Best 20th Century American (U.S.) History - 3.7 Stars and Up
95. 
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
by:
David Carter
4.08 avg rating — 1,295 ratings 95. 
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation 4.08 avg rating — 8,669 ratings
105. 
105. 
The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind
by:
Justin Driver
4.27 avg rating — 275 ratings 
105. 
Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II
by:
John Prados
4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings 
105. 
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own 4.39 avg rating — 6,233 ratings
114. 
The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
by:
Laurence Leamer
4.12 avg rating — 2,292 ratings 114. 
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
by:
James W. Loewen
4.30 avg rating — 1,955 ratings 
114. 
The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture
by:
Bonnie J. Morris
3.96 avg rating — 137 ratings 
120. 
American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland
by:
Robert O. Self
4.11 avg rating — 361 ratings 120. 
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
by:
Jill Watts
4.11 avg rating — 314 ratings 
120. 
Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity 3.77 avg rating — 271 ratings
120. 
Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
by:
Lynne Olson
4.28 avg rating — 8,510 ratings 120. 
Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Birth of the Lesbian Rights Movement
by:
Marcia M. Gallo
3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings 
128. 
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
by:
Elaine F. Weiss
4.02 avg rating — 4,042 ratings 128. 
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
by:
Kevin M. Kruse
4.27 avg rating — 1,015 ratings 128. 
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America 4.23 avg rating — 2,133 ratings
128. 
Notre Dame vs. The Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan
by:
Todd Tucker
3.95 avg rating — 307 ratings 
128. 
The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition
by:
Theodore Roszak
3.85 avg rating — 434 ratings 
128. 
When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution
by:
Jeanne Cordova
4.06 avg rating — 319 ratings 128. 
137. 
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
by:
Wil Haygood
3.99 avg rating — 1,247 ratings 137. 
The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney: How a Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York 3.87 avg rating — 86 ratings
137. 
Ghosts of 42nd Street: A History of America's Most Infamous Block
by:
Anthony Bianco
3.80 avg rating — 118 ratings 
137. 
Wolf Girls at Vassar: Lesbian & Gay Experiences 1930-1990
by:
Anne MacKay
3.94 avg rating — 68 ratings 
144. 
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by:
Jon Meacham
4.50 avg rating — 6,505 ratings 144. 
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
by:
Jerald Podair
3.74 avg rating — 167 ratings 144. 
Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement
by:
Wendy L. Rouse
4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings 144. 
The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings: A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family
by:
Thomas Maier
4.04 avg rating — 595 ratings 144. 
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America
by:
Sarah E. Igo
4.01 avg rating — 130 ratings 
144. 
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,787 ratings
144. 
Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two
by:
Allan Bérubé
4.27 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 
153. 
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
by:
Les Standiford
3.86 avg rating — 861 ratings 153. 
Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975
by:
Alice Echols
3.96 avg rating — 300 ratings 
153. 
Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat 3.92 avg rating — 1,050 ratings
153. 
The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy
by:
David Margolick
4.12 avg rating — 215 ratings 
153. 
161. 
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by:
Paula Yoo
4.20 avg rating — 1,545 ratings 161. 
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
by:
Larry Tye
3.95 avg rating — 842 ratings 161. 
161. 
From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
by:
Michael McFaul
4.04 avg rating — 1,881 ratings 161. 
The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability
by:
Kristen Hogan
3.84 avg rating — 83 ratings 
168. 
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment
by:
Deborah Kops
3.98 avg rating — 153 ratings 168. 
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
by:
Jane Ziegelman
3.75 avg rating — 2,207 ratings 168. 
The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics 3.72 avg rating — 614 ratings
168. 
Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia
by:
Chris Hamby
4.31 avg rating — 753 ratings 168. 
Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill 3.85 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
168. 
Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934
by:
Laura Horak
3.92 avg rating — 60 ratings 168. 
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
by:
Rick Atkinson
4.29 avg rating — 22,180 ratings 175. 
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
by:
Jon Meacham
4.26 avg rating — 15,724 ratings 175. 
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by:
Jeanne Theoharis
4.32 avg rating — 757 ratings 175. 
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
by:
Philip Dray
4.19 avg rating — 835 ratings 175. 
175. 
Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall
by:
Marie Cartier
4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings 
182. 
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
by:
Jeff Chang
4.14 avg rating — 5,536 ratings 182. 
182. 
Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left
by:
Emily K. Hobson
4.23 avg rating — 114 ratings 182. 
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by:
Michael Azerrad
4.22 avg rating — 17,534 ratings 
186. 
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
by:
Ira Katznelson
3.96 avg rating — 768 ratings 186. 
The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
by:
Anthony Summers
3.89 avg rating — 470 ratings 
192. 
Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
by:
Steven J. Ross
3.98 avg rating — 880 ratings 192. 
The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition
by:
Linda Gordon
3.82 avg rating — 1,271 ratings 192. 
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by:
David von Drehle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,587 ratings 192. 
Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau
by:
Kevin Dann
3.77 avg rating — 122 ratings 192. 
Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980 4.19 avg rating — 113 ratings
192. 
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating — 11,394 ratings
198. 
