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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
1
David McCullough
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
2
William L. Shirer
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
3
David McCullough
The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman)
The Guns of August
4
Barbara Tuchman
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
5
Doris Goodwin
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
6
Jared Diamond
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
7
Anne Frank
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
8
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
9
Dee Brown
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
10
Erik Larson
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
11
Barbara Tuchman
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
12
Howard Zinn
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
13
Bill Bryson
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
14
James M. McPherson
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
15
Elie Wiesel
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
16
Herodotus
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
17
Stephen E. Ambrose
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
18
Edward Gibbon
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
19
David McCullough
The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang)
The Rape of Nanking
20
Iris Chang
1491 (Charles C. Mann)
1491
21
Charles C. Mann
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad
22
Antony Beevor
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
History of the Peloponnesian War
23
Thucydides
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
24
John Hersey
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (Tim Butcher)
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
25
Tim Butcher
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
26
Edmund Morris
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
27
Stephen Ambrose
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
28
Alfred Lansing
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient (Ammar Habib)
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient
29
Ammar Habib
The Civil War: A Narrative (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative
30
Shelby Foote
Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
Peter the Great: His Life and World
31
Robert K. Massie
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
32
Ron Chernow
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Jack Weatherford)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
33
Jack Weatherford
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
34
Robert K. Massie
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
35
Timothy Egan
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost
36
Adam Hochschild
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower
37
Nathaniel Philbrick
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (Margaret MacMillan)
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
38
Margaret MacMillan
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
39
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
40
Nathaniel Philbrick
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