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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 Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
The Last Jew of Treblinka
The Last Jew of Treblinka
by Chil Rajchman
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Challenger: An American Tragedy
Challenger: An American Tragedy
by Hugh Harris
Kick Kennedy
Kick Kennedy
by Barbara Leaming
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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
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Lonely Vigil
Lonely Vigil
by Walter Lord
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
by Joan Didion
This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
by Peter J. Leithart
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Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
by Justin Kaplan
This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
Letters on Ethics
Letters on Ethics
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver, A. A. Long
The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Saints
by Peter Brown
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North Korea's Hidden Revolution
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
by Jieun Baek
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
African American Medicine in Washington, D.C.
African American Medicine in Washington, D.C.
by Heather Butts, Hugh Florenz Butts
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
The Confederacy's Last Hurrah
The Confederacy's Last Hurrah
by Wiley Sword
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad
by Candacy A. Taylor
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
Ali
Ali
by Jonathan Eig
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
Official and Confidential
Official and Confidential
by Anthony Summers
On the Wealth of Nations
On the Wealth of Nations
by P. J. O'Rourke
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
Votescam
Votescam
by James M. Collier, Kenneth F. Collier
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World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
Escape from Sobibor
Escape from Sobibor
by Richard Rashke
Ruler of the Sky
Ruler of the Sky
by Pamela Sargent
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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.