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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 Baby Boom
The Baby Boom
by P. J. O'Rourke
In the Wake of Madness
In the Wake of Madness
by Joan Druett
Women of the Revolution
Women of the Revolution
by Robert Dunkerly
Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned
by Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Thomas
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Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming
by Randy Shilts
Target Tokyo
Target Tokyo
by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon
A Bridge for Passing
A Bridge for Passing
by Pearl S. Buck
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Case Closed
Case Closed
by Gerald Posner
The Children
The Children
by David Halberstam
1963: The Year of the Revolution
1963: The Year of the Revolution
by Ariel Leve, Robin Morgan
Why Homer Matters
Why Homer Matters
by Adam Nicolson
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
by Justine Cowan
Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work
by Elizabeth Winder
The Pocket Stoic
The Pocket Stoic
by John Sellars
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
The Great Siege, Malta 1565
by Ernle Bradford
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
The Secret of the Yellow Death
The Secret of the Yellow Death
by Suzanne Jurmain
Escape from Sobibor
Escape from Sobibor
by Richard Rashke
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler
by Patricia Smith
Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
by Brenda Maddox
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries
by Jack Rakove
Business Adventures
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
A Cat's Tale
A Cat's Tale
by Baba the Cat, Paul Koudounaris
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Spartacus
Spartacus
by Aldo Schiavone, Jeremy Carden
The Will To Live On
The Will To Live On
by Herman Wouk
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy
200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen, 1835–1935
200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen, 1835–1935
by Robert Barr Smith, Dan Anderson, Laurence Yadon
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
1000 Years of Annoying the French
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
by Bruce Lee, Henry C. Clausen
Papa Hemingway
Papa Hemingway
by A. E. Hotchner
Anne Frank in the Secret Annex
Anne Frank in the Secret Annex
by Ronald Leopold, The Anne Frank House
Pete Rose
Pete Rose
by Kostya Kennedy
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
Spectacle
Spectacle
by Pamela Newkirk
Thank You for Voting
Thank You for Voting
by Erin Geiger Smith
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
by Megan Marshall
New York in the '50s
New York in the '50s
by Dan Wakefield
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground
by Martha Gellhorn
Survivors in Mexico
Survivors in Mexico
by Rebecca West
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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.