Can you recommend some best history books that read like fiction for a beginner?
'The Good Earth' by Pearl S. Buck. While it's mainly about a Chinese family's life, it also provides a great deal of insight into the historical and cultural context of China at that time. The story is very much like a fictional family tale, but it has real historical value.
A short and interesting one is 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by Anne Frank. It's a first - hand account of a girl in hiding during the Holocaust. It reads like a personal and very real story, which can introduce a beginner to the historical horror of that period in an accessible way.
Sure. 'I, Claudius' by Robert Graves is a good start. It gives an account of the early Roman emperors in a very accessible and engaging way. It reads like a family saga filled with intrigue, power struggles, and all sorts of drama, which makes it easy to get into the historical events.
