Best American History Books

200.
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 First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 3.90 avg rating — 8,806 ratings
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Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family 4.04 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
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 — 11,393 ratings
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 4.04 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
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American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies 4.15 avg rating — 2,436 ratings
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Grant
Grant 4.03 avg rating — 12,933 ratings
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood 4.02 avg rating — 3,712 ratings
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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West 4.26 avg rating — 3,509 ratings
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Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum
Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum 3.96 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
The Revolution: A Manifesto
by: Ron Paul
4.13 avg rating — 7,739 ratings
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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 4.01 avg rating — 11,080 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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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.87 avg rating — 38,982 ratings
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How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes 3.54 avg rating — 3,874 ratings
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times 4.01 avg rating — 9,615 ratings
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth 4.10 avg rating — 10,543 ratings
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 24,892 ratings
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Vietnam: A History
Vietnam: A History 4.13 avg rating — 7,806 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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Parkland
Parkland 4.22 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
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Glory Road
Glory Road 4.43 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield 4.14 avg rating — 2,939 ratings
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The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville 4.31 avg rating — 552 ratings
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The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century 3.95 avg rating — 4,679 ratings
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In Search of History
In Search of History 4.16 avg rating — 497 ratings
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These Truths: A History of the United States
These Truths: A History of the United States 4.40 avg rating — 12,494 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream 4.05 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
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Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology 4.23 avg rating — 813 ratings
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Up Front
Up Front 4.45 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
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The Death of a President: November 1963
The Death of a President: November 1963 4.25 avg rating — 4,500 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,442 ratings
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Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945
Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945 4.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour 4.29 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
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The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan, and Their Brothers
The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan, and Their Brothers 4.13 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
237.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884-1933
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884-1933 4.01 avg rating — 6,678 ratings
238.
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans 4.32 avg rating — 630 ratings
239.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 4.38 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
240.
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 4.17 avg rating — 5,852 ratings
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War 4.01 avg rating — 6,381 ratings
242.
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement 4.23 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
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Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride 4.16 avg rating — 5,030 ratings
245.
Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness 4.33 avg rating — 10,188 ratings
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Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Leadership: In Turbulent Times 4.40 avg rating — 15,455 ratings
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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
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The Fifties
The Fifties 4.28 avg rating — 6,833 ratings
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea 4.02 avg rating — 14,409 ratings
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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln 3.97 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
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President Kennedy: Profile of Power
President Kennedy: Profile of Power 4.08 avg rating — 2,539 ratings
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,586 ratings
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 4.35 avg rating — 3,007 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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From the Age of Discovery to a World at War (America: The Last Best Hope #1)
From the Age of Discovery to a World at War (America: The Last Best Hope #1) 4.24 avg rating — 1,405 ratings
256.
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage 4.21 avg rating — 1,605 ratings
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FDR
FDR 4.08 avg rating — 12,110 ratings
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The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram 4.06 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
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A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials 3.73 avg rating — 1,619 ratings
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,718 ratings
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Henry Adams: History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
Henry Adams: History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 4.32 avg rating — 256 ratings
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Washington
Washington 4.32 avg rating — 348 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years 4.28 avg rating — 5,424 ratings
264.
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America 3.84 avg rating — 9,556 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating — 70,018 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson: A Life
Thomas Jefferson: A Life 4.08 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
267.
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely 3.59 avg rating — 872 ratings
267.
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War 4.37 avg rating — 466 ratings
267.
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,015 ratings
270.
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
271.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America 4.13 avg rating — 12,370 ratings
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic 4.19 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
273.
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War 4.31 avg rating — 130 ratings
274.
Geronimo: My Life
Geronimo: My Life
by: Geronimo
3.89 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
275.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa Baa Black Sheep 4.04 avg rating — 3,552 ratings
276.
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd 3.84 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
276.
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation 4.13 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
276.
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class 4.48 avg rating — 376 ratings
279.
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr 3.77 avg rating — 2,134 ratings
279.
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies 4.34 avg rating — 176 ratings
281.
Andersonville
Andersonville 4.10 avg rating — 8,302 ratings
282.
Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville 4.29 avg rating — 2,244 ratings
283.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 4.30 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4.31 avg rating — 26,728 ratings
285.
Red Gentlemen and White Savages: Indians, Federalists, and the Search for Order on the American Frontier
Red Gentlemen and White Savages: Indians, Federalists, and the Search for Order on the American Frontier 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
285.
Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation
Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation 3.92 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
287.
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made 4.03 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II 4.38 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
289.
The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815
The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815 4.10 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
290.
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 4.43 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
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The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861
The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861 4.18 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 3.80 avg rating — 51,853 ratings
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War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of the American Frontier
War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of the American Frontier 4.18 avg rating — 755 ratings
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American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant 4.22 avg rating — 5,939 ratings
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky 3.87 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.16 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
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Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution 4.13 avg rating — 903 ratings
298.
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity 4.16 avg rating — 10,638 ratings
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by: Jim Dwyer
4.30 avg rating — 12,178 ratings
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age 4.08 avg rating — 2,992 ratings
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