66 Best Books on World History — Read About All the Greatest Events and Persons!

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General History

Eye Witness to History
(website)

Ontario Teachers’ Manuals: History
by Ontario Ministry of Education
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Stories of the East From Herodotus

Last Days of Jerusalem
by Alfred J. Church
Baldwin Project

Early European History
by Hutton Webster
Gutenberg Text

Ten Great Events in History
by James Johonnot
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The Story of Geographical Discovery
How the World Became Known
by Joseph Jacobs
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Ancient Man
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Gutenberg Text
6th grade reading level but suitable for reading to younger children

The Story of Mankind
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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6th grade reading level, but suitable for reading to younger children

General History for Colleges and High Schools
by Philip Van Ness Myers
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and
Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.
by Margaret Fuller Ossoli.
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Kings, Queens and Pawns
An American Woman at the Front [WW I]
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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A School History of the Great War [WW I]
by Coulomb and Gerson and McKinley
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The Little Book of the War [WW I]
by Eva March Tappan
Baldwin Project

The Crusades
by George W. Cox
Internet Archive

Stories from the Crusades
by Janet Harvey Kelman
Baldwin Project

Beacon Lights of History by John Lord

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01
The Old Pagan Civilizations

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02
Jewish Heroes and Prophets

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03
Ancient Achievements

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04
Imperial Antiquity

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05
The Middle Ages

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06
Renaissance and Reformation

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07
Great Women

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08
Great Rulers

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09
European Statesmen

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10
European Leaders

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11
American Founders

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12
American Leaders

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13
Great Writers

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14
The New Era

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History Books by M. B. Synge

On The Shores of the Great Sea

The Discovery of New Worlds

The Awakening of Europe

The Struggle for Sea Power

Growth of the British Empire
all at Baldwin Project

History of Specific Countries

The Balkans
A History of Bulgaria — Serbia — Greece — Rumania — Turkey
by Forbes and Hogarth and Mitrany and Toynbee
Gutenberg Text

Ancient China Simplified
by Edward Harper Parker
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A History of China
by Wolfram Eberhard
Gutenberg Text

Camps and Trails in China
by Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
Gutenberg Text

Our Island Story: England
by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Baldwin Project
4th to 6th grade reading level

A Child’s History of England
by Charles Dickens
Gutenberg Text
4th to 6th grade reading level

Young Folks’ History of England
by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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The Leading Facts of English History
by D.H. Montgomery
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History of the Plague in London
by Daniel Defoe
Gutenberg Text

King Alfred’s Viking
A Story of the First English Fleet
by Charles W. Whistler
Gutenberg Text

Stories of the Vikings
by Mary MacGregor
Baldwin Project

European Hero Stories

When Knights Were Bold
by Eva March Tappan
Baldwin Project

Ancient Egypt
by George Rawlinson
Gutenberg Text

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt
by Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
Gutenberg Text

Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology
And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero
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The Eve of the French Revolution
by Edward J. Lowell
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The Children of France
A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice of Youthful Patriots of France During the Great War
by Ruth Royce
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History of France
by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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History of Holland
by George Edmundson
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Holland
The History of the Netherlands
by Thomas Colley Grattan
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Freedom’s Battle
by Mahatma Gandhi
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The Story of Ireland
by Emily Lawless

The Kiltartan History Book
by Lady Gregory
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The Making of a Nation
The Beginnings of Israel’s History
by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks and Charles Foster Kent

History of the Philippine Islands
by Antonio de Morga
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The History of Puerto Rico
by R.A. Van Middeldyk
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A Short History of Scotland
by Andrew Lang

Short History of Wales
by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
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Little Journey to Puerto Rico: for Intermediate and Upper Grades
by Marian M. George