Best History Books

A selection of recommended history books worth reading.

• Pilgrim at Tinker CreekAnnie Dillard
• Who Cooked the Last Supper? The Women's History of the WorldRosalind Miles
• SaltMark Kurlansky
• Knowledge EncyclopediaDK
• Balloons Over Broadway The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's ParadeMelissa Sweet
• In VogueAlberto Oliva, Norberto Angeletti
• The LookMichelle Obama
• Street Through TimeDK
• Turtle Island Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSean Sherman, Kristin Donnelly, Kate Nelson
• ResurrectionistE. B. Hudspeth
• Chanel: Collections and CreationsDanièle Bott
• The Little Book of ChanelEmma Baxter-Wright, Welbeck
• Timelines of World HistJane Chisholm
• Ralph Lauren in His Own FashionAlan Flusser
• Little Book of Dior Little Books of FashionKaren Homer
• Paint by Sticker Kids Official America Create 10 Pictures One Sticker at a TimeWorkman Publishing
• Tom FordTom Ford, Bridget Foley
• Paint by Sticker Official Works of Art Re Create 12 Iconic Masterpieces One SticWorkman Publishing
• The Secret Lives of ColorKassia St. Clair
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global CelebrityNicholas Day
• Bones and Berserkers Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales 13 13 True Tales of Terror FroNathan Hale
• Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Life in FashionSunita Kumar Nair
• Ralph Lauren: Revised and ExpandedRalph Lauren
• Metabolical The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern MedicineRobert H. Lustig
• Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?Who HQ, Roberta Edwards
• Maus I a Survivors Tale My Father Bleeds HistoryArt Spiegelman
• The Jewish Calendar 2026 2027 5787 16 Month PlannerThe Jewish Museum New York
• Childs Intro Art Worlds GreatestHeather Alexander
• The Jewish Calendar 2026 2027 5787 16 Month Wall Calendar Jewish Historical MuseJewish Historical Museum Amsterdam
• When Southern Women CookAmerica's Test Kitchen
• Little Feminist Board Book SetMudpuppy
• Gris Grimly's FrankensteinMary Shelley
• The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four MealsMichael Pollan
• Smithsonian FashionDK
• CrowJames O'Barr
• God Is Not One The Eight Rival Religions That Run the WorldStephen Prothero
• Story of RapEditors of Caterpillar Books
• White Heat 25Marco Pierre White
• Neurotribes The Legacy of Autism and the Future of NeurodiversitySteve Silberman
• An Edible History of HumanityTom Standage
• The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and DeceptionH. Keith Melton
• Invention of MorelAdolfo Bioy Casares
• AmetoraW. David Marx
• Linnea in Monets GardenChristina Björk
• Ninth Street Women Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern ArtMary Gabriel
• History of the World Mad Libs World's Greatest Word GameMad Libs
• A Is for ActivistInnosanto Nagara
• Dior: The Legendary 30, Avenue Montaigne
• Story of PopEditors of Caterpillar Books
• Hidden Figures YaMargot Lee Shetterly
• Sticker Emporium WoodlandiaParragon Books
• Expensive BasketballShea Serrano
• The Swerve How The World Became ModernStephen Greenblatt
• History Pockets Native Americans Grades 1 3Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• The Hare with Amber Eyes A Hidden InheritanceEdmund De Waal
• ChanclaLeslie Priscilla
• City A Story of Roman Planning and ConstructionDavid Macaulay
• Infinite Powers How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the UniverseSteven Strogatz
• GUCCI: The Making Of
• The Cartoon Guide to StatisticsLarry Gonick, Woollcott Smith