Best American Civil War Books

1.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,461 ratings
2.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,056 ratings
3.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,176 ratings
4.
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating — 8,028 ratings
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,122 ratings
6.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,295 ratings
7.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,691 ratings
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Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)
Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 37,082 ratings
9.
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 24,893 ratings
10.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,266 ratings
11.
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 17,990 ratings
12.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,172 ratings
13.
A Stillness at Appomattox
A Stillness at Appomattox 4.37 avg rating — 6,516 ratings
14.
The Widow of the South
The Widow of the South 3.78 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
15.
The Loyal Heart (Lone Star Hero #1)
The Loyal Heart (Lone Star Hero #1) 3.94 avg rating — 994 ratings
16.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
17.
Shiloh
Shiloh 4.10 avg rating — 5,587 ratings
18.
Andersonville
Andersonville 4.10 avg rating — 8,302 ratings
19.
Mary Chesnut's Civil War
Mary Chesnut's Civil War 4.01 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
20.
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville 4.44 avg rating — 13,429 ratings
21.
Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam 4.24 avg rating — 4,701 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
23.
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
by: Jay Winik
4.16 avg rating — 12,397 ratings
24.
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief 4.09 avg rating — 5,895 ratings
25.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War 4.04 avg rating — 7,246 ratings
26.
Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters
Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters 4.09 avg rating — 3,256 ratings
27.
The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian 4.54 avg rating — 7,474 ratings
28.
Mr. Lincoln's Army
Mr. Lincoln's Army 4.33 avg rating — 2,947 ratings
29.
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War 3.99 avg rating — 1,816 ratings
30.
March
March 3.81 avg rating — 76,171 ratings
31.
The Civil War, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
The Civil War, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox 4.55 avg rating — 7,325 ratings
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg 4.36 avg rating — 5,015 ratings
33.
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War 4.16 avg rating — 4,120 ratings
34.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,162 ratings
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Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils 3.60 avg rating — 15,642 ratings
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,002 ratings
37.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,554 ratings
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An Uncommon Protector (Lone Star Hero, #2)
An Uncommon Protector (Lone Star Hero, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
39.
The Coming Fury
The Coming Fury 4.34 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
40.
Love and War (North and South, #2)
Love and War (North and South, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 18,809 ratings
41.
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln 4.27 avg rating — 8,620 ratings
42.
Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3)
Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 12,047 ratings
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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command 4.21 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
44.
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 3.84 avg rating — 6,346 ratings
45.
Personal Memoirs
Personal Memoirs 4.13 avg rating — 9,497 ratings
46.
The Civil War: An Illustrated History
The Civil War: An Illustrated History 4.27 avg rating — 3,946 ratings
47.
Lincoln
Lincoln 4.19 avg rating — 48,076 ratings
48.
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray 4.02 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
49.
The Last Silk Dress
The Last Silk Dress 3.94 avg rating — 2,702 ratings
50.
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson 4.28 avg rating — 8,559 ratings
51.
Enemy Women
Enemy Women 3.76 avg rating — 8,328 ratings
52.
The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command
The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command 4.29 avg rating — 1,626 ratings
53.
My Name Is Mary Sutter (Mary Sutter, #1)
My Name Is Mary Sutter (Mary Sutter, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 25,929 ratings
54.
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War 4.07 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
55.
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 — 6,384 ratings
56.
Terrible Swift Sword
Terrible Swift Sword 4.39 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
57.
Glory Road
Glory Road 4.43 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg
Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg 4.19 avg rating — 1,752 ratings
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The Guns of the South
The Guns of the South 3.96 avg rating — 9,492 ratings
60.
1861: The Civil War Awakening
1861: The Civil War Awakening 4.06 avg rating — 6,097 ratings
61.
I Shall be Near to You
I Shall be Near to You 3.81 avg rating — 7,314 ratings
62.
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War 3.76 avg rating — 16,837 ratings
63.
The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers
The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers 4.36 avg rating — 871 ratings
64.
Love Held Captive (Lone Star Hero #3)
Love Held Captive (Lone Star Hero #3) 4.09 avg rating — 533 ratings
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Never Call Retreat
Never Call Retreat 4.37 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 4.05 avg rating — 107,673 ratings
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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman 4.17 avg rating — 2,204 ratings
68.
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
69.
Gettysburg--The Second Day
Gettysburg--The Second Day 4.35 avg rating — 868 ratings
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War 4.02 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
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Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, #1)
Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 17,501 ratings
72.
To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign 4.24 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
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Gettysburg--The First Day
Gettysburg--The First Day 4.36 avg rating — 506 ratings
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Traveller
Traveller 3.91 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)
A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 6,209 ratings
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Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 4.15 avg rating — 316 ratings
77.
In My Father's House
In My Father's House 3.88 avg rating — 2,906 ratings
78.
Grant
Grant 4.50 avg rating — 42,010 ratings
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A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives Of Emancipation
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives Of Emancipation 3.91 avg rating — 575 ratings
80.
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War 4.25 avg rating — 912 ratings
81.
Fire by Night (Refiner's Fire, #2)
Fire by Night (Refiner's Fire, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 9,838 ratings
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Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,067 ratings
83.
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation 3.93 avg rating — 47,005 ratings
84.
Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville 4.29 avg rating — 2,244 ratings
85.
Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War
Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War 3.93 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
86.
Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1)
Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 7,509 ratings
87.
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory 4.14 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
87.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery 4.18 avg rating — 6,498 ratings
89.
Jacob's Ladder: A Novel of Virginia During the Civil War
Jacob's Ladder: A Novel of Virginia During the Civil War 3.83 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
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Lee
Lee 4.27 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
91.
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
92.
Confederates
Confederates 4.06 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
93.
The Negro's Civil War
The Negro's Civil War 4.22 avg rating — 176 ratings
94.
Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg, #2)
Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 973 ratings
95.
Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War
Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War 3.92 avg rating — 398 ratings
96.
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War 3.80 avg rating — 375 ratings
96.
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace 4.13 avg rating — 6,135 ratings
98.
Stonewall Jackson : The Man, the Soldier, the Legend
Stonewall Jackson : The Man, the Soldier, the Legend 4.28 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
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Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 4.13 avg rating — 736 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln 4.08 avg rating — 3,188 ratings
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