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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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Camilla
Camilla
by Angela Levin
The Lord God Made Them All
The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
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Dead Doubles
by Trevor Barnes
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
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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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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Saints
by Peter Brown
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Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
Global Crisis
Global Crisis
by Geoffrey Parker
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
Washington's Immortals
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell
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
Inside Job
Inside Job
by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker, Paul Muolo
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
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
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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The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
A Walker in the City
A Walker in the City
by Alfred Kazin
Business Adventures
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by John Brooks
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The Go-Go Years
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by John Brooks, Michael Lewis
Revolutionaries
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This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army
by Bruce Catton
Standing Next to History
Standing Next to History
by Joseph Petro, Jeffrey Robinson
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
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President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
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by James E. Clyburn, Alfre Woodard
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The Hotel on Place Vendome
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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.