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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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Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes
by Sven Lindqvist
Wait Till Helen Comes
Wait Till Helen Comes
by Mary Downing Hahn
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Cinnamon and Gunpowder
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
by Eli Brown
Unsheltered
Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
My Reading Life
My Reading Life
by Pat Conroy
Why Did I Ever
Why Did I Ever
by Mary Robison
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
Mastered
Mastered
by Maya Banks
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The Lonely Polygamist
The Lonely Polygamist
by Brady Udall
Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews
Sex & World Peace
Sex & World Peace
by Valerie M. Hudson
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords
by George R.R. Martin
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Adventures in the Screen Trade
Adventures in the Screen Trade
by William Goldman
Under the Net
Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place
by Dorothy B. Hughes
The Last Thing He Wanted
The Last Thing He Wanted
by Joan Didion
The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino
The Great Alone
The Great Alone
by Kristen Hannah
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The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
by Ira Levin
The Future is History
The Future is History
by Masha Gessen
Locking Up Our Own
Locking Up Our Own
by James Forman Jr.
The Fury
The Fury
by John Farris
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
Where the Line Bleeds
Where the Line Bleeds
by Jesmyn Ward
A Date with Murder
A Date with Murder
by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain, and Jon Land
Home Front
Home Front
by Kristin Hannah
A Fable
A Fable
by William Faulkner
The Best of Simple
The Best of Simple
by Langston Hughes
Congo
Congo
by Michael Crichton
Ten
Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
Seating Arrangements
Seating Arrangements
by Maggie Shipstead
Fear of Dying
Fear of Dying
by Erica Jong
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Literature’s Sexual Rebels
Jacob's Room
Jacob's Room
by Virginia Woolf
Wild Card Undercover
Wild Card Undercover
by Kari Lemor
A Beautiful Poison
A Beautiful Poison
by Lydia Kang
I, Tituba
I, Tituba
by Maryse Condé
To Marry a Scottish Laird
To Marry a Scottish Laird
by Lynsay Sands
Modesty Blaise
Modesty Blaise
by Peter O'Donnell
The Atlas Six
The Atlas Six
by Olivia Blake
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
by Alice Munro
Gather the Fortunes
Gather the Fortunes
by Bryan Camp
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende
Nothing Can Hurt You
Nothing Can Hurt You
by Nicola May Goldberg
Only Child
Only Child
by Rhiannon Navin
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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.