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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 Way We Were
The Way We Were
by Paul Burrell
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
The White Album
The White Album
by Joan Didion
The Land of Little Rain
The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
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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Marine!
Marine!
by Burke Davis
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Walter Lord
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
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng
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
High, Wide and Lonesome
High, Wide and Lonesome
by Hal Borland
Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
Women of the Revolution
Women of the Revolution
by Robert Dunkerly
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
The Brass Check
The Brass Check
by Upton Sinclair
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The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
"The Rest of Us"
"The Rest of Us"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
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
Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls
by William McKeown
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 Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Business Adventures
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by John Brooks
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The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
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Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
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.