21 must-read nonfiction books like "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863 by Thomas J. Ryan

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"Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863

By: Thomas J. Ryan

4.08

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G…

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1. Rig Ship for Ultra Quiet

By: Andrew Karam , None , Roger Thompson

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

There are a lot of books about submarines - not many have been written by submariners. Join veteran… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

By: Garry Wills

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • civil war
Cover of The Aftermath of Battle: The Burial of the Civil War Dead by Kathleen Thompson, Meg Groeling

3. The Aftermath of Battle: The Burial of the Civil War Dead

By: Kathleen Thompson , Meg Groeling

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The clash of armies in the American Civil War left hundreds of thousands of men dead, wounded, or p… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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4. The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16)

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the … read more

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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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6. A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
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7. Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

By: Peter Schrijvers

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history

8. Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles

By: None

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The first campaign in the Civil War in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia, the S… read more

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9. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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10. The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

By: William K. Klingaman , None

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Like Winchester's Krakatoa,The Year Without Summerreveals a year of dramatic global change long for… read more

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11. Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

4.17

Format: 267 pages,

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12. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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14. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

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  • american history
Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

15. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • history
  • military history
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18. "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863

By: Thomas J. Ryan

4.08

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

19. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

20. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

By: Kent Masterson Brown

4.57

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more

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21. In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863

By: Allen R. Thompson

4.00

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

Exciting new research lifts much of the fog surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg and offers a glimp… read more

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  • civil war
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22. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

23. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

24. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • history
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

25. "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.46

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final… read more

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  • civil war
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Cover of The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities by Chris Mackowski

26. The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities

By: Chris Mackowski

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

“What If . . . ?” Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappo… read more

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  • civil war
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Cover of Conquered: Why the Army of Tennessee Failed by Larry J. Daniel

27. Conquered: Why the Army of Tennessee Failed

By: Larry J. Daniel

3.97

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Operating in the vast trans-Appalachian west, the Army of Tennessee was crucially important to the … read more

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Cover of Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers by Tom McMillan

28. Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers

By: Tom McMillan

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Gettysburg Rebels is the gripping true story of five young men who grew up in Gettysburg, moved sou… read more

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Cover of “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

29. “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.51

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have on… read more

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Cover of Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

30. Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President

By: Ronald C. White

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses, a revelatory glimpse… read more

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  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Noah Feldman

31. The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

By: Noah Feldman

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutiona… read more

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10 best-selling military history books like "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863 by Thomas J. Ryan

Transform Your Habits

Rig Ship for Ultra Quiet

Andrew Karam , None , Roger Thompson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

Peter Schrijvers

3.70

Transform Your Habits

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16) by Lee Child

Transform Your Habits

The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16)

Lee Child

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1)

David Baldacci

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Innocent (Will Robie, #1)

David Baldacci

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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