My favorite books on history (nonfiction)

A noncomprehensive list of what I’m reading

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Ian W. Toll’s The Pacific War Trilogy

A comprehensive look at the war in the Pacific during World War II. This series goes into incredible depth and detail about the conflict, including the situation on the ground during various battles and the strategic conundrum that came with waging a war of this scale. It is insanely easy to read and digest while bestowing a treasure of information and insight into the conflict.

• The Pacific Crucible; ISBN 978–0–393–34341–0
• The Conquering Tide; ISBN 978–0393080643
• Twilight of the Gods; ISBN 978–0393080650

Biographies

These biographies touch on some of history’s most famous people in interesting and readable ways and flesh out the periods in which they were living. I am not usually a big fan of biographies, but these ones managed to hold my attention better than most.

• American Lion; Jon Meacham; ISBN 1–4000–6325–6
• Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East; Scott Anderson; ISBN 9780307476418
• Alexander the Great; Philip Freeman; ISBN 1416592814