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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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Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
Lincoln Reconsidered
Lincoln Reconsidered
by David Herbert Donald
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Walter Lord
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
New York in the '50s
New York in the '50s
by Dan Wakefield
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
by Saint Augustine
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Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia
Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia
by Samantha Morris
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring
by Modris Eksteins
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
On Palestine
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Frank Barat
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
A Bridge for Passing
A Bridge for Passing
by Pearl S. Buck
Wounded Shepherd
Wounded Shepherd
by Austen Ivereigh
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
The Will To Live On
The Will To Live On
by Herman Wouk
This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana
A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana
by Jane Simon Ammeson
Notes from a Colored Girl
Notes from a Colored Girl
by Karsonya Wise Whitehead
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
by John W. Dean
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
Inside Job
Inside Job
by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker, Paul Muolo
Chocolate
Chocolate
by Kay Frydenborg
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
This Close to Happy
This Close to Happy
by Daphne Merkin
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
by Jimmy Breslin
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Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
by Henry C. Clausen, Bruce Lee
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
Jack and Rochelle
Jack and Rochelle
by Lawrence Sutin, Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin
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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.