Best Books About The American Revolution

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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating — 243,338 ratings
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John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,237 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 4.22 avg rating — 194,772 ratings
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Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing 4.16 avg rating — 15,170 ratings
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 3.95 avg rating — 46,970 ratings
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Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 79,886 ratings
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Tim Curious: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #1)
Tim Curious: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,451 ratings
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The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,558 ratings
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 3.94 avg rating — 8,939 ratings
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Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride 4.16 avg rating — 5,030 ratings
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Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,565 ratings
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His Excellency: George Washington
His Excellency: George Washington 3.96 avg rating — 42,823 ratings
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating — 147,327 ratings
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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence 4.19 avg rating — 3,275 ratings
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution 4.05 avg rating — 4,353 ratings
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating — 28,832 ratings
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution
The Radicalism of the American Revolution 4.08 avg rating — 5,312 ratings
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Tim and the Highway Robbery: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #2)
Tim and the Highway Robbery: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #2) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton
The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton 4.19 avg rating — 302 ratings
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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin 4.11 avg rating — 22,671 ratings
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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic 3.97 avg rating — 10,697 ratings
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Tim's Excessive Good Fortune: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #3)
Tim's Excessive Good Fortune: A Murder Mystery set in the American Revolution (Tim Euston, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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April Morning
April Morning 3.54 avg rating — 2,822 ratings
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 4.13 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
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Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution
Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution 4.23 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
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Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
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Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 4.06 avg rating — 1,983 ratings
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Rise to Rebellion
Rise to Rebellion 4.22 avg rating — 10,175 ratings
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Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 4.44 avg rating — 7,766 ratings
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U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom)
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) 4.52 avg rating — 27,061 ratings
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Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill
Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill 4.16 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters
Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters 4.26 avg rating — 1,722 ratings
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The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788
The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788 4.35 avg rating — 313 ratings
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The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788
The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788 4.38 avg rating — 219 ratings
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The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America 4.01 avg rating — 881 ratings
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The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War)
The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War) 4.32 avg rating — 7,703 ratings
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The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence 1775–1783
The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence 1775–1783 4.19 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge
Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge 4.06 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different 3.97 avg rating — 4,063 ratings
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The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
by: Jay Winik
4.08 avg rating — 2,004 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton, American
Alexander Hamilton, American 3.66 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power 4.05 avg rating — 42,295 ratings
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1776
1776 4.20 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
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Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free
Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free 4.08 avg rating — 599 ratings
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Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution
Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution 4.12 avg rating — 308 ratings
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The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas 4.34 avg rating — 405 ratings
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A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic
A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic 4.13 avg rating — 922 ratings
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,878 ratings
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James Madison: A Biography
James Madison: A Biography 3.96 avg rating — 4,394 ratings
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family 4.02 avg rating — 6,800 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.25 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams
The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams 4.28 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.28 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson: Writings
Thomas Jefferson: Writings 4.23 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.17 avg rating — 201 ratings
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy 4.01 avg rating — 1,626 ratings
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Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America 3.79 avg rating — 855 ratings
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Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams 4.06 avg rating — 3,093 ratings
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Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings 4.14 avg rating — 15,755 ratings
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The War of the Revolution
The War of the Revolution 4.17 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 3.97 avg rating — 2,694 ratings
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After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture 3.72 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation 3.64 avg rating — 8,822 ratings
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Oliver Wiswell
Oliver Wiswell 4.27 avg rating — 499 ratings
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Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution
Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution 4.10 avg rating — 331 ratings
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With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 4.36 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Arundel
Arundel 4.22 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
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A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution
A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution 4.23 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Crossing
The Crossing 3.98 avg rating — 173 ratings
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Rabble in Arms
Rabble in Arms 4.33 avg rating — 1,173 ratings
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Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War 4.16 avg rating — 1,238 ratings
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Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation 4.04 avg rating — 792 ratings
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The Day the American Revolution Began : 19 April 1775
The Day the American Revolution Began : 19 April 1775 4.08 avg rating — 139 ratings
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 3.94 avg rating — 8,939 ratings
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Conceived in Liberty
Conceived in Liberty 4.50 avg rating — 227 ratings
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The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States 4.44 avg rating — 26,981 ratings
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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) 4.17 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America 3.92 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
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The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown
The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown 4.07 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations 3.95 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin 4.13 avg rating — 8,483 ratings
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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army 4.16 avg rating — 913 ratings
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My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams 4.19 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
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America at 1750: A Social Portrait
America at 1750: A Social Portrait 3.67 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution)
The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution) 3.69 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution 3.31 avg rating — 357 ratings
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The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the American Revolution)
The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the American Revolution) 3.69 avg rating — 817 ratings
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Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)
Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution) 3.89 avg rating — 579 ratings
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Angel in the Whirlwind
Angel in the Whirlwind 4.13 avg rating — 903 ratings
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Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill
Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill 4.25 avg rating — 87 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,690 ratings
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A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolution, Vol. 1
A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 4.27 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Minutemen and Their World
The Minutemen and Their World 3.77 avg rating — 806 ratings
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John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation 4.13 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
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Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution
Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution 4.11 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) 4.13 avg rating — 9,594 ratings
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Rag, Tag and Bobtail: The Story of the Continental Army 1775 - 1783
Rag, Tag and Bobtail: The Story of the Continental Army 1775 - 1783 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings: An American Controversy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 768 ratings
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