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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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Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, Jay Barbree, Deke Slayton, Howard Benedict
Grant Takes Command
Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
by Walter Lord
This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
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On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
A People's History of Sports in the United States
A People's History of Sports in the United States
by David Zirin
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Fiber Craft Heritage
Fiber Craft Heritage
by Doris Fischer
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
by Phyllis Lee Levin
They Have Their Exits
They Have Their Exits
by Airey Neave
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Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
Thunder Run
Thunder Run
by Mark Bowden, David Zucchino
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
by Jimmy Breslin
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Voyagers of the Titanic
Voyagers of the Titanic
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume I
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume I
by Marilyn French, Margaret Atwood
At the Highest Levels
At the Highest Levels
by Michael Beschloss, Strobe Talbott
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
Encounters with Chinese Writers
Encounters with Chinese Writers
by Annie Dillard
Empire of Things
Empire of Things
by Frank Trentmann
Dead Doubles
Dead Doubles
by Trevor Barnes
The Late Shift
The Late Shift
by Bill Carter
African Samurai
African Samurai
by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
by Alan T. Nolan, Gary W. Gallagher
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Collapse of the Third Republic
by William L. Shirer
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
Of a Feather
Of a Feather
by Scott Weidensaul
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
by Greg Young, Tom Meyers
Red Road from Stalingrad
Red Road from Stalingrad
by Mansur Abdulin, Artem Drabkin
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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The Nixon Tapes: 1971–1972
The Nixon Tapes: 1971–1972
by Douglas Brinkley, Luke A. Nichter
The Canon
The Canon
by Natalie Angier
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad
by Candacy A. Taylor
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
by Peter E. Meltzer
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
by Lucy Adlington
The Purple Diaries
The Purple Diaries
by Joseph Egan
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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.