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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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Not Free, Not for All
Not Free, Not for All
by Cheryl Knott
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
by Jesse Payne, Daniel Amen
The Language of Houses
The Language of Houses
by Alison Lurie
The Mother of the Brontës
The Mother of the Brontës
by Sharon Wright
Houdini
Houdini
by Tom Lalicki
The Martin Duberman Reader
The Martin Duberman Reader
by Martin Duberman
The Secret of the Yellow Death
The Secret of the Yellow Death
by Suzanne Jurmain
The Game Changers
The Game Changers
by Joe Greene, Jeff Miller
The Truth About Trump
The Truth About Trump
by Michael D'Antonio
The Indestructible Jews
The Indestructible Jews
by Max I. Dimont
Had She But Known
Had She But Known
by Charlotte MacLeod
Anne Frank in the Secret Annex
Anne Frank in the Secret Annex
by The Anne Frank House, Ronald Leopold
American Lynching
American Lynching
by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Essays in Science
Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Neil Berger
Heist
Heist
by Howard Sounes
What Her Body Thought
What Her Body Thought
by Susan Griffin
Jane Austen's Best Friend
Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Zoe Wheddon
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
by Genella Macintyre
Medea
Medea
by Euripides
The Lady and Her Monsters
The Lady and Her Monsters
by Roseanne Montillo
A Woman on the Edge of Time
A Woman on the Edge of Time
by Jeremy Gavron
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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.