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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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Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid
by Peter Lee
Lost Restaurant of Chicago
Lost Restaurant of Chicago
by Greg Borzo, Doug Sohn
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A Question of Choice
A Question of Choice
by Sarah Weddington, Cecile Richards
The Burden of the Past
The Burden of the Past
by Anna Wylegala, Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper
Houdini
Houdini
by Tom Lalicki
The Battle for Afghanistan
The Battle for Afghanistan
by Mohammad Yousaf, Mark Adkin
Five Strides on the Banked Track
Five Strides on the Banked Track
by Walter Iooss Jr., Frank Deford, Jerry Seltzer
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
The Martin Duberman Reader
The Martin Duberman Reader
by Martin Duberman
Heist
Heist
by Howard Sounes
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
by Susan Goldman Rubin
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How UFOs Conquered the World
How UFOs Conquered the World
by David Clarke
Royal Family Life
Royal Family Life
by Ruth Binney
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave
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Amazonia
Amazonia
by James Marcus
Hidden History of Memphis
Hidden History of Memphis
by G. Wayne Dowdy
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Soulmate Equation
The Soulmate Equation
by Christina Lauren
That Summer
That Summer
by Jennifer Weiner
Animal
Animal
by Lisa Taddeo
The Power of Now
The Power of Now
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
by Steig Larsson
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
Daughters of the Inquisition
Daughters of the Inquisition
by Christina Crawford
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Guildford
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Guildford
by Caroline Maxton
A Georgian Heroine
A Georgian Heroine
by Joanne Major, Sarah Murden
The Invisible Library
The Invisible Library
by Genevieve Cogman
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
by Richard Buckle
Shooting Victoria
Shooting Victoria
by Paul Thomas Murphy
Big Sur
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac
Hunger
Hunger
by Roxane Gay
The House We Grew Up In
The House We Grew Up In
by Lisa Jewell
Between East and West
Between East and West
by R. D. Charques
The Art of Betrayal
The Art of Betrayal
by Gordon Corera
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A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Free Woman
Free Woman
by Marion Meade
Friday
Friday
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Dirty Little Lies
Dirty Little Lies
by Lora Leigh
The Crossing Places
The Crossing Places
by Elly Griffiths
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The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
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Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E.L. James
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
Excellent Women
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
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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.