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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 Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
Tanks in Hell
Tanks in Hell
by Oscar E. Gilbert
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People
by Joe Starita
Loki and Sigyn
Loki and Sigyn
by Lea Svendsen
They Have Their Exits
They Have Their Exits
by Airey Neave
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Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
"Our Crowd"
"Our Crowd"
by Stephen Birmingham
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Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
Not Free, Not for All
Not Free, Not for All
by Cheryl Knott
Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
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
The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan
Crown & Sceptre
Crown & Sceptre
by Tracy Borman
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
Hidden History of Memphis
Hidden History of Memphis
by G. Wayne Dowdy
The Stones of Florence
The Stones of Florence
by Mary McCarthy
Washington's Immortals
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell
Hoax
Hoax
by Edward Steers Jr., Joe Nickell
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez
China to Me
China to Me
by Emily Hahn
Guests of the Ayatollah
Guests of the Ayatollah
by Mark Bowden
Maladies & Medicine
Maladies & Medicine
by Jennifer Evans, Sara Read
Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
by Gary Kinder
Voyagers of the Titanic
Voyagers of the Titanic
by Richard Davenport-Hines
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The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Leadership
Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns
All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant Men
by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession
by Richard Hammer
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Walter Lord
A Chorus of Stones
A Chorus of Stones
by Susan Griffin
Meditations
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
by Peter E. Meltzer
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
An American Heroine in the French Resistance
by Virginia D'Albert-Lake
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The Zanzibar Chest
The Zanzibar Chest
by Aidan Hartley
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
by Jimmy Breslin
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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.