Free History Books

734 public-domain History titles, free to read online in the BingeReaders reader. Browse all genres or the whole library.

• "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries — Julius Caesar
• 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates — Walter Carruthers Sellar
• 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue — Francis Grose
• A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies: Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. — Bartolomé de las Casas
• A Child's History of the World — V. M. (Virgil Mores) Hillyer
• A Class-Book of New Testament History — G. F. (George Frederick) Maclear
• A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table — John Lemprière
• A Complete Guide to Heraldry — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
• A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád': Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and; that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not; Allowed in The Koran - 1885 — Cherágh Ali
• A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time: A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life, Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers — Unknown
• A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century — Unknown
• A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century — Unknown
• A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time — Charles, active 1724-1731 Johnson
• A guide to the history of physical education — Fred Eugene Leonard
• A Hero of Our Time — Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov
• A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture — Clara Erskine Clement Waters
• A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2) — Georges Perrot
• A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2) — Georges Perrot
• A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art — Thomas Wright
• A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 2 (of 3), From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy — George Saintsbury
• A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day — Charles Gide
• A History of Elizabethan Literature — George Saintsbury
• A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 2 (of 6) — Leopold von Ranke
• A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book — Edward Albert
• A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2): From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague — Charles Creighton
• A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2): From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time — Charles Creighton
• A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) — Johann Beckmann
• A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2) — Johann Beckmann
• A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2): During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era — Lynn Thorndike
• A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2): During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era — Lynn Thorndike
• A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 — George Elliott Howard
• A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy — Isaac Husik
• A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 — George T. (George Tobias) Flom
• A History of Roman Classical Literature. — R. W. (Robert William) Browne
• A History of Rome to 565 A. D. — Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak
• A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2: To the Close of the 19th Century — George Saintsbury
• A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 — Henry Charles Lea
• A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3 — Henry Charles Lea
• A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 — Henry Charles Lea
• A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III — Henry Charles Lea
• A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year. Volume 2 (of 3) — Edwin Emerson
• A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 : $b From the battle of Corunna to the end of the Talavera campaign — Charles Oman
• A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810 : $b Ocaña, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras — Charles Oman
• A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 4, Dec. 1810-Dec. 1811 : $b Massena's retreat, Fuentes de Oñoro, Albuera, Tarragona — Charles Oman
• A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812 : $b Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Madrid — Charles Oman
• A History of the Philippines — David P. Barrows
• A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) — Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay
• A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 — Wallace Notestein
• A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 — Unknown
• A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day — Douglas Hyde
• A Literary History of the Arabs — Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
• A Little English Gallery — Louise Imogen Guiney
• A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the military institutions of the United States — William Duane
• A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Compiled from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc. — Thomas Wilhelm
• A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6) — Jacob Bryant
• A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century: Fourth Edition — Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
• A portrait of Old George Town — Grace Dunlop Peter
• A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline — Faxian
• A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion — Epictetus
• A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes — J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
• A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2: Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes — J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
• A Short History of French Literature — George Saintsbury
• A Short History of the World — H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
• A Source Book for Ancient Church History — Joseph Cullen Ayer
• A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 1 : $b Pathology and general diseases — Unknown
• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects — Mary Wollstonecraft
• Albert Gallatin — John Austin Stevens
• All about coffee — William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
• All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography — Ida M. (Ida Minerva) Tarbell
• All quiet on the Western Front — Erich Maria Remarque
• Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature — Isaac Disraeli
• American Prisoners of the Revolution — Danske Dandridge
• An Account of Egypt — Herodotus
• An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians — Edward William Lane
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding — David Hume
• An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine — John Henry Newman
• An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church — Henry Charles Lea
• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations — Adam Smith
• An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1: or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects — William Kirby
• An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 3: or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects — William Kirby
• An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4: or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects — William Kirby
• Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar — T. Rice (Thomas Rice) Holmes
• Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I. — E. G. (Ephraim George) Squier
• Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism: With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols — Thomas Inman
• Ancient society : $b or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization — Lewis Henry Morgan
• Ancient States and Empires: For Colleges and Schools — John Lord
• Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — John McElroy
• Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India — James Tod
• Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India — James Tod
• Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India — James Tod
• Antiquities of the Jews — Flavius Josephus
• Archaic England : $b an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, place-names, and faerie superstitions — Harold Bayley
• Architecture : $b nineteenth and twentieth centuries — Henry-Russell Hitchcock
• Aristotle — George Grote
• As I Remember: Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century — Marian Gouverneur
• Aspects of the novel — E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
• Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2) — Francis Hobart Herrick
• Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century — William Ware
• Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie — Andrew Carnegie
• Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — Benjamin Franklin
• Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England — the Venerable, Saint Bede
• Ben-Hur: A tale of the Christ — Lew Wallace
• Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions: Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning — T. W. (Thomas William) Doane
• Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism, chronologically arranged — Unknown
• Bibliomania; or Book-Madness: A Bibliographical Romance — Thomas Frognall Dibdin
• Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation': From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts — William Bradford
• Brief Lives, Vol. 1 — John Aubrey
• Brief Lives, Vol. 2 — John Aubrey
• British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device — William Gordon Perrin
• British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions — Wirt Sikes
• Bushido, the Soul of Japan — Inazo Nitobe
• Byways in British Archaeology — Walter Johnson
• Byzantine Constantinople, the walls of the city and adjoining historical sites — Alexander Van Millingen
• Canyons of the Colorado — John Wesley Powell
• Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World: Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71 — James Cook
• Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical — Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
• Chaucer and His England — G. G. (George Gordon) Coulton
• Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835: A study of the evolution of the northwestern frontier, together with a history of Fort Dearborn — Milo Milton Quaife
• Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries — W. F. (William Francis) Dawson