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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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Alive
Alive
by Piers Paul Read
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The Dawn's Early Light
The Dawn's Early Light
by Walter Lord
Fiber Craft Heritage
Fiber Craft Heritage
by Doris Fischer
April 1865
April 1865
by Jay Winik
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes
Of a Feather
Of a Feather
by Scott Weidensaul
Hitler's Last Secretary
Hitler's Last Secretary
by Traudl Junge, Melissa Muller
The Art of Being
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
We Few
We Few
by Nick Brokhausen
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
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This Kind of War
This Kind of War
by T. R. Fehrenbach
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
by Georgina Howell
The Late Shift
The Late Shift
by Bill Carter
Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
by Virginia D'Albert-Lake
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8 Powerful Military Memoirs 
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
The Original Watergate Stories
The Original Watergate Stories
by Bob Woodward, The Washington Post, Carl Bernstein
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
Washington's Immortals
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
The Last Founding Father
The Last Founding Father
by Harlow Giles Unger
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
The Defender
The Defender
by Ethan Michaeli
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Walter Lord
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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Fragments of Isabella
Fragments of Isabella
by Isabella Leitner, Irving A. Leitner
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
West with the Night
West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
Why Homer Matters
Why Homer Matters
by Adam Nicolson
A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
Find Me Unafraid
Find Me Unafraid
by Jessica Posner, Kennedy Odede
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
The Will To Live On
The Will To Live On
by Herman Wouk
What Becomes a Legend Most
What Becomes a Legend Most
by Philip Gefter
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground
by Martha Gellhorn
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
Survivors in Mexico
Survivors in Mexico
by Rebecca West
The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Saints
by Peter Brown
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Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
by Maria Hesse
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
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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.