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World History Books That Illuminate History Around You

Our past can tell us so much about the present and the future. World history books help us to understand our world by providing context to how we arrived where we are today.

The best world history books are accessible and comprehensive, guiding readers through important events of the past and drawing connections to causes and effects throughout history.

Take a journey along the Silk Road, walk the streets of colonial America, or fight in the Wars of the Roses. History books give us the opportunity to experience another time and place through the power of reading. 

No matter what era or area you’re interested in, we’ve put together this collection of world history books to satisfy your curiosity and wanderlust. 

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Dr. Seuss Goes to War
Dr. Seuss Goes to War
by Richard H. Minear, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Art Spiegelman
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by Christine Barker
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How We Get Free
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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by Doris Fischer
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by Booker T. Washington, Mychal Massie
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by Cathy Cambron
Medea
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by Euripides
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by Deborah C Pollack, Paul S. George
A Kentucky Christmas
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by George Ella Lyon
Hidden History of Memphis
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by G. Wayne Dowdy
A Question of Choice
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by Sarah Weddington, Cecile Richards
The Burden of the Past
The Burden of the Past
by Anna Wylegala, Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper
Before the Rain
Before the Rain
by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
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Houdini
by Tom Lalicki
200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen, 1835–1935
200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen, 1835–1935
by Laurence Yadon, Dan Anderson, Robert Barr Smith
From New York to San Francisco
From New York to San Francisco
by Ernst Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Gertrud Graubart Champe, Barbara Thiem
The Legacy of Anne Frank
The Legacy of Anne Frank
by Gillian Walnes Perry
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Guildford
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by Caroline Maxton
I Still Believe Anita Hill
I Still Believe Anita Hill
by Amy Richards, Cynthia Greenberg
Daughters of the Inquisition
Daughters of the Inquisition
by Christina Crawford
President Carter
President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Madeleine Albright
The Price of Children
The Price of Children
by Maria Laurino
Act Natural
Act Natural
by Jennifer Traig
New York in the '50s
New York in the '50s
by Dan Wakefield
Not Free, Not for All
Not Free, Not for All
by Cheryl Knott
The Lady and Her Monsters
The Lady and Her Monsters
by Roseanne Montillo
Flying Couch
Flying Couch
by Amy Kurzweil
Diana of the Dunes
Diana of the Dunes
by Janet Zenke Edwards
From a Taller Tower
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by Jerry Roberts
An American Requiem
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by James Carroll
Crochet Iconic Women
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by Carla Mitrani
A Woman on the Edge of Time
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by Jeremy Gavron
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The Great Detective
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The Mother of the Brontes
The Mother of the Brontes
by Sharon Wright
The Baby Boom
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Airman's Odyssey
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by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Lewis Galantiere, Stuart Gilbert
To Believe in Women
To Believe in Women
by Lillian Faderman
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by Scott Weidensaul
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by Jeannette Walls
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
The Lords of Creation
The Lords of Creation
by Frederick Lewis Allen, Mark Crispin Miller, Gretchen Morgenson
The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to American History
by Eric Foner, John A. Garraty
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The best world history books are both informative and interesting, they tell stories from history using factual information as well as intriguing writing and world building. Some examples of great and captivating world history books include Marilyn French’s From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World and Terence McLaughlin’s Dirt

Which history books are considered “must-read” is completely dependent on your interests! If you’ve always found yourself interested in English history and monarchs, you must read Phil Carradice’s Bloody Mary or Rebellion Against Henry VII. If you’re fascinated by countercultural and secretive movements then you simply must read Mark Booth’s The Secret History of the World