167 eras
2307 books
Whatever period of history your child is learning about, we have curated the very best books from every category: picture books, chapter books, non-fiction books, biographies, and activity books.
If you’re looking for books to supplement a specific curriculum, history spine, or history textbook, see if we’ve mapped it here: Spine Mappings
We also have a topical index so you can quickly find books about your favorite people, places, and things.
Otherwise, find all of our book recommendations for specific eras below!
The Ancient World
Introduction to the Ancient World
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt Overview
Ancient Egypt: Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom
Megalithic Europe
The Indus Valley
Minoans and Myceneans
Shang Dynasty
Babylon
Assyria
The Hebrews
Egypt: New Kingdom
The Phoenicians
Ancient Africa
Ancient Americas
Aryan India
The Zhou Dynasty
The Classical World
Classical Greece
•Greek Myths, Heroes, and Epics
Alexander the Great
Mauryan Empire India
Qin Dynasty China
Judea
Life in Ancient Rome
The Roman Republic and Roman Empire
The Celts
Han Dynasty China
Early Christianity
The Americas in the Classical Era
Gupta Dynasty India
Barbarians
Ancient Japan
The Maya
People of the Pacific
The Early Middle Ages
The Byzantine Empire
Monasticism
Sui and Tang China
Early Islam
The Carolingians
The Abbasid Dynasty
Anglo-Saxon Britain
The Holy Roman Empire
Capetian France
North America in the Middle Ages
The Vikings
The Normans
Song Dynasty China
The Middle Ages
The Crusades
Knights and Castles in Europe
The Plantagenets
Medieval Ireland and Scotland
Shoguns and Samurai
European Trade
Medieval Venice
Mali and Ethiopia
Benin and Zimbabwe
The Mongol Empire
The Aztecs
Medieval Explorers
The Incas
The Hundreds’ Year War
The Black Death
Ming Dynasty China
Medieval Constantinople
The Khmer Empire
The Renaissance World
The Spanish Inquisition
Renaissance Italy
Age of Exploration
The Songhay Empire
Tudor England
The Reformation
India’s Moghul Dynasty
The Ottoman Empire
The Conquistadors
The Spanish Armada
Dutch Independence
North America
Trade and Empire
Edo Period Japan
The Stuarts
Early European Settlers in North America
• Jamestown
• The Mayflower, Pilgrims, and Plymouth Colony
The Swedish Empire
English Civil War
The Sun King
The Enlightenment
Transatlantic Slavery
The Age of Piracy
Early Modern African Kingdoms
English Rule in Ireland
Russian Expansion
Colonial America
• Salem Witch Trials
Revolution and Independence
Scotland: The Jacobites
Industrial Revolution
Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe
Modernizing Russia
Exploration in Oceania
The American Revolution
• American Founders
• New American Institutions
The French Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars
The End of Slavery
The British in India
Revolt in Latin America
Westward Exploration
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Early Republic and Antebellum Era
Unification and Colonization
Mexican-American War
Colonial South Africa
The End of the Qing Dynasty
1848: Year of Revolution
The Crimean War
Meiji Japan
American Civil War
• Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction
Canada
Germany
Scramble for Africa
Ireland
Victorian England
Westward Expansion
• The Oregon Trail
• Pioneer Settlers
• The California Gold Rush
• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The Pony Express
• Orphan Trains
Women’s Suffrage
Australia
The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
• Inventions, Engineering, and Transportation
• Child Labor Reform
• Ellis Island and Angel Island
• Turn-of-the-Century Immigration
The World at War
World War I
The Aftermath of World War I
Civil Unrest in Ireland
The Russian Revolution and Stalinist Russia
The Rise of Fascism and the Spanish Civil War
USA Between the Wars
The Great Depression
• The Dust Bowl
Weimar and Hitler
China and Japan at War
World War II
• The Holocaust and Other Jewish Experiences
• Japanese-American Internment
• Resistance
The Aftermath of World War II
Indian Independence and Partition
Communist China and Mao Zedong