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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 Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
American Trivia
American Trivia
by Richard Lederer, Caroline McCullagh
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
The Rivals
The Rivals
by Murdo Fraser
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
On the Wealth of Nations
On the Wealth of Nations
by P. J. O'Rourke
Brandywine
Brandywine
by Michael C. Harris
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
Hoax
Hoax
by Edward Steers Jr., Joe Nickell
The Zanzibar Chest
The Zanzibar Chest
by Aidan Hartley
Red Road from Stalingrad
Red Road from Stalingrad
by Mansur Abdulin, Artem Drabkin
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
American Lynching
American Lynching
by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Maladies & Medicine
Maladies & Medicine
by Jennifer Evans, Sara Read
A Walker in the City
A Walker in the City
by Alfred Kazin
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
Kick Kennedy
Kick Kennedy
by Barbara Leaming
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10 Books About the Kennedys
All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
Incredible Victory
Incredible Victory
by Walter Lord
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
Ruler of the Sky
Ruler of the Sky
by Pamela Sargent
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler
by Patricia Smith
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David F. Powers
The Last Madam
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
Leadership
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
Wounded Shepherd
Wounded Shepherd
by Austen Ivereigh
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan
Crafty Crooks & Conmen
Crafty Crooks & Conmen
by Nigel Blundell, Sue Blackhall
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
The Gay Metropolis
The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
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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.