Best History Books

1.
John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,219 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,568 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating — 243,315 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,285 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,590 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,010 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,737 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,136 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,671 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,720 ratings
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,232 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,672 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,807 ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,172 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,095 ratings
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,329 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,255 ratings
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Truman
Truman 4.17 avg rating — 90,308 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,729 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,432 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,174 ratings
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating — 40,051 ratings
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History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating — 155,659 ratings
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War 3.81 avg rating — 4,036 ratings
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating — 136,003 ratings
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 59,119 ratings
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Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient 4.37 avg rating — 7,944 ratings
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The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating — 8,028 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,817 ratings
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 80,994 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating — 194,759 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,261 ratings
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa 4.19 avg rating — 66,204 ratings
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War 3.89 avg rating — 45,335 ratings
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl 4.06 avg rating — 60,117 ratings
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Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World
Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World 4.13 avg rating — 14,816 ratings
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,403 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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The Twelve Caesars
The Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,150 ratings
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,965 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,715 ratings
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 4.12 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
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Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex 4.19 avg rating — 50,656 ratings
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,599 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,198 ratings
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission 4.25 avg rating — 38,775 ratings
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating — 81,267 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,869 ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating — 25,514 ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,157 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating — 75,016 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating — 45,833 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating — 23,883 ratings
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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany 4.24 avg rating — 24,324 ratings
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating — 46,384 ratings
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe 4.17 avg rating — 197,552 ratings
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
The Fall of Berlin 1945 4.30 avg rating — 17,968 ratings
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The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,554 ratings
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Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History 3.75 avg rating — 75,168 ratings
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating — 46,348 ratings
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 4.39 avg rating — 18,856 ratings
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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face:
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: 4.31 avg rating — 6,029 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating — 25,783 ratings
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The Coming of the Third Reich (The History of the Third Reich, #1)
The Coming of the Third Reich (The History of the Third Reich, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 11,559 ratings
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Europe: A History
Europe: A History 4.21 avg rating — 5,139 ratings
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 3.95 avg rating — 46,966 ratings
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Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern 3.79 avg rating — 2,124 ratings
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 4.22 avg rating — 22,134 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,685 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating — 15,702 ratings
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A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 4.37 avg rating — 5,694 ratings
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Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris 4.16 avg rating — 6,726 ratings
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His Excellency: George Washington
His Excellency: George Washington 3.96 avg rating — 42,824 ratings
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating — 67,941 ratings
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Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing 4.16 avg rating — 15,170 ratings
78.
Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback 4.10 avg rating — 34,705 ratings
79.
Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,450 ratings
80.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating — 32,454 ratings
81.
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 22,175 ratings
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Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions 4.09 avg rating — 884 ratings
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power 4.43 avg rating — 12,040 ratings
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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America 4.26 avg rating — 626 ratings
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The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam
The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam 4.02 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism 4.40 avg rating — 8,484 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 38,045 ratings
88.
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 79,865 ratings
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American Marxism
American Marxism 4.16 avg rating — 4,395 ratings
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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
by: Jay Winik
4.16 avg rating — 12,397 ratings
91.
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East 4.22 avg rating — 9,542 ratings
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 4.24 avg rating — 8,237 ratings
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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,633 ratings
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Why You Should Be a Socialist
Why You Should Be a Socialist 3.89 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
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The State and Revolution
The State and Revolution 4.25 avg rating — 17,443 ratings
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) 4.42 avg rating — 25,860 ratings
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1066: The Year of the Conquest
1066: The Year of the Conquest 4.06 avg rating — 4,524 ratings
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The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil
The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil 4.43 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
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Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,205 ratings
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The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,938 ratings
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