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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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Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Kick Kennedy
Kick Kennedy
by Barbara Leaming
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Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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On Hallowed Ground
On Hallowed Ground
by Bill McWilliams, Robert W. Sennewald
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army
by Bruce Catton
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
Ada Blackjack
Ada Blackjack
by Jennifer Niven
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
The Brass Check
The Brass Check
by Upton Sinclair
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A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
Toy Monster
Toy Monster
by Jerry Oppenheimer
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
by John W. Dean
The Baby Boom
The Baby Boom
by P. J. O'Rourke
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
A Walker in the City
A Walker in the City
by Alfred Kazin
Holocaust Journey
Holocaust Journey
by Martin Gilbert
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler
by Patricia Smith
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
by Jimmy Breslin
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"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David F. Powers
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee
Hannibal
Hannibal
by Ernle Bradford
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
No Way, They Were Gay?
No Way, They Were Gay?
by Lee Wind
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2
by Lucy Adlington
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
Lend Me Your Ears
Lend Me Your Ears
by William Safire
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
by Elizabeth Keckley
This Close to Happy
This Close to Happy
by Daphne Merkin
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
Titanic's Last Secrets
Titanic's Last Secrets
by Brad Matsen
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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.