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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 View from the Ground
The View from the Ground
by Martha Gellhorn
Toy Monster
Toy Monster
by Jerry Oppenheimer
No Way, They Were Gay?
No Way, They Were Gay?
by Lee Wind
Taking Hawaii
Taking Hawaii
by Stephen Dando-Collins
Royal Family Life
Royal Family Life
by Ruth Binney
Books Are Made Out of Books
Books Are Made Out of Books
by Michael Lynn Crews
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters
by Emily Hahn
Maladies & Medicine
Maladies & Medicine
by Jennifer Evans, Sara Read
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
by Elizabeth Keckley
This Close to Happy
This Close to Happy
by Daphne Merkin
Ruler of the Sky
Ruler of the Sky
by Pamela Sargent
A Chorus of Stones
A Chorus of Stones
by Susan Griffin
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
by Bruce Lee, Henry C. Clausen
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by Euripides
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
Mental Health Workbook for Men
Mental Health Workbook for Men
by David Khalili
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
This Golden Fleece
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
The Rose of Martinique
The Rose of Martinique
by Andrea Stuart
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
by Maria Hesse
How UFOs Conquered the World
How UFOs Conquered the World
by David Clarke
From a Taller Tower
From a Taller Tower
by Seamus McGraw
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The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
The Hollywood Scandal Almanac
by Jerry Roberts
A Woman on the Edge of Time
A Woman on the Edge of Time
by Jeremy Gavron
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The Final Curtsey
The Final Curtsey
by Margaret Rhodes
The Nixon Tapes: 1973
The Nixon Tapes: 1973
by Douglas Brinkley, Luke A. Nichter
The Baby Boom
The Baby Boom
by P. J. O'Rourke
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen
by Marshall Trimble
Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle
by Hilary A Smith
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman
by Richard Erdoes, Mary Crow Dog
The Brass Check
The Brass Check
by Upton Sinclair
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J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
by Andrew Birkin
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
The Go-Go Years
The Go-Go Years
by John Brooks, Michael Lewis
Rooster
Rooster
by Brett Cogburn
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A Bridge for Passing
A Bridge for Passing
by Pearl S. Buck
Goodbye Vietnam
Goodbye Vietnam
by William Broyles
The Indestructible Jews
The Indestructible Jews
by Max I. Dimont
Jack and Rochelle
Jack and Rochelle
by Rochelle Sutin, Lawrence Sutin, Jack Sutin
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A Different Kind of Love Story
Had She But Known
Had She But Known
by Charlotte MacLeod
21 Days to Resilience
21 Days to Resilience
by Zelana Montminy
Thank You for Voting
Thank You for Voting
by Erin Geiger Smith
Not Free, Not for All
Not Free, Not for All
by Cheryl Knott
The Language of Houses
The Language of Houses
by Alison Lurie
The Burden of the Past
The Burden of the Past
by Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper, Anna Wylegala
Of a Feather
Of a Feather
by Scott Weidensaul
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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.