Best History Books

201.
On Sparta
On Sparta
by: Plutarch
4.12 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
202.
The Wives of Henry VIII
The Wives of Henry VIII 4.11 avg rating — 18,968 ratings
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The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad 4.18 avg rating — 3,843 ratings
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The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
by: Livy
3.96 avg rating — 9,758 ratings
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Medieval Civilization 400-1500
Medieval Civilization 400-1500 4.17 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,788 ratings
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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller 4.01 avg rating — 6,664 ratings
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme 4.13 avg rating — 8,521 ratings
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Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America
Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America 4.22 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating — 10,719 ratings
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Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade 3.96 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,072 ratings
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The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War 4.13 avg rating — 2,064 ratings
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1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War 4.57 avg rating — 301 ratings
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The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 4.15 avg rating — 2,648 ratings
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,285 ratings
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To the Finland Station
To the Finland Station 4.11 avg rating — 1,473 ratings
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels 3.87 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
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The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 19,288 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,328 ratings
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The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest 4.27 avg rating — 12,645 ratings
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Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant
Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant 4.13 avg rating — 9,497 ratings
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The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating — 3,644 ratings
224.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating — 80,457 ratings
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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History 3.88 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War 4.04 avg rating — 7,249 ratings
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The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States 4.44 avg rating — 26,981 ratings
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Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 4.13 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
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A History of the American People
A History of the American People 4.11 avg rating — 2,976 ratings
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Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating — 62,883 ratings
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A Little History of the World
A Little History of the World 4.10 avg rating — 30,752 ratings
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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties 4.37 avg rating — 491 ratings
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The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849 4.18 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
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The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville 4.44 avg rating — 13,429 ratings
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 4.05 avg rating — 107,671 ratings
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4.30 avg rating — 132,014 ratings
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 15,512 ratings
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A History of Warfare
A History of Warfare 3.98 avg rating — 4,510 ratings
240.
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 4.30 avg rating — 2,996 ratings
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The Russian Revolution 1917-1932
The Russian Revolution 1917-1932 3.74 avg rating — 2,507 ratings
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A History of the Jews
A History of the Jews 4.17 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
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Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Henry VIII: The King and His Court 4.10 avg rating — 14,390 ratings
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The Princes in the Tower
The Princes in the Tower 3.87 avg rating — 7,642 ratings
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy 4.38 avg rating — 7,477 ratings
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,143 ratings
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Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
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The Coming Fury
The Coming Fury 4.34 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour 4.28 avg rating — 8,510 ratings
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Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 4.24 avg rating — 972 ratings
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The Very Bloody History of Britain
The Very Bloody History of Britain 3.76 avg rating — 433 ratings
252.
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power 4.05 avg rating — 42,295 ratings
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization 4.12 avg rating — 5,370 ratings
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
The Pity of War: Explaining World War I 3.87 avg rating — 3,068 ratings
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Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties 4.28 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
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The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War 4.13 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
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One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927 4.10 avg rating — 53,983 ratings
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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 3.89 avg rating — 51,735 ratings
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 4.37 avg rating — 8,755 ratings
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy 4.39 avg rating — 18,030 ratings
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Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580 4.29 avg rating — 6,710 ratings
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The Children of Henry VIII
The Children of Henry VIII 4.01 avg rating — 15,352 ratings
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 4.28 avg rating — 7,362 ratings
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The Waning of the Middle Ages
The Waning of the Middle Ages 4.03 avg rating — 4,252 ratings
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Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March 4.36 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness 3.92 avg rating — 6,578 ratings
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Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating — 21,215 ratings
268.
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny 4.14 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 4.44 avg rating — 7,333 ratings
270.
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman 4.25 avg rating — 825 ratings
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
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Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
273.
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
273.
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin 4.25 avg rating — 7,006 ratings
276.
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 3.93 avg rating — 3,148 ratings
277.
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation 3.64 avg rating — 8,822 ratings
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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence 4.20 avg rating — 7,349 ratings
279.
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd 3.84 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,168 ratings
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor 3.95 avg rating — 8,217 ratings
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Diplomacy
Diplomacy 4.25 avg rating — 9,163 ratings
283.
Freedom At Midnight
Freedom At Midnight 4.33 avg rating — 10,984 ratings
283.
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World 3.92 avg rating — 24,362 ratings
285.
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1)
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 3,491 ratings
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present 4.13 avg rating — 4,605 ratings
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 3.99 avg rating — 13,754 ratings
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The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 4.26 avg rating — 4,469 ratings
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The Life of Andrew Jackson
The Life of Andrew Jackson 4.04 avg rating — 3,853 ratings
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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia 4.26 avg rating — 3,108 ratings
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Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life 4.24 avg rating — 27,070 ratings
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai 3.81 avg rating — 2,293 ratings
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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage 4.20 avg rating — 22,797 ratings
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 4.09 avg rating — 13,888 ratings
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766 4.19 avg rating — 4,235 ratings
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Life in a Medieval City
Life in a Medieval City 3.84 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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Grant
Grant 4.03 avg rating — 12,933 ratings
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 4.24 avg rating — 35,775 ratings
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Als die Soldaten kamen: Die Vergewaltigung deutscher Frauen am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Als die Soldaten kamen: Die Vergewaltigung deutscher Frauen am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 4.30 avg rating — 332 ratings
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,174 ratings
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