Most Recommended History Books

Explore a curated collection of history books handpicked by the most influential specialists.

A People's History of the United States Book Cover — Recommendations

Alexander Hamilton Book Cover — Recommendations

All Quiet on the Western Front Book Cover — Recommendations

Accidental Presidents Book Cover — Recommendations

Barbarians at the Gate Book Cover — Recommendations

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Book Cover — Recommendations

Hackers Book Cover — Recommendations

Infinite Powers Book Cover — Recommendations

Lincoln Book Cover — Recommendations

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Book Cover — Recommendations

The Federalist Papers Book Cover — Recommendations

The Fifth Risk Book Cover — Recommendations

The WEIRDest People In The World Book Cover — Recommendations

When Genius Failed Book Cover — Recommendations

Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Book Cover — Recommendations

Who We Are and How We Got Here Book Cover — Recommendations

Why We're Polarized Book Cover — Recommendations

Against the Gods Book Cover — Recommendations

Blueprint Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rights of Man Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rise and Fall of American Growth Book Cover — Recommendations

Destined for War Book Cover — Recommendations

Hackers & Painters Book Cover — Recommendations

Plutarch’s Lives Book Cover — Recommendations

A People's History of the United States Book Cover — Recommendations

Alexander Hamilton Book Cover — Recommendations

All Quiet on the Western Front Book Cover — Recommendations

Accidental Presidents Book Cover — Recommendations

Barbarians at the Gate Book Cover — Recommendations

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Book Cover — Recommendations

Hackers Book Cover — Recommendations

Infinite Powers Book Cover — Recommendations

Lincoln Book Cover — Recommendations

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Book Cover — Recommendations

The Federalist Papers Book Cover — Recommendations

The Fifth Risk Book Cover — Recommendations

The WEIRDest People In The World Book Cover — Recommendations

When Genius Failed Book Cover — Recommendations

Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Book Cover — Recommendations

Who We Are and How We Got Here Book Cover — Recommendations

Why We're Polarized Book Cover — Recommendations

Against the Gods Book Cover — Recommendations

Blueprint Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rights of Man Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rise and Fall of American Growth Book Cover — Recommendations

Destined for War Book Cover — Recommendations

Hackers & Painters Book Cover — Recommendations

Plutarch’s Lives Book Cover — Recommendations

All Most Recommended History Books by Specialists

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Book Cover — Recommendations

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

economics & politics

Charlie Munger - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Walter Isaacson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Fish That Ate the Whale Book Cover — Recommendations

The Fish That Ate the Whale

Rich Cohen

business & management

Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Jason Calacanis - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Wright Brothers Book Cover — Recommendations

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough

biographies & memoirs

Ali Abdaal - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Brian Armstrong - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Against the Gods Book Cover — Recommendations

Against the Gods

Peter L. Bernstein

economics & politics

Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Michael Mauboussin - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Blueprint Book Cover — Recommendations

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis

Michael Mauboussin - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Bill Gates - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Rights of Man Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rights of Man

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Karl Marx - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Rise and Fall of American Growth Book Cover — Recommendations

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

business & management

Patrick Collison - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Marc Andreessen - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Accidental Presidents Book Cover — Recommendations

Accidental Presidents

Jared Cohen

Ray Dalio - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Eric Schmidt - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Barbarians at the Gate Book Cover — Recommendations

Barbarians at the Gate

Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

business & management

Chamath Palihapitiya - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Jason Calacanis - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Book Cover — Recommendations

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

biographies & memoirs

Ben Horowitz - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Tim Ferriss - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Hackers Book Cover — Recommendations

Hackers

Steven Levy

Ev Williams - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Austen Allred - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Infinite Powers Book Cover — Recommendations

Infinite Powers

Steven Strogatz

science & nature

Naval Ravikant - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Michael Mauboussin - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Lincoln Book Cover — Recommendations

Lincoln

Gore Vidal

Tom Keene - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

David Sabatini - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Book Cover — Recommendations

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

Sam Altman - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Chris Dixon - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Federalist Papers Book Cover — Recommendations

The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

Winston Churchill - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Martin Luther King Jr. - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The Fifth Risk Book Cover — Recommendations

The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis

economics & politics

Tim O’Reilly - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Jelani Cobb - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

The WEIRDest People In The World Book Cover — Recommendations

The WEIRDest People In The World

Joseph Henrich

Ezra Klein - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Marc Andreessen - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

When Genius Failed Book Cover — Recommendations

When Genius Failed

Roger Lowenstein

business & management

Shane Parrish - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

David Friedberg - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Book Cover — Recommendations

Where Are the Customers' Yachts?

Fred Schwed Jr.

business & management

Mike Novogratz - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Warren Buffett - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Who We Are and How We Got Here Book Cover — Recommendations

Who We Are and How We Got Here

David Reich

science & nature

Marc Andreessen - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Balaji S. Srinivasan - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Why We're Polarized Book Cover — Recommendations

Why We're Polarized

Ezra Klein

economics & politics

Steve Kerr - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Mark Zuckerberg - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

A People's History of the United States Book Cover — Recommendations

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

economics & politics

John Leguizamo - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Alex Honnold - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Alexander Hamilton Book Cover — Recommendations

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

biographies & memoirs

Travis Kalanick - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Peter Thiel - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

All Quiet on the Western Front Book Cover — Recommendations

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

Dan Carlin - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)

Donald Trump - Book Recommendations (BookSelects)