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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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A Curse So Dark and Lonely
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
by Brigid Kemmerer
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Eve's Hollywood
Eve's Hollywood
by Eve Babitz
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
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Gone Crazy in Alabama
Gone Crazy in Alabama
by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Namesake
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Ask the Passengers
Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
A Pretty Deceit
A Pretty Deceit
by Anna Lee Huber
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Robert Kanigel
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
Call Me Tuesday
Call Me Tuesday
by Leigh Byrne
Penny for Your Secrets
Penny for Your Secrets
by Anna Lee Huber
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
by Gretchen Rubin
If I Stay
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
Eloise At the Plaza
Eloise At the Plaza
by Kay Thompson
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
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
Stuart Little
Stuart Little
by E.B. White
Supper Club
Supper Club
by Lara Williams
The Three Coffins
The Three Coffins
by John Dickson Carr
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
The Face in the Frost
The Face in the Frost
by John Bellairs
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
by Terry Tempest Williams
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Daughters of the Lake
Daughters of the Lake
by Wendy Webb
Nives
Nives
by Sacha Naspini
The Promise
The Promise
by Damon Galgut
Dead Dead Girls
Dead Dead Girls
by Nekesa Afia
The Decagon House Murders
The Decagon House Murders
by Yukito Ayatsuji, translated by Ho-Ling Wong
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Blindness
Blindness
by José Saramago
Re Jane
Re Jane
by Patricia Park
Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
by Maya Angelou
The Way of Shadows
The Way of Shadows
by Brent Weeks
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
Read These Banned Books
Read These Banned Books
by American Library Association (ALA)
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King
The Corpse Washer
The Corpse Washer
by Sinan Antoon
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time
by Donald Ray Pollock
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones
Elatsoe
Elatsoe
by Darcie Little Badger
The Thinnest Air
The Thinnest Air
by Minka Kent
My Life in a Cat House
My Life in a Cat House
by Gwen Cooper
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Glazed Murder
Glazed Murder
by Jessica Beck
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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.