Books I want to read on history

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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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Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes
Pontifex Maximus: A Short History of the Popes 3.91 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Civilization of the Middle Ages
The Civilization of the Middle Ages 3.96 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
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Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy
Texas: Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy
by: Jack Knox
4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating — 42,081 ratings
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The History of the Kings of Britain
The History of the Kings of Britain 3.72 avg rating — 6,789 ratings
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The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Kings & Queens of Britain
The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Kings & Queens of Britain 4.22 avg rating — 152 ratings
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Aztec & Maya: The Complete Illustrated History
Aztec & Maya: The Complete Illustrated History 3.99 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 109,112 ratings
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The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray
The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War
A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War 3.91 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The House Of Wisdom
The House Of Wisdom 3.87 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
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A History of World Societies, Vol. 1: To 1715
A History of World Societies, Vol. 1: To 1715 3.42 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Medieval Castle Manual: Design - Construction - Daily Life
The Medieval Castle Manual: Design - Construction - Daily Life 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Story of Western Civilization: Book 3 the Middle Ages
The Story of Western Civilization: Book 3 the Middle Ages 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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National Geographic Essential Visual History of the Bible
National Geographic Essential Visual History of the Bible 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Black empires of the Middle Ages
Black empires of the Middle Ages 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology
National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology 3.96 avg rating — 169 ratings
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The Civilization of Crime: Violence in Town and Country since the Middle Ages
The Civilization of Crime: Violence in Town and Country since the Middle Ages 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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National Geographic Almanac of World History
National Geographic Almanac of World History 4.18 avg rating — 228 ratings
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The History of the Wolf in Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
The History of the Wolf in Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained 4.06 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
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The Heritage of World Civilizations, Vol. A: To 1500, Sixth Edition
The Heritage of World Civilizations, Vol. A: To 1500, Sixth Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 4.25 avg rating — 803 ratings
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Travel and travellers of the Middle Ages
Travel and travellers of the Middle Ages 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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100 Inventions That Made History
100 Inventions That Made History 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings
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French Civilization: From Its Origins to the Close of the Middle Ages
French Civilization: From Its Origins to the Close of the Middle Ages 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Ye Olde Weird But True!: 300 Outrageous Facts from History
Ye Olde Weird But True!: 300 Outrageous Facts from History 4.34 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Manners, Custom And Dress During The Middle Ages And During The Renaissance Period (Forgotten Books)
Manners, Custom And Dress During The Middle Ages And During The Renaissance Period (Forgotten Books) 3.61 avg rating — 278 ratings
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100 People Who Made History: Meet the People Who Shaped the Modern World (100 in History)
100 People Who Made History: Meet the People Who Shaped the Modern World (100 in History) 4.06 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Medieval Period and the Renaissance
Medieval Period and the Renaissance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Castles: a Very Peculiar History
Castles: a Very Peculiar History 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Manners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance Period
Manners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance Period 3.61 avg rating — 278 ratings
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History of the World in 1,000 Objects
History of the World in 1,000 Objects 4.23 avg rating — 178 ratings
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The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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History Year by Year: The History of the World from Stone Age to the Digital World
History Year by Year: The History of the World from Stone Age to the Digital World 4.39 avg rating — 319 ratings
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Early Renaissance Architecture In England: A Historical Descriptive Account Of The Tudor, Elizabethan And Jacobean Periods 1500-1625
Early Renaissance Architecture In England: A Historical Descriptive Account Of The Tudor, Elizabethan And Jacobean Periods 1500-1625 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World 4.19 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Reinventing the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Constructions of the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Reinventing the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Constructions of the Medieval and Early Modern Periods 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Last 500 Years
The Last 500 Years 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Agincourt
Agincourt 4.16 avg rating — 31,317 ratings
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Who's Horrible in History
Who's Horrible in History 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1)
Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 4,602 ratings
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The Horrible History of the World
The Horrible History of the World 4.20 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World 3.98 avg rating — 932 ratings
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History: The Definitive Visual Guide
History: The Definitive Visual Guide 4.47 avg rating — 587 ratings
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War: The Definitive Visual History
War: The Definitive Visual History 4.28 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Pride of Carthage
Pride of Carthage 3.91 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
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1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History 4.30 avg rating — 91 ratings
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The Saga of the Volsungs
The Saga of the Volsungs
by: Anonymous
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,856 ratings
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History of Britain & Ireland
History of Britain & Ireland 4.28 avg rating — 364 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 — 93,187 ratings
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500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians 4.34 avg rating — 666 ratings
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History
World War II: The Definitive Visual History 4.45 avg rating — 470 ratings
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A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain 4.16 avg rating — 4,921 ratings
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A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)
A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) 4.37 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation 4.20 avg rating — 2,534 ratings
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Military History: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare
Military History: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare 4.24 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Kings & Queens: The Story of Britain's Monarchs from Pre-Roman Times to Today
Kings & Queens: The Story of Britain's Monarchs from Pre-Roman Times to Today 4.03 avg rating — 145 ratings
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World History From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
World History From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day 3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War
Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War 3.30 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Oxford Children's History of the World
Oxford Children's History of the World 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Usborne History Of Britain
The Usborne History Of Britain 4.28 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain
The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain 3.63 avg rating — 142 ratings
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The Worst Jobs in History
The Worst Jobs in History 3.81 avg rating — 254 ratings
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The Wordsworth Book of the Kings & Queens of Britain
The Wordsworth Book of the Kings & Queens of Britain 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Worst Children's Jobs in History
The Worst Children's Jobs in History 4.21 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ivarr to AD 1014
Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ivarr to AD 1014 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor 4.23 avg rating — 448 ratings
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Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England, c.1200-1520
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England, c.1200-1520 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Civil War: A Visual History
The Civil War: A Visual History 4.38 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Feudal Society, Volume 1
Feudal Society, Volume 1 4.11 avg rating — 900 ratings
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Usborne Timelines of World History
Usborne Timelines of World History 3.80 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization
Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization 4.17 avg rating — 422 ratings
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National Geographic Visual History of the World
National Geographic Visual History of the World 4.23 avg rating — 238 ratings
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The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages
The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages 3.83 avg rating — 640 ratings
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World History Atlas
World History Atlas 4.25 avg rating — 172 ratings
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The World of Orderic Vitalis: Norman Monks and Norman Knights
The World of Orderic Vitalis: Norman Monks and Norman Knights 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Machines of War
Machines of War 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions 4.14 avg rating — 910 ratings
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Bad Kids
Bad Kids 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Oxford Children's Encyclopedia of History
The Oxford Children's Encyclopedia of History 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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British Kings & Queens
British Kings & Queens
by: John Guy
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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100 Nasty Women of History
100 Nasty Women of History 3.65 avg rating — 2,619 ratings
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History Of The World
History Of The World 4.36 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Collins Dictionary of British History
Collins Dictionary of British History liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Modern History
Modern History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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A Short History of the World
A Short History of the World 3.86 avg rating — 2,894 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 — 9,175 ratings
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Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain 4.08 avg rating — 364 ratings
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World History
World History 3.97 avg rating — 156 ratings
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U.S. History For Dummies
U.S. History For Dummies 3.91 avg rating — 504 ratings
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World History For Dummies
World History For Dummies 3.73 avg rating — 615 ratings
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British History for Dummies
British History for Dummies
by: Sean Lang
4.07 avg rating — 542 ratings
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The Ultimate "Time Team" Companion: An Alternative History of Britain
The Ultimate "Time Team" Companion: An Alternative History of Britain 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Time Team Guide to the History of Britain: Everything You Need to Know About Our History Since 650 000 BC
The Time Team Guide to the History of Britain: Everything You Need to Know About Our History Since 650 000 BC 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhism: A Comprehensive Guide to Buddhist History and Philosophy, the Traditions and Practices, Magnificently Illustrated with More Than 500 Beautiful Photographs
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhism: A Comprehensive Guide to Buddhist History and Philosophy, the Traditions and Practices, Magnificently Illustrated with More Than 500 Beautiful Photographs 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything 4.26 avg rating — 2,865 ratings
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Medieval History for Dummies
Medieval History for Dummies 3.87 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Native American History For Dummies
Native American History For Dummies 3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings
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