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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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Rock Bottom at the Renaissance: An Emo Kid's Journey Through Falling In and Out of Love In and With New York City
Rock Bottom at the Renaissance: An Emo Kid's Journey Through Falling In and Out of Love In and With New York City
by Mike Henneberger
Corduroy
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
A Portrait of a Marriage
A Portrait of a Marriage
by Nigel Nicolson
China Rich Girlfriend
China Rich Girlfriend
by Kevin Kwan
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
by Bruce Chatwin
Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow
by Jason Matthews
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland
by Gerald Clarke
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
by The Brothers Grimm
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
by Robert Frost
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Your Favorite Poems of All Time
Goodbye Without Leaving
Goodbye Without Leaving
by Laurie Colwin
The Man With the Golden Arm
The Man With the Golden Arm
by Nelson Algren
Our Sacred Honor
Our Sacred Honor
by Jack Mars
Nova Express
Nova Express
by William S. Burroughs
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Chokehold
Chokehold
by Paul Butler
This Is Where It Ends
This Is Where It Ends
by Marieke Nijkamp
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
by Ishmael Reed
Turtle Moon
Turtle Moon
by Alice Hoffman
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
by Samuel Richardson
Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa
by Annie Buckley
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
by Joshua Whitehead
Attack of the Black Rectangles
Attack of the Black Rectangles
by Amy Serig King
Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher
Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher
by John Sargent
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
Absolution
Absolution
by Alice McDermott
The Thirteen Problems
The Thirteen Problems
by Agatha Christie
Frankenstein and Other Stories: The Collected Works of Mary Shelley
Frankenstein and Other Stories: The Collected Works of Mary Shelley
by Mary Shelley
The Life of Voltaire
The Life of Voltaire
by Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Juniper's Christmas
Juniper's Christmas
by Eoin Colfer
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The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Chicken of the Sea
Chicken of the Sea
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Collected Regrets of Clover
The Collected Regrets of Clover
by Mikki Brammer
Blackouts
Blackouts
by Justin Torres
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The Best Books of 2023
The End of Drum-Time
The End of Drum-Time
by Hanna Pylväinen
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
by John Hersey
100 Whimsical Appliqué Designs
100 Whimsical Appliqué Designs
by Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins
The Latecomer
The Latecomer
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
by Tim O'Brien
Forbidden Notebook
Forbidden Notebook
by Alba de Céspedes
This Dark Descent
This Dark Descent
by Kalyn Josephson
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10 YA Books That Make Great Gifts
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
by Dan Chaon
Fashionopolis
Fashionopolis
by Dana Thomas
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
Pageboy
Pageboy
by Elliot Page
Persuasion
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
So Late in the Day: Stories of Men and Women
So Late in the Day: Stories of Men and Women
by Claire Keegan
The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook
The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook
by America's Test Kitchen
The Committed
The Committed
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Dear Rebel
Dear Rebel
by Rebel Girls
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The Seed Keeper
The Seed Keeper
by Diane Wilson
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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.