 | The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $4.12 The first history book ever written. It is filled with interesting anecdotes.
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 | The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.97 A sequel to Herodotus. It is more concerned with fact than Herodotus.
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 | The Rise of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) by Polybius
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.69 Polybius was an eye witness to, and participated in, the events he described. As such, he is a reliable source.
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 | A History of My Times (Penguin Classics) by Xenophon
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.30 Like Polybius, Xenophon witnessed all the events he described, as the title would indicate.
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 | Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Volume I, Books 1-2.34 (Loeb Classical Library No. 279) by Diodorus Siculus
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $12.99 This massive work took most of his life to complete, and is a very good book.
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 | Livy: The Early History of Rome, Books I-V (Penguin Classics) (Bks. 1-5) by Titus Livy
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.94 The first of the truly Roman historians, he starts with the foundation of Rome, and goes on from there.
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 | Complete Works of Tacitus by Tacitus
Buy new: $11.83 / Used from: $5.49 One of the better Roman historians.
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 | Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $5.55 The first true biographer, he writes in a very easy to read style, and Shakespeare fans will enjoy his biograpghy of Julius Caesar.
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 | The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine (Penguin Classics) by Eusebius
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.00 The first historian of the Church, he is the only source for the first 300 years of the Church, and has saved several works from being lost to time.
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 | Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics) by Bede
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.58 The first history of England ever written, it is a wonderful book.
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 | The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Modern Library Classics) by Edward Gibbon
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $2.27 Arguably the greatest history in the English language, a must read for both English and Roman history students.
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 | The French Revolution: A History (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Carlyle
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $2.35 The definitive history of one of the bloodiest events in human history.
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 | A History of Ancient Egypt by Nicolas Grimal
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $5.47 The best history of Egypt I have ever read.
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 | The Outline of History (Volumes 1 and 2) by H. G. Wells
Buy used from: $7.68 A very easy to read nonfiction book by one of the greatest fiction writers of all time.
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 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Buy new: $21.59 / Used from: $5.79 The greatest book about the most evil empire of all time, written by someone who was present at the events.
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 | The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set) by Shelby Foote
Buy used from: $159.98 By far the best history of the War between the States.
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 | Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, (Vintage) by Robert A. Caro
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.12 The best biography of one of the most interesting presidents of the 20th century.
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