Dee Brown
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters
by Emily Hahn
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
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
American Lynching
American Lynching
by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
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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.