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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 Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason
Sold on a Monday
Sold on a Monday
by Kristina McMorris
A Duty to the Dead
A Duty to the Dead
by Charles Todd
Fer-de-Lance
Fer-de-Lance
by Rex Stout
Jackdaws
Jackdaws
by Ken Follet
The Librarian and the Spy
The Librarian and the Spy
by Susan Mann
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad
by Margaret Atwood
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Kill the Boy Band
Kill the Boy Band
by Goldy Moldavsky
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T.S. Eliot
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Mila 18
Mila 18
by Leon Uris
The Duke and I
The Duke and I
by Shonda Rhimes
The House of Closed Doors
The House of Closed Doors
by Jane Steen
Girl in Pieces
Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi
The Upstairs Room
The Upstairs Room
by Kate-Murray Browne
Zone One
Zone One
by Colson Whitehead
That Month in Tuscany
That Month in Tuscany
by Inglath Cooper
Island Affair
Island Affair
by Priscilla Oliveras
Fever 1793
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling
by Robert Galbraith
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
The Night Circus
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
Royals
Royals
by Rachel Hawkins
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War on Peace
War on Peace
by Ronan Farrow
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
by Brad Meltzer
Human Dark With Sugar
Human Dark With Sugar
by Brenda Shaughnessy
The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself
by Joe Abercrombie
Hyperion
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Wool
Wool
by Hugh Howey
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
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Italy Ever After
Italy Ever After
by Leonie Mack
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
by John Steinbeck
Sour Heart
Sour Heart
by Jenny Zhang
A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
by Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Kate Quinn, Vicky Alvear Shecter, Michelle Moran
City of Illusions
City of Illusions
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
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The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy
The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy
by Anthony Burgess
Love Next Door
Love Next Door
by Amina Thula
It Happened One Autumn
It Happened One Autumn
by Lisa Kleypas
Interview with a Vampire
Interview with a Vampire
by Anne Rice
Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane
Intensity
Intensity
by Dean Koontz
Burmese Days
Burmese Days
by George Orwell
Strange Pilgrims
Strange Pilgrims
by Gabriel García Márquez
Evelina
Evelina
by Fanny Burney
Headlong
Headlong
by Michael Frayn
Cover Her Face
Cover Her Face
by P.D. James
Mrs. Everything
Mrs. Everything
by Jennifer Weiner
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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.