The 15 Best History Books to Read Right Now
15 of the best history books to read, ranked — with where to find each.
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The 15 Best History Movies to Watch Right Now
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Leopold II: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Leopold II by Tod Olson — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Indigenous Ingenuity: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Indigenous Ingenuity by Deidre Havrelock — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The Courtship of Miles Standish: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
John Brown's Body: Book Guide, Author and Facts
John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benét — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Master Thaddeus: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Master Thaddeus by Adam Mickiewicz — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Drum-taps: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Drum-taps by Walt Whitman — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Lays of ancient Rome: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Lays of ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The ballad of the white horse: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The ballad of the white horse by Gilbert Keith Chesterton — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
History: Book Guide, Author and Facts
History by Herodotus — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Manon Lescaut: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Plain tales from the hills: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Plain tales from the hills by Rudyard Kipling — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Dead Men's Money: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Dead Men's Money by Joseph Smith Fletcher — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
King Henry VI. Part 2: Book Guide, Author and Facts
King Henry VI. Part 2 by William Shakespeare — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 by Daniel Defoe — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Godfrey of Bulloigne: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Godfrey of Bulloigne by Torquato Tasso — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The Dragon and the Raven: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Dragon and the Raven by G. A. Henty — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
King John: Book Guide, Author and Facts
King John by William Shakespeare — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Death Comes for the Archbishop: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Barnaby Rudge: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Cleopatra: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Os Lusíadas: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Os Lusíadas by Luís de Camões — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The uncommercial traveller: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The uncommercial traveller by Charles Dickens — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The Souls of Black Folk: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Princesse de Clèves: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Eugenics and Other Evils: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Eugenics and Other Evils by Gilbert Keith Chesterton — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Henry IV, Part 2: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
De bello judaico: Book Guide, Author and Facts
De bello judaico by Flavius Josephus — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Histoire de Charles XII: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Histoire de Charles XII by Voltaire — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori by Giorgio Vasari — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
A history of England in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son: Book Guide, Author and Facts
A history of England in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son by Oliver Goldsmith — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España by Bernal Díaz del Castillo — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The Travels of Marco Polo: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The Story of Philosophy: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
De vita Caesarum: Book Guide, Author and Facts
De vita Caesarum by Suetonius — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Shi ji: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Shi ji by Sima Qian — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Diary: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Diary by Samuel Pepys — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
A history of the English-speaking peoples: Book Guide, Author and Facts
A history of the English-speaking peoples by Winston S. Churchill — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Cyrano de Bergerac: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Orthodoxy: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Orthodoxy by Gilbert Keith Chesterton — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
King Henry V: Book Guide, Author and Facts
King Henry V by William Shakespeare — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Twelve years a slave: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Twelve years a slave by Solomon Northup — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Finding Junie Kim: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities): Book Guide, Author and Facts
Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities) by Charles Dickens — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Roots: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Roots by Alex Haley — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
St. George and St. Michael: Book Guide, Author and Facts
St. George and St. Michael by George MacDonald — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.