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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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Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
by Helen Castor
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
by Justin Kaplan
Death Sentence
Death Sentence
by Jerry Bledsoe
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Geoffrey Girard, Thomas Lockley
Evidence of Love
Evidence of Love
by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
High, Wide and Lonesome
High, Wide and Lonesome
by Hal Borland
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Dancing in the Mosque
Dancing in the Mosque
by Homeira Qaderi, Zaman S. Stanizai
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small & All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
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
Voyagers of the Titanic
Voyagers of the Titanic
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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At the Highest Levels
At the Highest Levels
by Michael Beschloss, Strobe Talbott
The Fifties
The Fifties
by David Halberstam
Grant Takes Command
Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
Upstairs at the White House
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
by William J. Craig
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
The Westies
The Westies
by T. J. English
The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy
The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy
by David Halberstam
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Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
The Harvest Gypsies
The Harvest Gypsies
by Charles Wollenberg, John Steinbeck
Rebel King
Rebel King
by Tom Bower
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
The Grandes Dames
The Grandes Dames
by Stephen Birmingham
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Margaret Graver, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, A. A. Long
Global Crisis
Global Crisis
by Geoffrey Parker
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
A Thousand Days
A Thousand Days
by Arthur M. Schlesinger
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
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 Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
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
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Neil Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Deke Slayton, Howard Benedict
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army
by Bruce Catton
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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.