# The Best History Books

> Answers the query: “best history books”

_Last updated: 2026-07-25_

## The list

1. **June IIT**, Prabhat Kumar
   https://www.altbook.net/book/june-iit
2. **Bloomsbury India India Bharat And Pakistan**, J Sai Deepak (ISBN 9789354353017)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/bloomsbury-india-india-bharat-and-pakistan
3. **Afterlives**, Abdulrazak Gurnah (ISBN 9781526615893)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/afterlives
4. **Story of Russia**, Orlando Figes (ISBN 9781526631756)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/story-of-russia
5. **Quidditch Through the Ages**, J. K. Rowling (ISBN 9781408883082)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/quidditch-through-the-ages
6. **Harry Potter**, J. K. Rowling, British Library, The British The British Library (ISBN 9781408890769)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/harry-potter-0769
7. **When We Are No More**, Abby Smith Rumsey (ISBN 9781620408025)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/when-we-are-no-more
8. **Gin & juice**, Tyers (ISBN 9781408824344)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/gin-juice
9. **Who Moved My Stilton**, Alan Tyers (ISBN 9781408824320)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/who-moved-my-stilton
10. **Ahmedabad**, Amrita Shah (ISBN 9789384898014)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/ahmedabad
11. **Laxminama**, Aṃśumāna Tivārī (ISBN 9789387146785)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/laxminama
12. **You Are Not the Man You Are Supposed to Be**, Martin Robinson (ISBN 9781472971272)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/you-are-not-the-man-you-are-supposed-to-be
13. **World Broke in Two**, Bill Goldstein (ISBN 9781408894552)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/world-broke-in-two
14. **Accidental Feminists**, Celia Brayfield (ISBN 9781448217496)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/accidental-feminists
15. **Last Train to Hilversum**, Charlie Connelly (ISBN 9781408890004)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/last-train-to-hilversum
16. **Soho in the Eighties**, Christopher Howse (ISBN 9781472914804)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/soho-in-the-eighties
17. **A Savage Dreamland**, David Eimer (ISBN 9781526615220)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/a-savage-dreamland
18. **The Nine Lives of Pakistan**, Declan Walsh (ISBN 9781408889480)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-nine-lives-of-pakistan-9480
19. **Luck**, Ed Smith (ISBN 9781408826577)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/luck
20. **Gestapo**, Edward Crankshaw (ISBN 9781448205806)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/gestapo
21. **Royal Opera House in the Twentieth Century**, Frances Donaldson (ISBN 9781448205837)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/royal-opera-house-in-the-twentieth-century
22. **High Noon**, Glenn Frankel (ISBN 9781620409497)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/high-noon
23. **Hedge Britannia A Curious History Of A British Obsession**, Hugh Barker (ISBN 9781408831120)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/hedge-britannia-a-curious-history-of-a-british-obsession
24. **Architecture's odd couple**, Hugh Howard (ISBN 9781620403754)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/architectures-odd-couple
25. **Women in Dark Times**, Jacqueline Rose (ISBN 9781408845400)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/women-in-dark-times
26. **Seven Days in the Life of Syria**, Janine Di Giovanni (ISBN 9781408851104)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/seven-days-in-the-life-of-syria
27. **Chasing the Scream**, Johann Hari (ISBN 9781526608369)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/chasing-the-scream
28. **Joy Ride**, John Lahr (ISBN 9781408868652)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/joy-ride
29. **On boxing**, Joyce Carol Oates (ISBN 9780747537663)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/on-boxing
30. **Opening Skinner's Box**, Lauren Slater, Lauren Slater (ISBN 9780747568605)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/opening-skinners-box

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