Best Mormon History Books

1.
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling 4.10 avg rating — 9,124 ratings
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The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints
The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints 3.69 avg rating — 205 ratings
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David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism 4.35 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
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No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith 4.16 avg rating — 3,298 ratings
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Brigham Young: American Moses
Brigham Young: American Moses 3.99 avg rating — 541 ratings
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre
The Mountain Meadows Massacre 3.96 avg rating — 761 ratings
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Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet 4.02 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
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The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother 4.27 avg rating — 5,203 ratings
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Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Massacre at Mountain Meadows 4.02 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
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More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910
More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910 3.83 avg rating — 65 ratings
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American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
by: Alex Beam
3.66 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
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The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith
The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith 3.86 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
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The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail
The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail 3.97 avg rating — 574 ratings
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Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View 4.14 avg rating — 503 ratings
15.
Heaven Up Here
Heaven Up Here 4.38 avg rating — 61 ratings
16.
Mormon Country
Mormon Country 3.94 avg rating — 726 ratings
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Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition
Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition 3.74 avg rating — 113 ratings
18.
Our Heritage: A Brief History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Our Heritage: A Brief History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4.30 avg rating — 3,708 ratings
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Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930
Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 108 ratings
20.
Truth Restored
Truth Restored 4.34 avg rating — 4,283 ratings
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Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900
Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900 4.07 avg rating — 134 ratings
22.
Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven 4.01 avg rating — 220,462 ratings
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Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant in the American West, 1848–1861
Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant in the American West, 1848–1861 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Church History in the Fullness of Times: Religion 341-343: the History of the Church of Jesus Christ by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai (2000-05-03)
Church History in the Fullness of Times: Religion 341-343: the History of the Church of Jesus Christ by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai (2000-05-03) 4.39 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations
Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings
26.
Historical Atlas of Mormonism
Historical Atlas of Mormonism 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
27.
The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power
The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power 4.18 avg rating — 320 ratings
28.
Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History
Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History 4.48 avg rating — 194 ratings
28.
Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball
Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball 4.37 avg rating — 400 ratings
30.
The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power
The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power 4.06 avg rating — 216 ratings
31.
The Blood Doctrine
The Blood Doctrine 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Mormons (The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, #1)
The Mormons (The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 477 ratings
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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 4.05 avg rating — 675 ratings
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Race and the Making of the Mormon People
Race and the Making of the Mormon People 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
31.
The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History
The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History 4.13 avg rating — 268 ratings
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Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 458 ratings
31.
Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet
Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet
by: Dan Vogel
4.01 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844 3.94 avg rating — 119 ratings
38.
The Life of David W. Patten
The Life of David W. Patten 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
40.
Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration
Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings
40.
The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)
The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 9,338 ratings
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Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon
Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings
43.
Divine Rite of Kings: Land, Race, Same Sex, and Empire in Mormonism and the Esoteric Tradition
Divine Rite of Kings: Land, Race, Same Sex, and Empire in Mormonism and the Esoteric Tradition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
44.
The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America
The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America 3.86 avg rating — 124 ratings
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The Heavens Resound, A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio 1830-1838
The Heavens Resound, A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio 1830-1838 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings