19 must-read history books like Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

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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…

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Cover of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History by James A. Hessler, None

1. Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History

By: James A. Hessler , None

4.63

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A battlefield guide to the sites and history of the climactic attack during the American Civil War’… read more

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  • american history
  • american civil war
  • history
  • civil war
Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

2. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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3. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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  • american history
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • civil war
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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4. Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.37

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who le… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

6. Chancellorsville

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sears describes the series of controversial events that define this crucial battle, including Gener… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan Universe, #3) by Tom Clancy

7. Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan Universe, #3)

By: Tom Clancy

3.57

Format: None pages,

Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bo… read more

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  • military fiction
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8. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of "The Devil's to Pay": John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour. by Eric J. Wittenberg

9. "The Devil's to Pay": John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour.

By: Eric J. Wittenberg

5.00

Format: None pages,

Although many books on Gettysburg have addressed the role played by Brig. Gen. John Buford and his … read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust

10. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction

11. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville

By: Wiley Sword

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

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12. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

By: Allen C. Guelzo

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more

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13. Gettysburg

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more

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14. The Battle of Gettysburg

By: Bruce Catton

3.18

Format: 159 pages,

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15. 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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16. Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara… read more

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17. 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
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of You Never Know: A Memoir by Tom Selleck

18. You Never Know: A Memoir

By: Tom Selleck

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern Ca… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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
  • audiobook
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20. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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

21. 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 history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863 by Thomas J. Ryan

22. "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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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

23. 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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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of 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

24. 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
Cover of Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment by Cory M. Pfarr

25. Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment

By: Cory M. Pfarr

4.50

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner, 2019, Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's Distinguished Book Award, best book published on th… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

26. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"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 Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller

27. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

By: Donald L. Miller

4.41

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing story of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksb… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps by The Editors of Stackpole Books

28. Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps

By: The Editors of Stackpole Books

4.37

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

70 color maps and insightful text tell the hour-by-hour story of the 3-day Battle of Gettysburg. read more

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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War by Allen C. Guelzo

29. Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The voices of those who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath with their own eyes – … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • civil war
Cover of The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure by Douglas Miller

30. The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure

By: Douglas Miller

4.53

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The Greatest A True American Civil War Adventure tells the story of the largest prison breakout in… read more

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Cover of At Gettysburg and Elsewhere (Expanded, Annotated): The Civil War Memoir of John Gibbon by John Gibbon

31. At Gettysburg and Elsewhere (Expanded, Annotated): The Civil War Memoir of John Gibbon

By: John Gibbon

4.20

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the most important figures of the American Civil War penned this fascinating and unique memo… read more

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  • civil war
  • biography

7 Top audiobook books like Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac

Stephen W. Sears

4.37

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck

4.05

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21 must-read civil war books like 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

Transform Your Habits

Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History

James A. Hessler , None

4.63

Transform Your Habits

Fury On the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg

John M. Archer

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War

Charles B. Dew

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

Garry Wills

3.95

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