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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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Agent Jack
Agent Jack
by Robert Hutton
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
Spectacle
Spectacle
by Pamela Newkirk
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
Life in a Medieval Castle
Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
No Way, They Were Gay?
No Way, They Were Gay?
by Lee Wind
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
140 Days to Hiroshima
140 Days to Hiroshima
by David Dean Barrett
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
by Mark Booth
Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
by Mark Jacob, Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
Slavery and Public History
Slavery and Public History
by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton, Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
by Virginia D'Albert-Lake
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Tell Me How It Ends
Tell Me How It Ends
by Valeria Luiselli
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
by John W. Dean
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
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 Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
Fragments of Isabella
Fragments of Isabella
by Isabella Leitner, Irving A. Leitner
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Bohemian Paris
Bohemian Paris
by Dan Franck
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
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
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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A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
The Secret of the Yellow Death
The Secret of the Yellow Death
by Suzanne Jurmain
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
by Gary Kinder
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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.