Best Books Concerning American History (fiction and nonfiction)
101. 
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 3.96 avg rating — 8,810 ratings
102. 
The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth 4.02 avg rating — 611 ratings
103. 
The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams 4.28 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution
by:
A.J. Langguth
4.23 avg rating — 1,630 ratings 105. 
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
by:
Donald G. Nieman
3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings 106. 
Reclaiming History – The Assassination of John F Kennedy
by:
Vincent Bugliosi
4.11 avg rating — 1,492 ratings 107. 
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by:
David von Drehle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,586 ratings 
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A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
by:
Frances Hill
3.73 avg rating — 1,619 ratings 116. 
Reporting Civil Rights, Part Two: American Journalism 1963-1973
by:
Clayborne Carson
4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings 
118. 
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
by:
Wallace Stegner
4.05 avg rating — 4,163 ratings 
123. 
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 4.14 avg rating — 257 ratings
125. 
Here, Now, and Always: Voices of the First Peoples of the Southwest
by:
Rina Swentzell
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 126. 
Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters 4.23 avg rating — 203 ratings
133. 
The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
by:
James G. Blight
4.20 avg rating — 204 ratings 
135. 
Triumvirate: The Story of the Unlikely Alliance That Saved the Constitution and United the Nation
by:
Bruce Chadwick
3.53 avg rating — 112 ratings 135. 
Wall of Misconception: Does the Separation of Church and State Mean the Separation of God and Government? 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
135. 
Control Switch On: A True Story—The Untold Story of the Most Powerful Man in the World—Ryan Moran—Who Shaped the Planet for Peace
by:
Ira Teller
4.26 avg rating — 117 ratings 135. 
The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado
by:
Elliott West
3.93 avg rating — 398 ratings 135. 
The Boys of '98: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
by:
Dale L. Walker
3.76 avg rating — 59 ratings 135. 
Derivation Incognita: A Comprehensive Study into the Peopling of America
by:
Diogenes Vindex
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 135. 
I've Already Met the Devil: An American Life, Two American Wars
by:
R.K. Price
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy 4.20 avg rating — 123 ratings
135. 
American Environmental History: Part One
by:
Dan Allosso
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 
135. 
Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
by:
Jean Elson
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings 135. 
Decapitating the Union: Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and the Plot to Assassinate Lincoln
by:
John C. Fazio
4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings 135. 
The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870–1940
by:
Jeremy C. Young
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 135. 
Bill Mauldin's Army: Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons
by:
Bill Mauldin
4.32 avg rating — 165 ratings 
135. 
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
by:
Tyler Anbinder
4.33 avg rating — 964 ratings 135. 
135. 
A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System
by:
Jakub Lasak
4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings 135. 
Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening
by:
Pat Quincy
4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings 
135. 
Hope, Fear & Elections: How Cultural Cycles Predict Who Wins The White House
by:
Tyler Clark
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 
135. 
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by:
Erik Larson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,791 ratings 
135. 
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence
by:
Founding Fathers
4.44 avg rating — 26,981 ratings 135. 
American Gaslighting: How America is Being Systematically Taught to Hate Itself
by:
Daniel Shyti
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 135. 
Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
by:
Bill O'Reilly
4.27 avg rating — 5,087 ratings 135. 
No Soldier Left Behind: The Life and Times of Brigadier General John G Kulhavi, United States Army, Ret.
by:
Donald Steele
4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings 
175. 
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.85 avg rating — 1,025 ratings 
175. 
The Thunderbird Conspiracy: 50th Anniversary of JFK murder
by:
R.K. Price
3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings 175. 
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium
by:
Vincent Palamara
3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings 
175. 
The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA
by:
Doug Mack
3.79 avg rating — 1,254 ratings 
175. 
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
by:
Peter Cozzens
4.29 avg rating — 3,390 ratings 
175. 
Kissinger on Kissinger: Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership
by:
Winston Lord
3.83 avg rating — 237 ratings 
175. 
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation 4.06 avg rating — 384 ratings
175. 
Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967
by:
Doyle D. Glass
4.51 avg rating — 1,257 ratings 175. 
Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
by:
Jack Warren
4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings 175. 
The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine
by:
M.B. Zucker
4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings 191. 
American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
by:
Ted Widmer
4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings 191. 
America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election 3.92 avg rating — 184 ratings
191. 
Finding Betty Crocker: The Secret Life of America’s First Lady of Food
by:
Susan Marks
3.66 avg rating — 478 ratings 191. 
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States
by:
Steven Ujifusa
4.29 avg rating — 385 ratings 
191. 
George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World
by:
John Berlau
3.71 avg rating — 136 ratings 191. 
The Ailing Nation: Lessons From the Bedside for America's Leaders
by:
Nate Link
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings