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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 Love Object
The Love Object
by Edna O'Brien
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
by Meg Elison
Waverley
Waverley
by Sir Walter Scott
Drive-Thru Dreams
Drive-Thru Dreams
by Adam Chandler
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Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
Where'd You Go Bernadette
Where'd You Go Bernadette
by Maria Semple
Blue Nights
Blue Nights
by Joan Didion
See You in the Cosmos
See You in the Cosmos
by Jack Cheng
Booth
Booth
by Karen Joy Fowler
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
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8 Books Like The Outsiders
Tell Me an Ending
Tell Me an Ending
by Jo Harkin
A Family Affair
A Family Affair
by Robyn Carr
Carbide
Carbide
by Andriy Lyubka
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Pretty Marys All in a Row
Pretty Marys All in a Row
by Gwendolyn Kiste
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Forever My Hero
Forever My Hero
by Sharon Sala
The President's Daughter
The President's Daughter
by Ellen Emerson White
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
by Ann Petry
Magic Lessons
Magic Lessons
by Alice Hoffman
American Lynching
American Lynching
by Ashraf H.A. Rushdy
The Boleyn King
The Boleyn King
by Laura Andersen
Lost Woods
Lost Woods
by Rachel Carson
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
by Michelle McNamara
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl
by Tess Holliday
In a Different Key
In a Different Key
by John Donvan
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Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury
by Michael Wolff
The Witness Series: Books 1-4
The Witness Series: Books 1-4
by Rebecca Forster
To the Last Man
To the Last Man
by Jeff Shaara
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
A Mind to Kill
A Mind to Kill
by Brian Freemantle
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Blue Night
Blue Night
by Simone Buchholz
The Seat Filler
The Seat Filler
by Sariah Wilson
Bird By Bird
Bird By Bird
by Anne Lamott
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Almost American Girl
Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha
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The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
Romancing Miss Brontë
Romancing Miss Brontë
by Juliet Gael
My Life on the Road
My Life on the Road
by Gloria Steinem
The Air He Breathes
The Air He Breathes
by Brittainy C. Cherry
We That Are Young
We That Are Young
by Preti Taneja
Severence
Severence
by Ling Ma
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Paper Girls
Paper Girls
by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
The Switch
The Switch
by Lynsay Sands
The Ninth House
The Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo
All the Wrong Moves
All the Wrong Moves
by Sasha Chapin
Plumes
Plumes
by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The Sunday Girl
The Sunday Girl
by Pip Dysdale
Unlikely Animals
Unlikely Animals
by Annie Hartnett
The Nine Cloud Dream
The Nine Cloud Dream
by Kim Man-Jung
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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.