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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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by Pamela Sargent
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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
Ten-Gallon War
Ten-Gallon War
by John Eisenberg
The Gay Metropolis
The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
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by Brenda Maddox
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
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by Laurie Lee
A Chorus of Stones
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by Susan Griffin
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
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by Andrew Grant Jackson
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
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by Andrea Stuart
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by Jerry Roberts
A Woman on the Edge of Time
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by Jeremy Gavron
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The Final Curtsey
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by Margaret Rhodes
Rooster
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by Brett Cogburn
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Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement
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by Bruce Lee, Henry C. Clausen
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by Chronicle Books
Thank You for Voting
Thank You for Voting
by Erin Geiger Smith
Act Natural
Act Natural
by Jennifer Traig
Not Free, Not for All
Not Free, Not for All
by Cheryl Knott
Evita, First Lady
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by John Barnes
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The Burden of the Past
The Burden of the Past
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J M Barrie and the Lost Boys
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The Battle for Tinian
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The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man
by John Sununu
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Anne Frank in the Secret Annex
by Ronald Leopold, The Anne Frank House
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by G. Wayne Dowdy
The Mother of the Brontës
The Mother of the Brontës
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The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
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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