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Highly Rated History

History rated 4.0 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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A Gentleman In Moscow

Amor Towles

4.3 Hardcover · 940 ratings

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A People's History Of The United States

Howard Zinn

4.2 Hardcover · 354 ratings

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A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.3 Hardcover · 1,072 ratings

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

4.5 Hardcover · 401 ratings

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History And Persistence Of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

4.3 Hardcover · 651 ratings

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How To Change Your Mind The New Science Of Psychedelics

Michael Pollan

4.1 Hardcover · 346 ratings

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I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai

4.1 Hardcover · 380 ratings

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Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The Fbi

David Grann

4.1 Hardcover · 810 ratings

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Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

4.2 Hardcover · 1,556 ratings

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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

4.2 Hardcover · 851 ratings

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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

4.2 Hardcover · 733 ratings

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Night

Elie Wiesel

4.3 Hardcover · 1,266 ratings

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

4.3 Hardcover · 381 ratings

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Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder And Memory In Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

4.5 Hardcover · 480 ratings

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Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4.2 Hardcover · 1,359 ratings

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The Diary Of A Young Girl

Anne Frank

4.0 Hardcover · 2,296 ratings

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The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

4.2 Hardcover · 695 ratings

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The Pillars Of The Earth

Ken Follett

4.2 Hardcover · 1,137 ratings

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The Song Of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.3 Hardcover · 3,272 ratings

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The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder

David Grann

4.2 Hardcover · 704 ratings

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