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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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Stiff
Stiff
by Mary Roach
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April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Tibetan Peach Pie
Tibetan Peach Pie
by Tom Robbins
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
Love Lies
Love Lies
by Amanda Lamb
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
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The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
The Fifties
The Fifties
by David Halberstam
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Upstairs at the White House
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz
Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer
by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Harvest Gypsies
The Harvest Gypsies
by John Steinbeck, Charles Wollenberg
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
How to Survive in Medieval England
How to Survive in Medieval England
by Toni Mount
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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What Becomes a Legend Most
What Becomes a Legend Most
by Philip Gefter
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
Dancing in the Mosque
Dancing in the Mosque
by Homeira Qaderi, Zaman S. Stanizai
Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army
by Bruce Catton
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
by William Craig
A Time to Stand
A Time to Stand
by Walter Lord
White Eskimo
White Eskimo
by Stephen R. Bown
Sacred Liberty
Sacred Liberty
by Steven Waldman
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
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
Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
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 Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Richard Erdoes, Mary Crow Dog
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
Answers to Questions You've Never Asked
by Joseph Pisenti
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
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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.