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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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Idaho
Idaho
by Emily Ruskovich
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
Marriage Can Be Murder
Marriage Can Be Murder
by Emma Jameson
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
The Alchemist
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Oliver Sacks
To Say Nothing of the Dog
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
10 Blind Dates
10 Blind Dates
by Ashley Elston
Close Up
Close Up
by Amanda Quick
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous
by Mary Balogh
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Mine Till Midnight
Mine Till Midnight
by Lisa Kleypas
The Bromance Book Club
The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay Adams
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening
Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening
by Liz Clark
America Is Not the Heart
America Is Not the Heart
by Elaine Castillo
Year Zero
Year Zero
by Rob Reid
The Wheelman
The Wheelman
by Duane Swierczynski
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulker
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
by Siobhan Vivian
All These Beautiful Strangers
All These Beautiful Strangers
by Elizabeth Klehfoth
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Chocolate War
The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier
Wild Game
Wild Game
by Adrienne Brodeur
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
Murder on the Ballarat Train
Murder on the Ballarat Train
by Kerry Greenwood
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
The Great Zoo of China
The Great Zoo of China
by Matthew Reilly
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The Magicians
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Death Prefers Blondes
Death Prefers Blondes
by Caleb Roehrig
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Darker Shade of Magic
by V.E. Schwab
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf
The Night in Question
The Night in Question
by Nic Joseph
Persepolis
Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Out of Africa
Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
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Let Me Sleep Until This Is Just a Dream
Let Me Sleep Until This Is Just a Dream
by Elissiv Stifoss-Hansen and May-Brit Akerholt
Blue Angel
Blue Angel
by Francine Prose
Night
Night
by Elie Wiesel
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
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Wave
Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
Normal People
Normal People
by Sara Rooney
Social Creature
Social Creature
by Tara Isabella Burton
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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.