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Looking for good history books? This is my list of the best history books of all-time. I try to carefully curate all of my reading lists and you can be sure that any history book on this page is worth your time. Enjoy!

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
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