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Goodreads Top 200 History Books

Here are the 200 best rated history books of all time as voted by Goodreads members. How many have you read?
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John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams (David McCullough)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
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1776 (David McCullough)
1776 (David McCullough)
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The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman)
The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman)
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Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
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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
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
10
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
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A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
12
A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
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Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
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The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Herodotus)
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
18
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
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Truman (David McCullough)
Truman (David McCullough)
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The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang)
The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang)
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1491 (Charles C. Mann)
1491 (Charles C. Mann)
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Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
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History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
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Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (Tim Butcher)
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (Tim Butcher)
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
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Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
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Endurance
Endurance
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Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient (Ammar Habib)
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient (Ammar Habib)
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The Civil War: A Narrative (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative (Shelby Foote)
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Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
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Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Timothy Egan)
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King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
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Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (Margaret MacMillan)
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (Margaret MacMillan)
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago
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In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
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