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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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President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston
Normal People
Normal People
by Sara Rooney
Fight Club
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
Eligible
Eligible
by Curtis Sittenfeld
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
Social Creature
Social Creature
by Tara Isabella Burton
No Exit
No Exit
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Dangerous Girls (I'll Never Tell)
Dangerous Girls (I'll Never Tell)
by Abigail Haas
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Beartown
Beartown
by Fredrik Backman
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities
by Chigozie Obioma
Cinder
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
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Lovely War
Lovely War
by Julie Berry
A Study in Charlotte
A Study in Charlotte
by Brittany Cavallaro
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez
We Were Liars
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny
by Leila Slimani
Morality Play
Morality Play
by Barry Unsworth
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
by Laura Taylor Namey
The Bookshop
The Bookshop
by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Cruel Prince
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
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Exhalation
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang
Fire and Blood
Fire and Blood
by George R.R. Martin
The Road Back
The Road Back
by Erich Maria Remarque
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving
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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Wild Life
The Wild Life
by David Gordon
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A Cottage Full of Secrets
A Cottage Full of Secrets
by Jane Lovering
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You've Been Volunteered
You've Been Volunteered
by Laurie Gelman
Again the Magic
Again the Magic
by Lisa Kleypas
Wanderers
Wanderers
by Chuck Wendig
The Hangman
The Hangman
by Louise Penny
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Honey and the Hired Hand
Honey and the Hired Hand
by Joan Johnston
Bull Mountain
Bull Mountain
by Brian Panowich
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass
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Thin Air
Thin Air
by Lisa Gray
The Unbound Prometheus
The Unbound Prometheus
by David S. Landes
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
The Lady in the Silver Cloud
The Lady in the Silver Cloud
by David Handler
Generation Loss
Generation Loss
by Elizabeth Hand
The Deep
The Deep
by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes
Burr: A Novel
Burr: A Novel
by Gore Vidal
The Duchess War
The Duchess War
by Courtney Milan
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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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.