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The best books on history, ranked by quality.

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    The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank · 1944
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (144 ratings)
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    22 Cells in Nuremberg Douglas McGlashan Kelley · 1947
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (9 ratings)
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    Letters from a father to his daughter. Jawaharlal Nehru · 1930
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (7 ratings)
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    On tyranny Timothy Snyder · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (28 ratings)
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    Ibn Battuta in Black Africa Ibn Batuta, A. R. Gibb, H. A. R. Gibb · 1829
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
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    Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank · 2001
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (15 ratings)
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    The Dawn of Everything David Graeber, David Wengrow · 2021
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (21 ratings)
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    Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Richard J. A. Talbert, Roger S. Bagnall · 2000
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
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    The Waning of the Middle Ages Johan Huizinga · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
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    Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave Frederick Douglass · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Modern history Memoir
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    Common Sense Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine · 1776
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (11 ratings)
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    Castle diary Richard Platt, Chris Riddell · 1999
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
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    The Diary Samuel Pepys · 1825
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Classics
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    Augustus Caesar's world Genevieve Foster · 1947
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
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    Medieval Europe C. Warren (Charles Warren) Hollister, C. Warren Hollister, Judith Bennett · 1964
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
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    The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Modern history Memoir
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    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet A. Jacobs · 1861
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (9 ratings)
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    South! Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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    The Lives of the Caesars Suetonius · 1470
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
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    Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (6 ratings)
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    A General History of the Pirates Captain Charles Johnson · 1814
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
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    Journals Sir Alexander Mackenzie · 2022
    EN Free ebook History Memoir Travel writing
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