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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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Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters
by Emily Hahn
This Close to Happy
This Close to Happy
by Daphne Merkin
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler
by Patricia Smith
Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
The Gay Metropolis
The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
1000 Years of Annoying the French
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke
At the Highest Levels
At the Highest Levels
by Michael Beschloss, Strobe Talbott
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
by Andrew Birkin
Goodbye Vietnam
Goodbye Vietnam
by William Broyles
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition
by John W. Dean
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
Standing Next to History
Standing Next to History
by Joseph Petro, Jeffrey Robinson
West with the Night
West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
Had She But Known
Had She But Known
by Charlotte MacLeod
Pete Rose
Pete Rose
by Kostya Kennedy
Dark Towers
Dark Towers
by David Enrich
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
Jack and Rochelle
Jack and Rochelle
by Lawrence Sutin, Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin
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A Different Kind of Love Story
Femininity
Femininity
by Susan Brownmiller
February House
February House
by Sherill Tippins
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David F. Powers
Miami
Miami
by Joan Didion
The Words We Live By
The Words We Live By
by Linda R. Monk
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
No Way, They Were Gay?
No Way, They Were Gay?
by Lee Wind
Washington
Washington
by James Thomas Flexner
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
North Korea's Hidden Revolution
by Jieun Baek
Third Girl from the Left
Third Girl from the Left
by Christine Barker
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
The Tudor Tutor
The Tudor Tutor
by Lisa Graves, Barb Alexander
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
Cool
Cool
by Salvatore Basile
The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
The Martin Duberman Reader
The Martin Duberman Reader
by Martin Duberman
Bacteria and Bayonets
Bacteria and Bayonets
by David Petriello
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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.