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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 Canon
The Canon
by Natalie Angier
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
Heist
Heist
by Howard Sounes
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
Archeophonics
Archeophonics
by Peter Gizzi
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Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings
by Nancy Marie Brown
Shakespeare's Wife
Shakespeare's Wife
by Germaine Greer
This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
Evita, First Lady
Evita, First Lady
by John Barnes
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
Third Girl from the Left
Third Girl from the Left
by Christine Barker
Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
Vietnam
Vietnam
by Mary McCarthy
The Gay Metropolis
The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
by Marshall Trimble
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle
by Hilary A Smith
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
Capitalism
Capitalism
by Arundhati Roy
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
The Go-Go Years
The Go-Go Years
by John Brooks, Michael Lewis
Rooster
Rooster
by Brett Cogburn
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Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren
by Tracy Kidder
I Call Him "Mr. President"
I Call Him "Mr. President"
by Ken Raynor, Michael Patrick Shiels, Barbara Bush
February House
February House
by Sherill Tippins
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
by Henry C. Clausen, Bruce Lee
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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Wounded Shepherd
Wounded Shepherd
by Austen Ivereigh
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
What Becomes a Legend Most
What Becomes a Legend Most
by Philip Gefter
New York in the '50s
New York in the '50s
by Dan Wakefield
In the Footsteps of Saint Paul
In the Footsteps of Saint Paul
by Edward Stourton
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Rez Life
Rez Life
by David Treuer
The Hotel on Place Vendome
The Hotel on Place Vendome
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Tudor Tutor
The Tudor Tutor
by Lisa Graves, Barb Alexander
The Secret of the Yellow Death
The Secret of the Yellow Death
by Suzanne Jurmain
J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
by Andrew Birkin
Ruler of the Sky
Ruler of the Sky
by Pamela Sargent
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Women Who Launch
Women Who Launch
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
Jack and Rochelle
Jack and Rochelle
by Lawrence Sutin, Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin
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A Different Kind of Love Story
Spinning and Weaving
Spinning and Weaving
by Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Spectacle
Spectacle
by Pamela Newkirk
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground
by Martha Gellhorn
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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.