History Books - Fact and Fiction

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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) 4.48 avg rating β€” 10,570 ratings
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating β€” 46,528 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,886 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 β€” 301 ratings
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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust 4.17 avg rating β€” 48,563 ratings
106.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,670 ratings
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating β€” 215,185 ratings
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon 4.18 avg rating β€” 8,303 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 β€” 136,012 ratings
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The Devil's Fire (Devil's Fire, #1)
The Devil's Fire (Devil's Fire, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,472 ratings
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Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,792 ratings
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Our Vietnam Wars: As Told by 100 Veterans Who Served (Our Vietnam Wars, #1)
Our Vietnam Wars: As Told by 100 Veterans Who Served (Our Vietnam Wars, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,493 ratings
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Whispers In The Tall Grass
Whispers In The Tall Grass 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,877 ratings
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Battlefield Korea (Red Storm, #2)
Battlefield Korea (Red Storm, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,279 ratings
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The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,612 ratings
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Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,835 ratings
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating β€” 10,719 ratings
118.
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal 4.30 avg rating β€” 7,224 ratings
118.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating β€” 245,667 ratings
120.
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor 4.21 avg rating β€” 3,692 ratings
121.
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters 4.33 avg rating β€” 19,677 ratings
122.
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 β€” 29,465 ratings
123.
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) 4.34 avg rating β€” 725,339 ratings
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Why the Allies Won
Why the Allies Won 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,230 ratings
125.
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 4.30 avg rating β€” 5,936 ratings
125.
This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness
This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness 4.17 avg rating β€” 4,188 ratings
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II 4.38 avg rating β€” 27,208 ratings
128.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,295 ratings
129.
Sarum: The Novel of England
Sarum: The Novel of England 4.08 avg rating β€” 45,869 ratings
130.
We Were the Lucky Ones
We Were the Lucky Ones 4.42 avg rating β€” 189,194 ratings
131.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,137 ratings
132.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating β€” 74,114 ratings
133.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 33,025 ratings
134.
The Devil's Tide (Devil's Fire, #2)
The Devil's Tide (Devil's Fire, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 485 ratings
135.
The Devil's Horizon (Devil's Fire, #3)
The Devil's Horizon (Devil's Fire, #3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 338 ratings
136.
Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story
Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,187 ratings
137.
The Second Korean War (Russian Agents #1)
The Second Korean War (Russian Agents #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 1,960 ratings
138.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 9,595,037 ratings
139.
The Boy Who Saw In Colours
The Boy Who Saw In Colours 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,633 ratings
140.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating β€” 209,878 ratings
140.
The Forever War
The Forever War 4.13 avg rating β€” 11,315 ratings
142.
Burning For Revenge (Tomorrow, #5)
Burning For Revenge (Tomorrow, #5) 4.18 avg rating β€” 18,197 ratings
143.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 224,937 ratings
143.
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,122,334 ratings
145.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating β€” 26,164 ratings
146.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating β€” 101,115 ratings
147.
Pirate Latitudes
Pirate Latitudes 3.50 avg rating β€” 53,434 ratings
147.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 62,171 ratings
149.
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 β€” 120,606 ratings
150.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating β€” 2,674,043 ratings
151.
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny 4.29 avg rating β€” 26,468 ratings
152.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,603 ratings
153.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,764 ratings
154.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,946 ratings
155.
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating β€” 27,693 ratings
156.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,766 ratings
156.
Lovely War
Lovely War 4.22 avg rating β€” 66,689 ratings
158.
Girl at War
Girl at War 4.02 avg rating β€” 33,175 ratings
158.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,675 ratings
160.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating β€” 139,140 ratings
161.
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 β€” 46,350 ratings
161.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating β€” 23,798 ratings
163.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,596,186 ratings
164.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,110 ratings
165.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating β€” 48,764 ratings
166.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,043 ratings
167.
White Bird
White Bird 4.50 avg rating β€” 25,090 ratings
168.
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 420,099 ratings
169.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,712 ratings
170.
Refugee
Refugee 4.37 avg rating β€” 78,601 ratings
170.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating β€” 933,668 ratings
172.
The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal
The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal 3.54 avg rating β€” 3,238 ratings
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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account 4.32 avg rating β€” 23,987 ratings
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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 4.15 avg rating β€” 10,974 ratings
175.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating β€” 51,312 ratings
175.
Once We Were Brothers (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #1)
Once We Were Brothers (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #1) 4.36 avg rating β€” 48,625 ratings
177.
A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,737 ratings
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Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1)
Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 2,972 ratings
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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating β€” 35,601 ratings
179.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating β€” 123,132 ratings
179.
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,980 ratings
182.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom 4.38 avg rating β€” 12,159 ratings
183.
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) 3.90 avg rating β€” 54,315 ratings
183.
Palestine
Palestine
by: Joe Sacco
4.25 avg rating β€” 20,958 ratings
185.
The Second World War
The Second World War 4.39 avg rating β€” 10,406 ratings
185.
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 331,926 ratings
185.
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 293,173 ratings
185.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating β€” 625,875 ratings
189.
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 β€” 75,027 ratings
189.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating β€” 344,490 ratings
189.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 35,468 ratings
192.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,361 ratings
192.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 356,987 ratings
194.
Aztec (Aztec, #1)
Aztec (Aztec, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 20,225 ratings
194.
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) 4.34 avg rating β€” 378,243 ratings
196.
The Black Witch
The Black Witch 3.62 avg rating β€” 226 ratings
196.
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,877 ratings
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Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations 3.86 avg rating β€” 2,877 ratings
199.
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield 4.08 avg rating β€” 5,071 ratings
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The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating β€” 1,894,817 ratings
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