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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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The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
Marriage Can Be Murder
Marriage Can Be Murder
by Emma Jameson
The Alchemist
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
10 Blind Dates
10 Blind Dates
by Ashley Elston
Close Up
Close Up
by Amanda Quick
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous
by Mary Balogh
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 Chocolate War
The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
Murder on the Ballarat Train
Murder on the Ballarat Train
by Kerry Greenwood
The Great Zoo of China
The Great Zoo of China
by Matthew Reilly
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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
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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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
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
Wave
Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk
All the Birds in the Sky
All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
Gravity's Rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel
by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Ammonite
Ammonite
by Nicola Griffith
Soulless
Soulless
by Gail Carriger
God's War
God's War
by Kameron Hurley
The Red Tent
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
A Thread of Grace
A Thread of Grace
by Mary Doria Russell
Book of Blues
Book of Blues
by Jack Kerouac
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The Boxcar Children Halloween Special
The Boxcar Children Halloween Special
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Pretty Guilty Women
Pretty Guilty Women
by Gina LaManna
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Under the Dome
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
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The Secret of the Old Clock
The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Storyteller
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by Kathryn Williams
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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.