Middle Grades American History Books

1.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,454 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,156 ratings
3.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,867 ratings
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,056 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 569,025 ratings
6.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,408 ratings
7.
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
8.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,834 ratings
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,755 ratings
10.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,144 ratings
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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,535 ratings
12.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,558 ratings
13.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,468 ratings
14.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,710 ratings
15.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,127 ratings
16.
Out of the Dust
Out of the Dust 3.77 avg rating — 78,811 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,399 ratings
18.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,975 ratings
19.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,620 ratings
19.
Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating — 131,301 ratings
21.
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) 4.36 avg rating — 156,361 ratings
22.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,896 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating — 243,372 ratings
24.
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 4.14 avg rating — 19,927 ratings
25.
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation 4.17 avg rating — 445 ratings
26.
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany 3.92 avg rating — 299 ratings
27.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 4.09 avg rating — 26,665 ratings
28.
Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen
Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen 4.48 avg rating — 99 ratings
29.
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? 4.17 avg rating — 876 ratings
30.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,729 ratings
31.
Pete Seeger The People's Singer
Pete Seeger The People's Singer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
32.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,010 ratings
33.
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany 4.24 avg rating — 24,327 ratings
34.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,689 ratings
35.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,728 ratings
36.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,447 ratings
37.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,109 ratings
38.
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,496 ratings
39.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,722 ratings
40.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,683 ratings
41.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,412 ratings
42.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,300 ratings
43.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,497 ratings
44.
Rosa Parks: My Story
Rosa Parks: My Story 4.18 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
45.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,899 ratings
46.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,166 ratings
47.
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned 3.87 avg rating — 8,942 ratings
48.
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America 4.20 avg rating — 291 ratings
49.
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 3.99 avg rating — 13,754 ratings
50.
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman 4.07 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
51.
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story 3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings
52.
Greenhorn
Greenhorn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 91 ratings
52.
Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom
Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Unsung Heroes: The Story of the Secret Service
Unsung Heroes: The Story of the Secret Service it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
55.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,519 ratings
55.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
The Day Lincoln Was Shot 4.14 avg rating — 1,193 ratings
57.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating — 67,950 ratings
57.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating — 23,890 ratings
59.
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating — 62,884 ratings
59.
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils 3.60 avg rating — 15,645 ratings
61.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating — 32,455 ratings
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating — 136,029 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 — 8,823 ratings
64.
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman 4.25 avg rating — 824 ratings
65.
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue 4.15 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
66.
"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War 4.23 avg rating — 523 ratings
67.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) 4.06 avg rating — 281,461 ratings
68.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,115 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,105 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,342 ratings
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The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,243 ratings
72.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,053 ratings
73.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,885 ratings
74.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,385 ratings
75.
Under a War-Torn Sky
Under a War-Torn Sky 4.09 avg rating — 3,269 ratings
76.
Copper Sun
Copper Sun 4.35 avg rating — 16,905 ratings
77.
The River Between Us
The River Between Us 3.78 avg rating — 5,252 ratings
78.
The Sign of the Beaver
The Sign of the Beaver 3.87 avg rating — 39,021 ratings
79.
Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family
Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family 3.77 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
80.
The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre 3.81 avg rating — 3,505 ratings
81.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,200 ratings
82.
My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam Is Dead 3.44 avg rating — 19,140 ratings
83.
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket 4.09 avg rating — 744 ratings
84.
Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879
Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879 4.13 avg rating — 133 ratings
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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II 4.09 avg rating — 12,936 ratings
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Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 4.13 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
87.
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command 4.21 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
88.
Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone
Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone 3.86 avg rating — 730 ratings
89.
Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond 3.96 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
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Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism
Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Public Enemies Handbook: A Who's Who of America's Most Notorious Gangsters
The Public Enemies Handbook: A Who's Who of America's Most Notorious Gangsters it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution 4.04 avg rating — 2,566 ratings
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson 3.94 avg rating — 28,833 ratings
94.
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 4.03 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
95.
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
by: Jay Winik
4.16 avg rating — 12,398 ratings
96.
His Excellency: George Washington
His Excellency: George Washington 3.96 avg rating — 42,824 ratings
97.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,615 ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,178 ratings