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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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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 Nature of Alexander
The Nature of Alexander
by Mary Renault
The Defender
The Defender
by Ethan Michaeli
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Remembering America
Remembering America
by Richard N. Goodwin
Crochet Iconic Women
Crochet Iconic Women
by Carla Mitrani
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
by Carl Sandburg
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Bananas
Bananas
by Peter Chapman
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty
by Mimi Matthews
Enemies and Neighbors
Enemies and Neighbors
by Ian Black
Not in Your Lifetime
Not in Your Lifetime
by Anthony Summers
The Baby Boom
The Baby Boom
by P. J. O'Rourke
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
Of a Feather
Of a Feather
by Scott Weidensaul
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
Lend Me Your Ears
Lend Me Your Ears
by William Safire
This Close to Happy
This Close to Happy
by Daphne Merkin
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
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Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
by Gary Kinder
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
by Robert Lindsey
Unsinkable
Unsinkable
by Daniel Allen Butler
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16 Essential Titanic Books
Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren
by Tracy Kidder
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Neil Armstrong
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Kick Kennedy
Kick Kennedy
by Barbara Leaming
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Leadership
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns
Sherman's March
Sherman's March
by Burke Davis
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
The Canon
The Canon
by Natalie Angier
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Saints
by Peter Brown
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
by John W. Dean
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
Evita, First Lady
Evita, First Lady
by John Barnes
New Mexico's Stolen Lands
New Mexico's Stolen Lands
by Ray John de Aragon
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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.